Blue or Pink???

After much thought and prayer, I have decided to share this with my "readers". I guess, mainly because I am not sure how many more times I can say it verbally. It was pretty stressful and traumatic for Bryan and I. But, all turned out well, and even ended in a very happy day. Monday morning at 3 am, I woke up and was having severe bleeding. We got in the car and rushed to the ER (although I kept checking, because it felt like Bryan was driving 25 mph on I-40). They took me to a room, where we sat and waited for what felt like an eternity. If you have been keeping up, most of you know I did a 5-K on Saturday, well I couldn't help but worry that I had done something to cause this to happen to the baby. So, we sat and waited, and prayed, and I cried, and we waited some more.

Finally about 5:30 I had an ultrasound. Baby Benton was being very active (which explains why I can't sleep much at night). The ultrasound tech was laughing with us as BB flipped all over in there. I was so happy the baby was moving and everything appeared to be ok. She decided to check to see if she could see what the sex was. At one point she stopped and asked me how much I had been feeling, when to her surprise I said I hadn't felt ANYTHING. I will sit really still sometimes to see if I can feel anything....and NOTHING. When she asked, the baby was stretched out in there, with it's foot really close to my hip bone...and still I felt nothing. Well, baby wouldn't be still. On the ultrasound machine it looked like BB was standing up and then flopping down (like a 2 year olds tantrum in wal-mart). So, she decided to measure the head instead, and then BB flipped around butt to the ultrasound screen. She got a "good angle" and started to look when BB put it's hand down there and covered up the area. Bryan kept saying, I see something, and it's not just umbilical cord. I was so happy it was moving I didn't care what it was.

Well, they discharged me about 7:30, and we headed home. I didn't have any answers, but I had a moving baby, so that was all that mattered. I called my doctor's office and got a follow up appt for 3 pm. Before I saw the doctor they gave me another ultrasound. They diagnosed me with MARGINAL placenta previa. I stress Marginal, because if you google this, it will scare you to death, but the scary part is mainly full blown placenta previa. This means the placenta is lower than they like. Lots of women have marginal previa in the early stages, and it moves on up as everything expands in there and isn't previa anymore. So, mine could get better, and the best news is that it CAN'T get any worse. It will not become full blown Previa where the Cervix is blocked by the Placenta. I feel like an expert now on the subject--but at first I thought, what if it gets so low it goes away.....I was thinking of a volume measurement, not a placement measure, but now I am all straightened out. The two things that this could mean is 1-I might have more bleeding, or 2-I MAY have to have a c-section. Both of which are manageable. The best thing being it causes NO stress to the baby. Just stress to Mommy from freaking out!!!

But, Baby Benton was very cooperative during the second ultrasound. When she started, the baby was just as still as could be, and she said, "well there is our answer---look up there mom and tell me what you think". Well, no denying it, Baby Benton is a BOY! Martin Bryant Benton. Then, Martin rolled over with his back to us like, "It's been a long day, you have seen what you want, now let me sleep". I think my little angel looks perfect. Well, when I saw the doc he jokingly said, "you just couldn't wait until May could you"? Then he said he was glad we could find out, but sorry we had to do it this way. I am a lot more at ease now. I took 3 days off work, but when I go back tomorrow, it will be back to normal. He told me I needed to keep doing what I had been doing, and not change a thing. And, reassured me it was nothing I had done. So, that felt good-I could stop blaming myself. So, please everyone continue to pray for us, and now you can include Martin in your prayers too, instead of BB. Thanks for reading this LONG post.

Martin Bryant Benton

His Back as he naps after a long day!!