Less than a week after we get the good news, we get some bad news... Potentially really bad news...

Totem is RH-. I am RH+. The long and the short of it, from what I can tell, is that if left untreated, Totem's body will treat our baby as a virus/infection/foreign body and try to destroy it. Once the baby's blood gets into her blood, Totem forms antibodies. Those antibodies enter the fetus and begin to kill red blood cells. Obviously, if left alone, this will kill the baby. The good news, it is treatable. The bad news, we found out that we were already six weeks along when we found out she was pregnant. There is a chance that the antibodies have already formed...

Not only that, blood tests show that Totem is not producing enough progesterone (sp). Again, I'm not a pro at this, but the doctor said that if her levels do not increase, she is at a much higher risk for miscarriage. Under 8 is extrememly high risk, above 20 is normal. Totem's levels are at 15. They're treating her and over time, this should improve. Only time will tell, though.

Needless to say, Totem is taking this extremely hard. She's always been afraid that she won't be able to get pregnant. Then, when she does, she's given this news. I, myself, am trying to do what my dad has always told me to do. "Go with the flow." It's really too early to tell one way or the other how things are going to go. But I'm really, really worried about Totem... She means the world to me. I hope everything is going to be OK. I'm praying everything is going to be OK...