Story Time

So I'm generally a fairly private person, but with blogs and such I feel like life is more of an open book these days so here is a bit of info on the last 5 days of crazy at the Chugg house: So after having 4 healthy children and pregnancies, when I got pregnant with my 5th, I admit I felt a little twinge of anxiety and have found myself wondering a lot, What if its our turn? What if I have a miscarriage or complications? Well, we told no one including parents until around 12 weeks. We had an ultrasound right before and everything looked good so we felt it was time to break the news. So two days after I posted it or rather Joshy posted it, we found ourselves in the ER. (Sidenote: we did not have a miscarriage that day just so you continue reading without a sick feeling). I had gone running that morning and as soon as I got home started feeling crampy. I tried to ignore it, but two hours later, the bleeding started. Not just a little enough to raise significant concern and rush yourself to the hospital. I chalked it up to a miscarriage and tried to prepare myself for that the whole 25 minute drive in. Jared had the ultrasound tech and room waiting for me ( a definite perk to a husband in Radiology). I climbed up on the table and immediately informed them I did not want to see the screen (or my dead baby). So as not to draw out the story much longer after they finished the ultrasound exam I asked Jared if the baby was dead. And he replied, no the baby looks great! I was shocked to say the least and still very skeptical seeing as I was still bleeding heavily and kept thinking: Yeah, but for how much longer. Anyway, after 4 hours in the ER, one pelvic exam, an IV, and lots of blood work, we left the ER with no cramping and very little bleeding. PHEW!! What we did learn however, is that I have placenta previa (where the placenta is completely covering the cervical opening. They believe I ruptured a blood vessel from the placenta while running that morning and the uterus has to get that blood out. So hopefully we are okay for a while. I have had some bleeding on and off over the last few days which is normal with this condition. After researching Placenta Previa I have learned that: Bed Rest, Bleeding, premature birth, and C section are all possibilities. Lucky us. They don't put you on bed rest this early, they just let you misscarry if you have too many problems. But they did tell me no impact exercise and no SEX for awhile. (Ahhhh lets all pause and feel bad for Jared for a moment!) Whatever, he doesn't have to have a period for 6 months-which I might add is one of the only perks to being pregnant-not having a period! So much for that "healthy pregnancy" I was planning and hello 50 pounds of baby weight. If it means that we can get through this and have a healthy baby, I would put on 80 pounds. Misscarriage is still a real possibility unfortuneatly. Its also a possibility that the placenta will grow up with the uterus over the following weeks and by the time we deliver, won't be a threat anymore. Were praying and hoping for that. So there you have it. We would appreciate any extra prayers at this time. Thanks everyone!