Update
First, I want to thank all of you for your prayers and kind words. I truly appreciate it and think you guys rock! God is good and prayers were answered!
We saw the baby and the heartbeat. Baby is measuring 6wk 1day. From earliest conception, I could be 6wk 4day. So she is pretty much right on. My babies always measure small in the beginning so I am well pleased with her size. Her heartbeat was 104, which is right on track for her age and fetal development stage.
The problem is subchorionic bleeding .... excerpt from what to expect website ... (the accumulation of blood within the folds of the chorion (the outer fetal membrane, next to the placenta) or within the layers of the placenta itself. These bleeds, or clots, can cause the placenta to separate from the uterine wall if they get too large, if they develop in a bad spot, or if they aren't eventually reabsorbed)
I am continuing on my progesterone therapy and started on a aspirin regimen to thin my blood and make it "slick". She also wants me to start a gestational diabetes diet so that my blood sugars does not peak and valley, which can cause the blood to be more "sticky" and cause the blood vessels to build and then blow out. I am going to take it easy for the next two weeks until I go back to see her. My friend brought me dinner last night, enough for two meals so I will be able to take it easy again today.
I had this problem with my pregnancy with Faith. Although it was much less. The doc said some women will have it a little worse with each pregnancy and mentioned tying my tubes. WHAT??? NO WAY. She did a bunch of testing for proteins and such. I will talk with her about that at my next appt.
I am confident that I will be delivering a healthy baby in mid-December via scheduled c-section. I was not happy to hear that I would have to have another c-section. She said all the current risk factors make it too risky a delivery to try to do a VBAC. I had such a hard recovery from Faith's c-section that I am a little bummed b/c I know the recovery road and it is not fun.
Love y'all!!!!