Pregnancy Update- Baby Bradley #2

This is my first pregnancy blog post for this baby, mostly because the first several months were exhausting and because we had a little scare at the end of the 1st trimester. So we waited to share our news until I was in the second trimester because of all the craziness and the emotions going on, and then of course all the COVID-19 stuff started.

I found out I was pregnant right before Christmas, I was able to keep it a secret until I gifted Nick a onesie and a positive test on Christmas morning!! Although I did tell Olivia, knowing she wouldn’t really be able to communicate it to anyone. After the holidays I was EXHAUSTED…like I felt like I couldn’t get out of bed or off the couch. I milked the “exhausted from the holidays” as long as I possibly could! Then February 9th (night before my birthday) me and Via were sitting on the couch and just like the feeling of your water breaking (if you’ve ever experienced that) I was GUSHING blood and soaked down through my nightgown and leggings and onto our couch. I yelled for Nick and that startled Olivia…and getting off the couch and trying to think about what to do and how to do it literally felt like hours…I was pouring blood through my clothes onto the area rug and just sobbing and trying to not think the worst.

We ended up at the hospital…with less than stellar care from the ER, we finally made it back to a room and my mom was able to come by and get Olivia from us before anything happened. Remember we hadn’t told anyone that I was even pregnant at this point. But rest assured my entire family knew my living room was covered in blood and I was in the hospital within an hour!!

The doctor came in and was able to do a quick small ultra sound and immediately found baby’s heartbeat…I just literally could not believe what I was hearing. It was the opposite of what I had been preparing myself for since I had the big gush in our living room just an hour or so before. He told us not to get our hopes up and that they would send us down the hall for a more thorough ultrasound. During the whole ultrasound…waiting in the dark room the ultrasound tech basically hardly said anything to us the entire time and it was just the weirdest time, like it wasn’t even real life.

Finally we get back to the room and the doctor comes in with the ultrasound results and the baby is perfect. 11 weeks 7 days and perfect.

They diagnosed me with “Threatened Miscarriage” and said to see my OB in the next day or two. Also at this time my health insurance from my parents was about to cancel since the next day on the 10th I was turning 26 and it automatically cancels…so that was a whole different story and just added to this very unrealistic crazy time.

We headed home and Olivia stayed the night with my mom, her first sleepover ever. :/ While we had been at the hospital my brothers in law came to our house and scrubbed our couch and tried to scrub and save our rug but ended up rolling it up to get it out of sight before we came home. Coming home again was just so not real…being home after all that had happened and everything that was said to us, seeing the living room after what we know happened and then Olivia being gone was just so hard.

Thankfully we got into the OB the next day and my ultrasound tech is AMAZING, literally she is amazing at her job and is the sweetest human! I had her the second half of my pregnancy with Via and through this entire one…and I love her so much. So within 2 minutes of laying down to get another ultrasound she said “oh okay I see where you’re bleeding, totally normal. Don’t worry.” Literally just like that took so much weight off our shoulders because she is amazing at her job and knows people. We saw the doctor afterwards and he wasn’t too concerned either, said that the hemorrhaging happens in 25% of pregnancies and is typically harmless. They have continued to monitor me and answer every ridiculous question. Thankfully I stopped bleeding around 18 weeks and things have been relatively normal since then! Just extra tired while chasing Olivia and having heartburn almost every night like clock work! We have had a TON of ultrasounds and baby has been perfect and growing beautifully! We are SO SO thankful for this baby and a continued healthy pregnancy and are always praying for this little nugget and for a healthy rest of pregnancy and delivery!!

I am now 32 weeks along and so excited to meet this baby very soon!! We love and appreciate all your prayers for me and this little blueberry summer baby!

XO,

Carissa