This morning we had a scare again... I saw pink spots.... Yes pink spots. Ever since getting my period many years ago, I noticed pink spots. These pink spots (non itching, non painful, no feeling) always were present before or during my menstrual. Which means some hormones which signal my period signal the pink spots. And hormones that signal menstruation work against a pregnancy. So, I saw pink spots and my heart raced, I almost cried, and I prayed so hard...
After talking to my husband and parents, I decided to go see the gynae. Waiting in the gynae's office for 1.5 hours was painful... The last time I waited anxiously in her office, I found out I had lost my baby. My hands shook, I was cold, and I was basically very very very anxious... My dad gave me a book on scriptures I could read and I kept reading those scriptures to myself over and over again.
The gynae was pleased when she saw the gestational sac or baby's 'house' as she called it. It was small, so she concluded that I was only about 4 weeks pregnant. No heartbeat seen yet cause it's still too early. She kept repeating that I should relax and not be worried. I had 2 bits of good news: 1. I am indeed pregnant, and the baby is implanted in the right place. THANK GOD.
But then I brought up the issue of my pink spots and how they emerged during menstruation and how it was present the week I found out I was pregnant. She was so nice and patient enough to look through my file, upon which, realised that I had polycystic ovaries. She explained that having polycystic ovaries meant that I had progesterone deficiency. Which was bad, cause a pregnancy is sustained by progesterone.
In conclusion, she prescribed me progesterone pills to be taken twice a day which would help sustain the desired progesterone level and sustain the pregnancy. Thank God for a good health care professional who was patient enough to listen to me and calm my nerves. Thank God for great promptings to see the gynae today... Only God knows what would have happened if we saw the gynae only in 4 weeks' time.
My next appointment is in 2 weeks, where a fetal heartbeat would be seen. =) Following which, she'd prescribe another medication to promote blood flow to the baby.
I just thank God.... I really thank God and supportive family members. =)
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