"I hope for a healthy and low key pregnancy" was the last thing to be posted on this blog. Well...as you can see, I have taken an unintentional hiatus from my blog. I need to catch everyone up on what has happened.
At around 10 weeks pregnant I found myself being overwhelmingly low. I have had minimal issues with post partum baby blues with my other two pregnancies, but never felt so troubled as I did at this time. I battled a very short fuse, crying all the time and just not wanting to get out of bed. Of course, I thought it was just my first trimester and that it would pass, but it seemed to get worse and worse over the coming weeks. I decided to tough it out and just let my OB know at my 12 week appt. what was going on. After expressing my concern, we decided that I would keep working on it without taking any meds and revisit the issue at my 16 week appt.
At 15 weeks I woke with a painful knot in the back of my right leg. I feel like, as a nurse, I am programmed to over-react to medical situations, which resulted in a very concerned momma. I called my OB and went to the hospital for a US of my leg to rule out DVT. Turns out I am one of the low percentage of women who gets a DVT while pregnant.
This new diagnosis painfully altered my mental state. All I could focus on was, what if I die from this? I could never leave my family behind. How was I going to manage my family and this new diagnosis. As a result, I was placed on Zoloft at my 16 week appt. to help with me maintain sanity.
Immediately following my diagnosis I was hospitalized for 4 days to start and monitor my blood thinners. I will be on blood thinners up until 6 weeks post partum due to continued risk of DVT after the pregnancy.
Blood thinning shots twice a day and compression hose have become my life savers. My DVT dissolved at around 22 weeks and I am currently DVT free. YAY!!!
We also found out at 20 weeks that we are having a BABY GIRL!!!! After going through all of the emotions of doubt and worry, hearing that we are having a girl gave me renewed hope.
We are now 29 weeks along and my belly is growing by the day. It is amazing how I went from really not looking pregnant, to needing a fork lift to get me off of the couch. This is and has always been my favorite time of pregnancy. I love feeling her kick inside me and feel so emotionally attached.
Plans are starting to be made for her nursery and the transition to having a 3rd child is becoming more of a reality. YAY!!!
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