Events of the last two days

As many of you have seen my post on facebook asking for prayers, I feel it only right to share with you what is going on with us. This is not exactly the way we wanted to share the news with everyone, but it is what it is. The big news is ... I am pregnant! A little over 8 weeks. The not so good news is that last night and today I have been experiencing a lot of bleeding. Bright red bleeding as well as passing a few large clots. I thought for sure I had lost the baby last night. You pass a clot that size and really, there is nothing else to think. And with what happened last November, I don't tend to think the best at this point. The Dr. on call last night was sure that it wasn't, but trust me, you see a clot like that and there is no other conclusion to be drawn. So I went to the Dr. this morning for an ultrasound. And got some good news. There on the screen was our little bean with the heart beating away. Talk about a tear filled moment. We got to hear and see the heart beat. However, they did see some bleeding on the ultrasound. A sub-chronic bleed is what they called it. Basically, though, not a lot of info other than this is what you have, don't know what causes it, can't do anything to fix it, have to wait it out. Some women go on to have perfectly normal pregnancies after this, others miscarry. I will basically be on bedrest for the next week and then go back for another ultrasound a week from tuesday to see if the bleeding is better, worse, or the same. The brights spots right now are that the bleeding has tapered down to spotting and that she could see some signs on the ultrasound of the bleed area already getting smaller. But again, no guarantees, it could really go either way. We are trying to stay positive and seeing that little heartbeat sure helped. Mark (my step-dad) is going to come out this week to help with Keira, so that will help tremendously with me trying to rest. As most of you know, rest and a 3 year old dont' really belong in the same sentence. So that is what I know. If you would continue to send your happy thoughts and prayers our way, I would certainly appreciate it. I will be sure to keep you updated as I will likely have very little else to do ;)