Jennifer Goes on Bed Rest

On Wednesday, Jen planned this secret getaway for us, it being the last night that our live-in babysitter, Elyssa, would be with us. So we drove to Park City for dinner (she didn't tell me where to turn until we got to each turn, but I guessed Park City).

When we arrived at the restaurant, Jen got out of the car, and felt something tear. She went to the bathroom and when she came out, she told me we had to leave because she was bleeding. We thought the baby might be lost.

The staff said there was no hospital in Park City, but there was a clinic nearby. We went there, but they didn't have an ultrasound machine, so we had to drive back to Salt Lake. They did an ultrasound and found that the baby is still alive. We saw her moving around doing acrobatics. (We think it is a girl but have no physical evidence since it is too early to determine from an ultrasound.) They found a subchorionic hemorrhage, which means a blot clot formed and then broke away, tearing some of the placenta off of the uterine wall. The prognosis is worse for 1st trimester pregnancies and women 35 years and over, and we fit both of these categories. The doctor was surprised that the baby was still alive based on the amount of blood.

So now Jen is on bed rest by doctor's orders. She mostly follows these orders. Namma and the ward are helping us. We would love another one of these, so we hope everything works out:

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I just had to include this cute picture of William and his "Ruff-Ruff" taken shortly after he fell asleep tonight.

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The fetus is measuring due on March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, giving us a reason to keep the green magnetic shamrock on our car. This is one day earlier than we had calculated based on ovulation (there is a +/- 1 day error bar on our calculation). Sorry Elyssa! (Elyssa was born on March 18th.)