EEEK!

I had a scary day yesterday!!!

I had some weird pains on Tuesday, they were kind of worrying me. It was a real sharp pain on my left side. I got in bed last night they went away, so I was like "ok...weird, but it must be some pregnancy thing." Well...the pain came back yesterday and it was pretty bad. I could barely even sit down, it was like someone was sticking needles in me. I called my OBGYN and they said I needed to come in right away. So, I was freaking out. I was scared it could be an eptopic pregnancy, where the embryo implants in the fillopian tubes instead of the uterus, they said that could have been what was causing the pain. I was soooooo scared. It didn't help that Nathan was at work and I had to go to the doctor alone.

ANYWAY----turns out I have a HUGE CYST on my left ovary!!! It is over an inch and a half big. It hurts like crazy, but it doesn't pose any danger to the baby at all. I am out of work for like 2 days, my doctor said I have to be on "bed rest", because the cyst will only drain when I am laying flat and still. My doctor told me that it is really normal to have cysts in the first trimester, but most women never notice them. She wasn't sure why mine got so big.

The good news is---I SAW THE BABY!!!! It is so itty bitty, like a grain of rice, and I saw the heartbeat ticking away...it looks like a little lightning bug. I started crying of course. I was sooo relieved that everything was okay. I guess it is normal to worry. Also----Im actually a day earlier than I had thought. They measured the baby at 5w5d not 5w6d. So my due date (as of right now) is September 19th.

I feel alright though, just sore----it is like a dull ache and a stabbing pain all at once. I really only feel it when Im sitting or standing. So I see a day on the couch in my future....