12 Weeks Pregnant

I am almost there, hitting the end up of first trimester!

Starting my 12th week was such a relief as Google says if baby has a strong heart beat then the chances of miscarriage are really low! And Google knows it all, HA!

I have faced different symptoms this week. Lets start off with the bleeding, it has lessened from the awful experience but it still continues. The color has changed to brown though which they say is old blood in the uterus but the doctor can't quite figure out the source of bleeding as everything else looks normal (TMI). Apparently, that is normal too.

Being a first time to-be-mom, every new feeling or symptoms makes you revert to a million blogs on Google to which I am 100% guilty. Every week my search history has something new going on LOL!

So I have started having FREQUENT toilet trips and was also diagonised with Escherichia Coli (E. Coli) although I have no symptoms but the Doctor recommended I take 6 days of Antibiotics, so thats a great add-on! (Pun intended).

Currently I'm on quite a few medications including the daily multi vitamin, medication for thyroid (although my levels are normal but because of pregnancy they want to bring the levels lower), Vitamin D, Duphaston, medication for E Coli .... YAY!

My child is already being exposed to SO many medications which makes me nervous even though they are all 100% safe for pregnancy but I prefer staying away from pills unless necessary.

ALSO, I have noticed mild cramping this week in my stomach and slight back aches. And apparently Google says it is normal as long as there is no bleeding as the uterus is expanding right now, so hopefully baby is growing at a good pace.

I cant wait to feel this baby inside me move around. 💓

11 Weeks Pregnant

The 11th week was the scariest for me so far bearing in mind I was having a pretty smooth pregnancy until this point. I woke up early morning and as my usual routine went to the washroom and all of a sudden I noticed a gush of blood in the toilet and naturally the first thought that came to my head was that I was losing my baby. I screamed for him husband and he helped me clean up and called my doctor right away who was unfortunately not available so I decided to go to another specialist, Dr. Ghada (I was going to change my doctor anyway due to insurance reasons).

We rushed to her clinic and couldnt stop crying throughout the way. He kept reassuring me that if there are no cramps then everything will be okay and even though they were no cramps, they say every pregnancy is different right?

After making it to the hospitals, they took my vitals and everything looked good and then I got to meet the doctor who checked the baby right away through my very first abdominal ultrasound and I just started tearing away after seeing my baby jump in my belly. It was SUCH a relieve.

Until this day I thought I was a horrible pregnant woman as I had no major feelings towards my unborn child since I couldnt feel anything but everything changed this day. I just wanted to hug the little baby inside me.

The doctor suggested I try to rest it out (not necessarily bed rest but just to take it easy) and suggested I take a progesterone shot to help with the bleeding in addition to Duphaston 3 times a day to calm things down.

So that was week 11 for me, the bleeding continued throughout the week but had turned a lot lesser than that day and I continued my medication throughout the week with no additional symptoms thankfully.

I want to share my experience to all the women out there suffering with similar issues and visiting every site on Google to find answers. Just know you are not alone!