16 weeks!

It is hard to believe I am already 16 weeks along in this pregnancy!! We have a Doctor appointment Thursday & will be having another ultra sound done. My friend, Carol Ann, found out the sex at this visit... I am wondering if we will, too!?! Fingers crossed & lots of prayers being said because of the rest of the post...
At 13 weeks, we had a scare. Ellie & I were in Sevierville watching Maggie play volleyball. We had been out all day, played at the indoor water park & gone out to dinner with my family. Well, I took Ellie on to our room for bed & had talked to Chad (he was on call at the hospital). Ellen came to the room about an hour later & when I got back in bed felt a gush. Silly me, first thought 'did i just pee a little?' hmmm?!? Ellen was still in the bathroom, but I went in to check it out. Well, it was bloody fluid. I just sat there thinking... what else could this be other than amniotic fluid.?! Didn't panic right away, but text Chad & my friend Robin from work. Chad didn't respond, he was already in the OR. Robin said go to the ER, it doesn't sound good. My mom came down from her room. I went on and called my OB Drs. answering service. Dr. Arze called back & Chad still had not. So, he said sounded like I was having a miscarriage & I should come on the the ER. Since we were an hour away, I asked if it was crucial we came tonight... it was almost midnight now!? He said yes & went into this whole deal about infection, D&C, fluid & baby not growing ... I was like I know, but if we aren't going to do anything about it what is the point? But he suggested we do, so we did.
My mom, Ellen & Ann loaded up my stuff. We left Ellie sleeping with Ellen at the hotel & mom drove me to Johnson City. I finally text our friends, Lauren & Ryan, to try to get in touch with Chad. Ryan & Chad work together & he knew to call straight into the OR, & Chad called me within about 3 minutes! Thank goodness we know people around here :)!!
So, Chad met us at the hospital. We did some labs, exam, fern test, & (thank God for) ultra sound!! Well, my little eyes saw a bouncing baby right away & a heart beat... whew, Praise the Lord!! So far, so good... still not out of the woods, but feeling better we still had a prayer. Well, 3 hours later, mom had fallen asleep in the waiting room & Chad was on his 2nd cup of coffee... we were given the diagnosis of Threatened Miscarriage. There really isn't a 'reason' & that was hard for me to understand! We were sent home, on bed rest & told to go to the Dr. Monday morning...
Well, Monday FINALLY got here. Chad & I met at the Drs office. Oh, I forgot to mention Ellie just went home with my parents to Nashville. Not sure how much 'resting' you can do with a potty training almost 2 year old?!? Dr. Hallman was great. We talked, he had reviewed my hospital records. I am such a
'what if-er', instead of doing through all the possibilities... we went straight to ultra sound. Right away, baby looked good. He/She was very active with a strong 139 heart rate. The US tech is wonderful, too! She quickly found the spot. I have a 4.5cm bleed behind the placenta. Dr. said no real reason to say what caused this since I am not a smoker or did any crack that weekend!!! LOL (serioulsy he said that!) & there isn't much to say about how the rest of my pregnancy will go, excpet only that time will tell. As long as baby is growing & developing on schedule we will not worry. I am not high risk, not on bed rest because it is not shown to help. I am supposed to take it easy ie not moving furniture or cleaning out the garage (darn I sure was thinking of doing that!! ha) & I can work my weekends still. So, time will tell.... wonderful! Another not real answer but it was the best sound&sight to know that the baby was still doing ok & right on for my dates. PRAISE THE LORD, again... He is good!
Ellie came home that Tuesday... I missed her so! She went to school (PDO) with mom on Monday! She had such a great time... Ann said she had a great day & brought home her first piece of art work!! When we decided she would go to Nashville until we saw what the dr said & my mom left... I cried like i did when she left after Ellie was born. It is so wonderful to have to comfort of mom being close!! i HOPE  she knows how much she means to me & how important she is to me!! I will have to send her a note to remind her :)
I have been napping with El in the afternoons & taking it as easy as I can. We are still doing our weekly errands & playdates. I was only scheduled 2 nights in February, which is great!
We are very thankful for all the prayers~ we are blessed to have such a wonderful support system!