A Scare

I had a bit of a shock & a scare yesterday afternoon. =(

C & I had a great morning/early afternoon playing at the park & grabbing some lunch with my cousin & her family. C had a ton of fun playing with my cousin's girls. He fell asleep on the way home & I carried him up to his bed. I'd had to pee pretty badly for a while & so I headed straight to bathroom after depositing him in his crib. And maybe this will be weird & a bit of an over-share, but I am one of those people who has to look at the TP after wiping. I could not believe my eyes when I saw blood on the toilet paper. And not pink or peach or brown blood either, but bright red blood. I freaked out! I looked in the toilet & there was a bit more evidence of blood, but not anything bright red. I wiped several more times & nothing. I NEVER had spotting with Carter, not pink, not peach, not brown...nothing! I was so worried about this baby that I almost lost it. I think I went the bathroom probably 3 more times in the next 30 minutes just to check. And nothing.

I thought about calling the advice nurse, but being a nurse I already knew what they would say. Rest, drink water, spotting is normal & miscarriages are a natural occurrence this early on. So that's what I did yesterday--relaxed & prayed. K was probably more worried then I was about the situation once I calmed down & realized that I wasn't excessively bleeding nor was I having any cramping. So far, we have had no other spotting episodes, thankfully. According to the OB's office, I should just keep an eye on it & call them if I have anything further. So, that's the plan other then taking it a bit easier then I have been.