Sad but Relieved

I haven't been on my blog in a while because I just didn't know what to say. I decided tonite when we finally arrived home from San Diego, that I needed to post an update on our last couple of weeks.
So here it is:

Daniel and I had found out I was pregnant in February and were waiting for our first ultrasound at 3 months to tell everyone. We had planned to go to San Diego the Thursday before Easter and have our ultrasound on Friday and then tell everyone the good news on Easter. On Wednesday night before Easter, I started to have problems and Daniel rushed me to the Yuma Emergency room, I had miscarried. I know that this sounds bad, but I was actually relieved. I had been having nightmares since I found out I was pregnant that there was something wrong with the baby and the whole pregnancy didn't feel right at all. I knew a week before that something was wrong and I just didn't know what it was. It has been quite the ordeal though, Yuma emergency was horrible and sent me home the same night without the confirmation that I had miscarried, but we all knew that I was in the process. On Thursday, Daniel drove us to San Diego and we went to my scheduled ultrasound appointment where they confirmed the miscarriage and sent me home with an appointment for blood work on Monday. I felt really horrible all weekend, but really wanted to have fun and do all the Easter things with our families and I didn't want to miss out on Easter with Tatum. I powered through, but on Monday woke up with a killer headache and couldn't get out of bed. We called the doctors office and they told me I just needed rest and to take some Tylenol. I did, but on Tuesday it was worse so Daniel took me to urgent care where they did blood work to find out that I was Anemic and my blood levels had fallen extremely low to where I may need a blood transfusion. I was sent home with iron pills and Tylenol and was told I could not travel home to Yuma due to the altitude in the mountains could thin my blood so much that I could pass out from lack of oxygen. We stayed in San Diego all week and I went in throughout the week for lab work to see if I was improving. On Friday I decided I wanted to go to Yuma to check on things so Daniel and I drove back and I relaxed all weekend at the river house. On Sunday I felt better and we traveled back to San Diego because I had a doctors appointment on Monday. It wasn't the most comfortable trip back, I did get the headache in the mountains, but it went away fairly quickly the lower we went. Today I went back to the doctor for blood work and a check up. I am healing fine and I was told it will take about 6-8 weeks for my blood levels to come back up and 2 weeks to feel better. It has been a rough experience and one that I say is probably one of the worst experiences of my life. It has been physically draining and I am not one to just sit still for very long, so it is really tough for me to rest. My aunt did come back to Yuma with me to help me with Tatum and to also drive me around since I still have dizzy spells and get tired very easily. We are so very thankful for both Daniels and my family for the support they have given us over the last couple weeks. They really helped with taking care of Tatum and being there for us. We appreciate all of you and Thank you so much for all you do!!!

Hopefully as I feel better I will post the pictures from Easter.