the belated aftermath.

so things took a little turn today.

i had some excessive bleeding overnight and as a result, we called the doctor around 1am to get his thoughts. he wanted me to come in this morning to be examined, and when we arrived at the office, they had scheduled me for an ultrasound.

the ultrasound showed that there are "products of the pregnancy" still present in my uterus...so the dr said i need to have a d&c. (you can read about it at http://www.emedicinehealth.com/dilation_and_curettage_dandc/article_em.htm)

i am scheduled for the procedure (an outpatient procedure) at 8.30 am on monday. they had wanted me to do it tomorrow, but with derek's graduation on saturday, i asked if we could wait until monday. the dr felt that would be ok, that if something catastrophic was going to happen, it would've happened already. if i should have a lot of bleeding between now and then, we would need to go to the hospital and have the procedure done right away. but he thinks we are safe to wait until monday.

i will be under general anesthetic for the procedure, so that will affect my milk. that will mean that for several hours afterwards, i won't be able to feed charis. the only problem with this is that she has yet to accept a bottle (with my expressed milk...not formula). so during this time, she will either be very very hungry, or she'll learn to take the bottle.

here i was thinking that my recovery was almost complete, with my hemoglobin testing at 10.9 last week (i'm still anemic, but recovering well). so this is a bit of a set back. but i've had friends who have had the procedure before and haven't seemed to have problems or very much recovery with it. so although i'm a little freaked out, it's a fairly common and low risk procedure, and i'm optimistic. although, prayers are always appreciated. :)