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16 Weeks along taken last week at Jonathon's

Moms house.

GIRL!!!!
Yes we are having another little girl :)

I'm so excited! I can't wait to see what she looks like! Alexis is very excited to have a little sister. I was so happy driving home yesterday.....

And then about 2 hours after the ultrasound my doctor called me and told me that I have what is called Placenta Previa. It is a complication of pregnancy in which the placenta grows in the lower part of the uterus and covers all of part of the opening to the cervix. My doctor said that since it is still early on in my pregnancy that the placenta should move up by itself. He scheduled me a repeat ultrasound for next month to see if the placenta is moving up where it should be. I of course was pretty worried and I still am. Obviously the best thing that could happen is that it just moves up and fixes the problem itself. The worst thing that could happen is that it never moves up and continues blocking the opening to the cervix. What can then happen is I could start bleeding towards the end of the second trimester or really anytime.. and in that case I would need to be monitored very closely.. They then try to do what they can to stop the bleeding and keep the baby inside the womb for as long as possible. If by full term the placenta still blocks the cervix I would of course have to have a C-section. It can be very dangerous because there is the possibility of hemorrhaging. The biggest risk is that severe bleeding will require the baby to be delivered early, before major organs, such as the lungs, have developed. So it is definitely something that we are praying goes away on its own. I think the scariest thing I read is that when you have the placenta lower on the uterus after they take the baby C-section it can be very hard to stop the bleeding unlike normal pregnancies. Basically the uterus doesn't contract the same and if they can't stop the bleeding in some cases a hysterectomy and blood transfusion are necessary. I can't even fathom the idea of having a hysterectomy done at such a young age.





Anyways I know I'm probably worrying a lot more than I should.. But it is just something that is very scary. I guess the only thing I can really do is hope and pray that when I go get an ultrasound next month that we'll see that the placenta is moving up where it needs to be. Until then I'm just going to take it easy.