Terrible Cramping...

I was up all night last night with terrible cramps.  I called Dr. B's office and they told me that he was currently in surgery but that they wanted me to be seen right then, so they'd have one of the other doctors check me.


I've never seen another OB before with the exception of our Reproductive Endocrinologist, so I was pretty nervous.  The doctor was very nice.  I had actually met him before which made me relax a bit, but I'd never been a patient of his. 

They did an ultrasound and the baby looks great.  He/She is growing very fast and measured 13 weeks today when he/she is actually 11 weeks and 4 days.  The heartbeat was perfect.  They said the placenta was looking good with no free fluid or blood, which I was told was great news. 

You know there is some bad news, right?  Well, there is.  The fibroid is growing.  It has grown 2 cm since last week when it was checked.  The doctor said it's not uncommon to see growth because fibroid's thrive under the influence of pregnancy hormones.  He wants me to follow-up with my OB next week at my scheduled appointment, but says that the pain is being caused from the fibroid's growth in conjunction with my growing uterus pulling on it.  He said the only thing I can do is to stay off my feet as much as possible and take Tylenol.

Ugh!  Why can't I just have a normal pregnancy????

On the upside, we got more ultrasound pictures of the baby today!  He/She has a skeleton look to the face  :)

Baby at 11 weeks 4 days