When I did the scan on the Friday 14th October 2011, they had to do it twice. The first was done by the Senior Technician and the second by the Trainee while the Senior Technician looked on. On Saturday I started bleeding but it wasn't heavy, very light in fact. I was scared and rested the whole weekend. I kept on reading online to see whether the scan might have caused it because the one did by the Trainee was slightly painful, obviously she was inexperienced.
I tried to stay positive but it was hard. What I read online suggested that for some the light bleeding indicated an early sign of miscarriage and for others just a normal stage in pregnancy. I kept on praying that I fell in the latter group.
On Monday morning I called the antenatal clinic at Guy's & St Thomas to put my mind to rest. I spoke to a midwife and she suggested that I came down to do another scan. I had meetings that I could not reschedule the whole day and tried to brush off the bleeding from my mind. To stay positive was difficult and I was worried the whole day as the bleeding had not stopped.
Tuesday, 18th October 2011
6 weeks + 4
I slipped quietly from my office during lunch hour on Tuesday. The waiting hour was long so I told my line manager about the scan. Bless him, he was very concerned and wanted to come down to accompany me.
I also had a quick chat with the Senior Midwife and she asked various questions to determine what might have caused the bleeding. The same technician did my scan and she was rather surprised to see me again so soon so I told her about the bleeding.
When she finally said that my baby's heart was beating normally and everything looked fine, I told her that I felt like giving her a hug. I was so relieved! I felt the sun shone brighter that day. I went straight home after and I am sure I was smiling all the way in the tube home :)
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