Rolling With The Punches

I spent Monday working from home, just as a precaution. My cramping had subsided and the spotting had completely stopped. That was a relief. By Tuesday morning I was feeling like I was good to head in to the office and I did just that. Other than feeling a little light headed during the afternoon, I made it through the day just fine, no symptoms returning. But as I settled in for the night, around 10:30pm, the cramping was back and so was the spotting. With all the fluids I am forcing down my throat, I was up about 3 times during the night. Each trip confirmed the cramping was still present, as was the spotting.

This morning the spotting has somewhat slowed and the cramping is gone for the most part. I decided to work from home again today. I reached out to my nurse and she just reinforced the fluids and rest. I am to take it easy over the next couple days, again, we are looking for 4 consecutive days of no spotting before returning to regular activity. She did offer that we could test earlier than Friday if it would help with our anxiety, but we've decided to wait it out.

As alarming as the cramping and spotting are, I'm not overly anxious or paranoid. Obviously this being the 2nd episode, we know now that this can be "normal". Our nurse doesn't seem overly concerned, which helps as well. So we will just try and keep our worry in check and follow orders as best we can.

You know during this whole journey, I've always said I know what the "no" is like. We have received sooooooo many negative results, we know how to handle that. It's always been the positive pregnancy test that we have never been prepared for. And that is extremely apparent now. I'm not sure what I expected pregnancy to be like. Honestly, I don't think I gave it much thought. It was always get pregnant, then baby comes. I never really prepared myself for the 44 weeks in between. So we're just taking it day by day. This is brand new territory for us and we aren't going to get overly worked up if its not going according to plan...cause there really wasn't ever a plan for this part.

So, we pray, stay calm, wait it out and trust in His love for us. I will continue to keep you posted.

Bye for now.