17 weeks and 6 days into the pregnancy and at 7.20am in the morning, I squatted to the floor to put my laptop bag on a scale at Harbour Air's Richmond location. I was getting it weighted prior to getting on a flight to Victoria for work. While I was low the ground, I felt a strange liquid rush.
I wasn't sure what was going on. I walked outside to put a sign in my car with my c0-worker when I realized something was wrong. Noticed that my black pants were wet. My hand was covered with blood. Well, that was the strangest way to tell my co-worker that I was pregnant. :)
We went back inside and told the staff. They immediately sprang into action. They were amazing!!! I was not in any pain. It was surreal. I wanted to drive my car to the hospital because it was less than 5 minutes away. Instead, one of the employees drove my car while another followed. They took such great care of me. Got me to the hospital before an ambulance could get to the terminal probably. (PS: Their VP called me that night to make sure I was ok - What a great service oriented company - If you ever get the chance, please frequent their company. They are one of the great ones. Will explain the longer story if you ask but otherwise, trust me, fly with Harbour Air. Can't say I actually got to fly this time, but I plan on rectifying that at some point after the pregnancy).
Back to the story.... The Harbour Air employees insisted I call Rich back from his commute. He turned around immediately.
I ended up in Emergency at Richmond Hospital. To keep the story short, I will say that I spent 8 hours in hospital, 1.5 litres of saline, and 2 ultrasounds and 4 vials of blood. I lost about 2-3 cups of blood during the incident. But after that, they said that sometimes, there is no explanation but the placenta and the uterus just bleed between them.
There was no ill-effects to the baby thankfully. I now have to go to my OB next week for a follow-up.
Righ and I are happy to say that the baby is ok. We both thank you all for your good thoughts and your patience. Keep us in your thoughts too. We appreciate it. :)
