Baby Update, Or Why Can't This Whole Thing Just Be Normal and Easy?

Hi Everyone! Happy Wednesday!

Met my new OB Monday (like her) and had an ultrasound yesterday (should have been Monday, but scheduling mix-up). In the above picture, the circle is the yolk sac and the oval beneath is Freezy. I am in love! :)

The good news is the baby is just the right size and the heartbeat is as it should be. And I haven't had any more bleeding.

The bad news is there is something called a subchorionic hematoma (you can read about it here and here) that is what caused the bleeding last week. A lot of times these take care of themselves, but if not a miscarriage is probably in the cards. Dr. Google says most of the time there's no issue, and my OB says there's no reason to be unduly concerned at this juncture, so trying to focus on that.

Still. Scary.

Oh and also I have cysts in my fallopian tubes I think? Or maybe somewhere else. But cysts. And if they don't go away they'll take them out in the second trimester, my OB said. Not so worried about that part, though...we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. My OB was surprised to hear I wasn't in any pain in relation to the cysts. Maybe they are what are causing my belly to already be so distended?

Anyway, another ultrasound scheduled for 5/28. Until then, I just have to take really good care of myself and this baby, and assume everything is going to be OK.

XOXO