Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Symptoms gone?

It was Sunday morning, on Christmas Eve Eve when I woke up and panicked. I no longer had sore tata's and they felt like they were back to normal size. I immediately knew that I was going to miscarry because this was exactly what happened the last time before I started spotting, then bleeding. So, as Ryan continued to sleep, I went into the living room and sat in the recliner with a blank stare with the muted tv on. I sat completely still for about an hour until I walked back into the bedroom to tell Ryan what I thought was happening and how I was no longer sore. He tried to comfort me and tell me it would be okay, but I couldn't accept his gift of comfort.
I later walked back into the living room and sat on the couch for 4 hours, with a blank stare, not even paying attention to what was on tv. After noon time, I decided to call my mom and tell her about it along with our purchase of a new water heater and carpet damage from the night before. She also tried to tell me that it would be okay. I didn't believe her.
An hour passed, again, and mom called back. She had done some research on the internet. I was too afraid to look on the internet. Mom found many sites where women had a loss of symptoms due to all the hormone changes and continued on to have a healthy baby. I also had to keep in mind that I didn't have any spotting yet either. As the day progressed and I still didn't have spotting, I started to feel a little bit more safe, but I never let my guard down. After mom did that research, that made me feel okay enough to actually get up and have a snack for lunch (this was 4pm).
Throughout the day, I was cautious, fearful, and depressed, yet hopeful. I was in fear every time I went to the bathroom. I feared that I'd see red on the toilet paper.
But, I made it through the day, no spotting and a new water heater. So, moral of the story is that stress had a HUGE affect on my body that day.

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