My Emergency Room Visit

**WARNING**: If you are squeamish about blood or lady problems...you probably don't want to read this post.

I had a really nice visit to the Emergency Room on December 1st. I felt foolish even going there, because I was not dying. I didn't even feel sick. But I was having some serious problems. I had been bleeding off and on for about 6 weeks. It was a nuisance for sure, but nothing I was super concerned about because I had gotten an IUD in 6 1/2 months before. From what I read, IUDs take 6 months to a year to even out the cycles and the flow. So I tried to just deal with it.
But...it started getting heavier. I bled through my pants 3 days in a row in just a few hours. I was starting to get concerned. So, I scheduled an appt at my doctor's office and saw the NP. She told me it may be the IUD, and that they would schedule me for an ultrasound the following Monday.
The major concern started when I changed my tampon at quarter to 6 and left my house to go to bunco. I had to stop at Smith's in Orem on the way, and when I got there I felt damp. It had been maybe 20 minutes. I drove to the house we were having bunco at and gave Taylor to my mom (Scott was working of course, isn't that the way it goes) and went into the restroom to try to figure out what was going on. I took out the soaked through tampon and something plopped into the toilet. It was a large clump of blood. At this point I was concerned that maybe I had somehow gotten pregnant and I was having a miscarriage. I called my mom to the restroom and asked her if she thought I should be concerned and we decided I should probably call my doctor the next day. So we left Taylor with some of the bunco ladies and went to my mom's house to get some clean clothes for me. By the time we got to my mom's house, I was feeling like I was dripping. My mom's house was only 6 blocks away. That was when I was REALLY concerned.
I called the on call doctor and when I didn't get a response very quickly, we just headed over to the instacare, where they proceeded to tell us that I needed to go to the emergency room. So that is how I ended up there. I called my hubby when we went to the instacare, and then called him again when we got to the emergency room. He made it there right as they were taking me back. They did an exam and took some blood and did an ultrasound. What they discovered is that my IUD was not in the correct place.
Apparently my uterus is severely tilted back to the point where it almost makes a U shape. The IUD either didn't get place all the way up to begin with or, it slid down and attached itself to the uterine lining, which was causing all of the bleeding. They cleaned me up quite a bit and ended up scheduling an appt with my doctor for the following day to get my IUD out and get a new form of birth control. They kept telling me they were glad I came in, but since I never felt sick or had a lot of pain, I felt really stupid being there. I guess it was better safe than sorry.
The following day I went to my doctor in the afternoon and got the implanon (birth control in the arm), and the procedure to numb my arm was painful, and it was sore for a several days, but so far it has been just fine. My doctor made sure to tell me that I am not a good candidate for an IUD. Really?

Thanksgiving 2011

Our Thanksgiving was rather low key this year. It usually is I guess. We went to Scott's parents house just like always. Taylor had a good time playing with her cousin Alyssa. Taylor just adores Alyssa.

It is so fun to watch them interact. Taylor was the center of attention for a large part of the day. After we ate all the yummy food, we played a few new games that Scott and I had bought for his parents a little while back. We really enjoyed Malarky. Shockingly, I was bad at it. I am not a very good liar and I am usually not very creative.

We did the Black Friday thing, but we didn't even go out until after Taylor's morning nap, so it wasn't very busy. Scott had to take care of some work stuff, and when he got home we met up with the fam for some shopping. We didn't actually do any shopping because we didn't have any money to do so, but the three of us enjoy being out. Taylor just likes to people watch and see what is going on. She fits right in with her parents.

Halloween 2011

I have been so bad at blogging lately. I need to get better at it. It is pretty bad to update on Halloween in December. Anyway, I decided to be creative this year and I don't honestly know I came up with either of our costumes, but I thought of them in advance this year and got everything put together myself. Taylor was a 80's workout instructor and I pretty much purchased everything for her costume on the ebay.

Taylor went Trick or Treating at my work, but didn't actually get any candy...I actually just walked her around and showed her off. In this picture she is playing on the floor afterwards.

We didn't go trick-or-treating that night, Taylor has never had candy, and I don't need any, so she looked super cute dressed up, but no one felt the need to go out and pound the pavement to get the treats we didn't need.
I decided to be cotton candy this year. Scott and I made my costume. I dyed batting pink and found a giant clear garbage bag which Scott spent quite a bit of time drawing the cotton candy logo on. I was really happy with how it turned out, and I have to admit I was really disappointed that I didn't even win a prize a work. Unfortunately, the costume contest a work is really based on the presentation of the costume (or the show) as well as how much people like you. It made me sad that so many people told me how creative and cute my costume was and I even had people ask if it was real cotton candy, but alas, not enough votes to win. Oh well. I liked it.

Don't worry about the horrible shine on my head. It was a little warm in all that stuffing. ;)