Anyone got an early u/s booked yet? UPDATE post 37

[flapjack]

(and yes, I know ultrasound is by and large an unproven untested medical procedure, that our little embryos and foetuses are being used as guinea pigs, blah-di-blah. Please don't remind me that it might be harmful.)

Right now, I'm mostly living on planet "is this amount of nausea sick enough? Am I definitely still pregnant?" I don't see my spaceship back to earth hovering anywhere over the horizon- and I don't see my GP for the hospital referral for a scan until a week tomorrow. Part of me is seriously considering faking a bleed and demanding an ultrasound right now, just so I know whether there's a heartbeat in there or not- but I actually want to know what my chances are of getting that little heartbeat at this stage. (6 weeks 1day by o date- 6 + 4 by LMP.)
Anyone got scans booked this week? Or can you please just tell me it's way too early and I'm worrying about nothing, go sit down and do some knitting?

[OtherMother'n'Madre]

Go knit woman! :lol

:hug I have no idea but I can understand the desire to get one this early.

[mom3b1?]

(and yes, I know ultrasound is by and large an unproven untested medical procedure, that our little embryos and foetuses are being used as guinea pigs, blah-di-blah. Please don't remind me that it might be harmful.)

Right now, I'm mostly living on planet "is this amount of nausea sick enough? Am I definitely still pregnant?" I don't see my spaceship back to earth hovering anywhere over the horizon- and I don't see my GP for the hospital referral for a scan until a week tomorrow. Part of me is seriously considering faking a bleed and demanding an ultrasound right now, just so I know whether there's a heartbeat in there or not- but I actually want to know what my chances are of getting that little heartbeat at this stage. (6 weeks 1day by o date- 6 + 4 by LMP.)
Anyone got scans booked this week? Or can you please just tell me it's way too early and I'm worrying about nothing, go sit down and do some knitting?

I'm not planning any u/s for this pregnancy, but if something comes up will consider having it.

I'm not writing to flame you, but to make a small suggestion. The hand held u/s device that they use to check heartbeat is a very intense dose of u/s radiation. The picture kind of ultrasound is more scattered and is a lower dose. If you are interested in seeing that h/b and cutting risk, and can get a picture u/s instead of the handheld u/s kind that might be a happy option. In fact, this early on it would be a lot easier for them to get a heartbeat that way.

When I was 6 weeks pregnant with my first son I was rear ended by a semi truck. I was taken to the ER and they did a picture ultrasound. I had had several miscarriages and no successful pregnancies at that time, so I was panicked. They told me that even horrible accidents rarely harm the baby, but checked me anyway. I saw that beating heart and bouncy little bean and just cried with joy for days. I sure do know how reassuring that can be!

Kiley

[zulupetalz]

If your dates are on track, 6 wks should be early enough to see the heartbeat. It actually shows up in U/S between 5-6 wks. If you want to be certain to see it, I'd wait a few more days just in case your dates are off a bit.

I'm contemplating getting an U/S too. I had an ectopic with my last pregnancy, and I want to make sure this one landed in the right spot. I have a feeling it did, but part of me just wants to be sure.

[aslmere]

I will be having a quickie US at my next appointment. But it will be to check the position of my cervix.. and then I will have one again at 14 weeks and every month after that.
My cervix is soft and that isn't a good thing for pregnancy.
So for me the risks that might be there are worth it because we are able to keep the babies in when we know what is going on!


I have a good friend who births at home and has NO other medical interventions.. but because of a loss she has an early US with every pregnancy since. It makes her feel better... she can relax and enjoy her pregnancy.

I have been wondering the same thing.. my US will be on the 19th and I was thinking it might just be on the edge of seeing the heartbeat.

It is good to know that it should be there!

Knitting is good too!
On my way to knit club soon.. maybe I will actually have the energy to do something!

[Dov'sMom]

I'm having an u/s ... tomorrow! I was actually bleeding a fair bit the last week of May, but this was the first u/s appointment they could offer me. (huh?) My mother always panics about ectopic pregnancies because her mother almost died from an ectopic pregnancy that lasted through the fifth month (!) before it ruptured majorly, so it's more for her sake than mine. Though I'll admit, I don't mind it either, because my period was so wacky since giving birth in November that I honestly don't know if I am 6 weeks pregnant or 10. I'm leaning toward six, but I'd really like to have a better sense...

[ksera05]

My u/s is scheduled for July 2nd. I'm pretty sure when I O'd but we need to be 100% positive on dates. I think I'll be about 6 1/2 weeks then. From everything I've read and heard you can see a heartbeat from about 5w6d on or so.

While we're not doing the u/s to see the heartbeat it is going to be soooo reassuring to see one.

[StrawberryFields]

I am not going to have an early ultrasound this time around (my doctor doesn't even see new pregnancies until 12 weeks) but last time I had a transvaginal one at my first appointment. I think I was 7 weeks 1 day and we not only saw but heard the heartbeat as well. I cried with joy and relief the second the doctor turned the microphone on and I got to hear that thumpthumpthumpthump for the first time!

This time I have so little nausea compared to last time so I would really love a little window in my belly where I could peek and make sure that everything is A-OK.

[noordinaryspider]

I had one picture ultrasound with Phoenix, and I'm sorry, but I trust my daughter as an expert more than I trust any medical person; it completely freaked Phoenix out and there is NO WAY I can be placated by reassuring twaddle about how the baby must have known we were looking and wanted to show off how big and strong she was; it was pure, raw panic and terror.

I've avoided ultrasounds with my two surviving children and I fully intend to avoid them (unless absolutely medically necessary) with this one as well.

But I'm such a hypocrite that I would LOVE to see your ultrasounds if you're going to have them anyway.

Helen, I'm having a fairly freaky "easy" pregnancy too and a cheap reassurance is to just keep peeing on those sticks. A nice, dark line means she's still there....but it's been SO dark and SO early that if I stare at it too long I start worrying that it's not s/he at all, but THEY.

Argh; can't win for losing.:duck:

[Jlcampbellkidz]

I have one planned for this comming Wednesday, June 13th. We have had 3 early miscarriages in the last year. I will definetly find it reasurring to see the heartbeat on that screen. I will be 6weeks 2 days .

After that, I will have one more mid pregnancy. I do plan a 2nd homebirth and I have some personal friends that have had babies with bowels outside their stomachs. For me the benifit of a quick scan outways the unknown.

[ellymay]

Yes I am having one done Friday the 15th and I will have another at 20 wks.

[nausicaamom]

I'll most likely be getting one on the 25th when I go in for my first appointment.

[flapjack]

Kiley, the only option at this point is a picture one.
NOS, under any other circumstances I'd agree with you. This is a fourth pregnancy after three consecutive losses, cause unknown, and I want to do everything I can to anticipate a loss. The one that hurt was my twins, born at 11 weeks but had obviously stopped growing somewhere between 6 and 8 weeks- and with them, I tested positive for three weeks after the event. A hpt isn't going to pick up a blighted ovum, that takes either ultrasound or the nasty surprise when you miscarry and you realise that baby is much smaller than they should be.

[Nature]

I will be having an ultrasound done to check for a heartbeat. I've had a m/c between every live birth, and that has me nervous. DD1, m/c, DD2, m/c, DD3, ____ .... ya. Kinda can't shake the "but its a pattern!" feeling... so a quick explanation of that to my OB and I know she'll check for the heartbeat real quick. My other m/c's no heartbeat was ever found and I didn't m/c on my own. So at least I know my body sustains a pregnancy, and refuses to let it go! I guess thats good! :lol But there was no warning for them at all. No bleeding, nothing. Just went for the heartbeat check at around 10 weeks and found no heartbeat. :( The first appointment is always nerve wracking to say the least!

[bloominmamas]

I am having those jitters where I am having the insane urge to get an ultrasound like I did with dd and ds. My 1st pregnancy was a miscarriage so it was always reassuring to see the little heartbeat, but I am really going to try to not get a ultrasound at all this time around. We'll see how my nerves go. With both ds and dd we heard the heartbeat way early so I am hoping that will be true this time around so I will be reassured quickly. We'll see.

[Spirulina&Sage]

:hug

go knit helen, take it easy. this baby wants you!

[KariAnn]

I am freaking out! This is my first time in this area because I found out last week that I am pregnant. Very excited, surprised, but excited! I had my annual exam today (had been scheduled for months) and before I knew it I had had a vaginal u/s. I have a five year old and she was born in a hospital with all sorts of interventions. With her we had one u/s only. I'm confused as to why the u/s was done at all today. Our conception date was May 14th. And after reading posts about heartbeats, well, she didn't point it out. She doesn't want to see me again for another six weeks, so I don't know if that is a good sign or not. A little reassurance please . . .

[Jlcampbellkidz]

KariAnn- If you less than 6 weeks, you wouldn't expect to see a heartbeat.

[Jezzy]

I had an us done yesterday and saw the heartbeat! I was soooo relieved! I started crying I was so happy. Now I KNOW that there is a baby growing in me. Everything looked good, the bean is a little bigger than it should be which is way better than smaller. Yeahhhhhh

[ksera05]

I am freaking out! This is my first time in this area because I found out last week that I am pregnant. Very excited, surprised, but excited! I had my annual exam today (had been scheduled for months) and before I knew it I had had a vaginal u/s. I have a five year old and she was born in a hospital with all sorts of interventions. With her we had one u/s only. I'm confused as to why the u/s was done at all today. Our conception date was May 14th. And after reading posts about heartbeats, well, she didn't point it out. She doesn't want to see me again for another six weeks, so I don't know if that is a good sign or not. A little reassurance please . . .

You should be a little over 6 weeks so there should have been a heartbeat. I think I would find another doctor who actually shows you the u/s but that's just me. :o They didn't send you home with any pictures or anything???

[Jlcampbellkidz]

My concep date is 5-15 had a sono today 6-13 and couldn't see the heartbeat. I was devastated. But the doc said it's not unusual this early that the heart just began beating. We did see and measure the yolk sac, and it was hard but saw the tiny baby and it measured 6 weeks. So she said not to be concerned. She said I could come back in a week or two If i am still worried.

[Carlito's_wife]

Well I have actually had two sono's. I had one today and it said I was exactly 7weeks 0days. I could see the little heart pumping but the only beating they could pick up was mines.

My levels are rising great and ultasound show my baby is developing or growing I should say so I guess it is possible to not hear a heartbeat at this point. But I sure did see it. I have another sono in about 2 weeks.

Don't know why but my doc is allowing me to have them like they are going out of style.

Here's the pic they gave me today.

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/83/sono12vl3.jpg

[flapjack]

Are you at 7 weeks now, Carlitoswife? Where did the time go?

[KariAnn]

You should be a little over 6 weeks so there should have been a heartbeat. I think I would find another doctor who actually shows you the u/s but that's just me. :o They didn't send you home with any pictures or anything???

They did send us home with a picture. Should I be able to tell something from it? As far as finding another doctor, we are going to start interviewing midwives for a homebirth.

[Carlito's_wife]

Are you at 7 weeks now, Carlitoswife? Where did the time go?

The time hasn't gone anywhere lol. I guess I was just wrong on my dates. By my calculations I am only 6 weeks yesterday. I don't know what is more reliable, my dates and calculations because I know my own body, or a sono.

I guess only my baby knows.

[NamastePlatypus]

I know how you feel. When I had e I had to fly stateside for almost three monthes and I was about 9 weeks and was never sick no weight nothing so I wanted one to make sure I had a sticky before I had a 11 hour flight and three weeks away. They refused it up and down, went off base ( where I eventually transfered) and had one done there and saw my lil bean and was fine after that. I understand how you feel and I know your frustration. I LOVED having an US :duck:duck: :duck: every month but I will be luck y if I even get one here:irked:

[flapjack]

carlito's wife, I remember reading somewhere that very early u/s's can be anything up to two weeks out: apparently they're most accurate between 10 and 12 weeks for dating purposes. Do you have a tendency to go early? I've always measured late on u/s (except with Isaac, who was early) and always gone overdue.

[TrishWSU]

You should be a little over 6 weeks so there should have been a heartbeat. I think I would find another doctor who actually shows you the u/s but that's just me. :o They didn't send you home with any pictures or anything??? At 6 weeks u/s still only picks up 80% of HBs. If you didn't see one this time, don't freak out. It should be there if you go back in a week.

A lady on my surro board just went through H*LL for this very reason. Right at 6 weeks they didn't see a HB and scheduled a D&C. The day before the D&C (6w4d) she went to the doc for preliminary blood work before the surgery and asked for another u/s to verify it wasn't a viable pg, and sure enough, there was a tiny little bean with a healthy little heartbeat! So don't automatically assume it's not viable if there's no HB this early!

[NamastePlatypus]

At 6 weeks u/s still only picks up 80% of HBs. If you didn't see one this time, don't freak out. It should be there if you go back in a week.

A lady on my surro board just went through H*LL for this very reason. Right at 6 weeks they didn't see a HB and scheduled a D&C. The day before the D&C (6w4d) she went to the doc for preliminary blood work before the surgery and asked for another u/s to verify it wasn't a viable pg, and sure enough, there was a tiny little bean with a healthy little heartbeat! So don't automatically assume it's not viable if there's no HB this early!

how terriable of them to do that! Can you imagain how many little ones have had to be lost becasue of that:gloomy:

[miss_honeyb]

How are you all getting such early U/S? I don't even go in for my first appt until 10 weeks! I want to see my bean!

[bloominmamas]

How are you all getting such early U/S? I don't even go in for my first appt until 10 weeks! I want to see my bean!

My first appointment won't be until I am almost 13 weeks because we are going on vacation during the 12th week, otherwise I would have had an appointment at 12 weeks. But then all I am wanting is for the midwife to hear the heartbeat then all will be good with me:)

[Jezzy]

I am in Germany, the Dr's love to do u/s's here and the insurance pays for it. This was actually my third. We had one on Cd 12 to see how the follies were doing. I tested pos at 16dpo and had my first appt at 21 dpo where he did an us and we sas the sac. He told me to come back in 12 days to see how things are going along and we saw our bean and the heartbeat! Now I go in once a month. I can't wait to hear the heartbeat next!!

[ksera05]

How are you all getting such early U/S? I don't even go in for my first appt until 10 weeks! I want to see my bean!
i'm high risk :lol so they're seeing me early. that's my excuse anyway :duck:

Ugh, and sorry for the misinformation! I could have sworn I was told that something like 95% of viable pregnancies will show a heartbeat by 6 weeks (if your dates are correct). Obviously I remembered wrong from my first pregnancy. :duck: :o

[NamastePlatypus]

I am in Germany, the Dr's love to do u/s's here and the insurance pays for it. This was actually my third. We had one on Cd 12 to see how the follies were doing. I tested pos at 16dpo and had my first appt at 21 dpo where he did an us and we sas the sac. He told me to come back in 12 days to see how things are going along and we saw our bean and the heartbeat! Now I go in once a month. I can't wait to hear the heartbeat next!!

Where are you? I hate e had St Johannis in Landstuhl and it was amazing!! I am still very:gloomy: that I have to have this one here but I am here and can't change that:lol I am so a german had heart:heartbeat

[eilonwy]

I've got one scheduled for 3 July, just because I like to be reassured about the heartbeat. Also, for some reason they're not buying my dates (that will likely change when i get to see my regular doctor, who knows me and takes my word for things). I'll have a level 2 ultrasound around 18-20 weeks because my daughter has a congenital kidney problem; if that goes well, there shouldn't be any more. :D If the baby is too small/wiggly/uncooperative, I'll have to have another lvl 2 to make sure all the bits and pieces are in place; kidneys are notoriously difficult to see/deal with.

NOS-- i have to say that I agree with you; the babies don't like it. Bella covered her eyes with her little arm for both of hers, and she pulled this face like, "What the heck do you think you're doing?" but she didn't move or kick or anything. She just seemed irritated, the way you or I might if someone shined a light on us while we were sleeping comfortably in the dark. Likewise with BooBah. BeanBean actually smiled during his, but he's a ham and he's always been kind of eager to show off whenever anyone interacts with him. He responded favorably to all kinds of noises while in utero. :lol

Right now, I"m just hoping and praying that there's only one in there. I had this dream about twins, i was babysitting for them and i lost one of them, couldn't find her (they were totally GIRLS!!) and in the dream it was like, "Wouldn't you feel horrible if this happened?!" I felt terrified and guilty and the other twin was a mess... but right before I woke up all I felt was relief. :bag:

[Jezzy]

Where are you? I hate e had St Johannis in Landstuhl and it was amazing!! I am still very:gloomy: that I have to have this one here but I am here and can't change that:lol I am so a german had heart:heartbeat

Hi, we are in southern Germany in a little town called Denkingen. About 45 min. South of Stuttgart. With my first I had an aweful time here. The Dr. ripped him out of me with forceps. It was aweful. With my 2nd it was beautiful. I had a Midwife (the Dr. was to busy to see me (thank God!!)) I am hoping to have a midwife this time too. I just found out that the one that I had with dd is still working and does house births. Hmmmmm I will have to look into that!

[flapjack]

OK, right now I am crying my eyes out with a tough decision to make. My bloody useless crappy podunk local NHS trust (the ones who are obsessively trying to kill my FIL with their filthy wards) won't give me a scan until 12 weeks. Apparently, my recurrent miscarriages aren't recurrent enough because a loss at 4 weeks and a loss at 5 weeks don't count. I can get a scan done on Thursday evening, privately, at the major teaching hospital in Oxford, but it's going to cost 140 GBP- 280 Mars bars, in other words. All it's going to tell me is that my baby has made it, safe and alive and well, to almost 8 weeks. Is it worth it? What do you think??????

[eilonwy]

Well, if you're going to be completely insane for the intervening four weeks, and you actually have the cash, go for it. If on the other hand coming up with the cash is going to put you in an awkward financial position, I'd keep peeing on sticks. :o

[DreamsInDigital]

:yeah:

[naturallia]

Yep ,they have pee sticks for only $1 at the dollar store.... :loveeyes

[flapjack]

I was still testing positive three weeks after I lost twins at 11 weeks gestation: and I stopped feeling pregnant a couple of weeks before that as well so theoretically my hcg levels were already dropping (blighted ovums.) It hurt, because the same hospital put me through the humiliation of repeatedly POAS before they'd even consider offering me a scan to see if there was a chance that my babies were going to make it: in the end, I held two beautiful tiny people in my hands WAY before anyone could be bothered to give me a scan (they were born at 11 weeks). If I'd have known to expect two, I could at least have kept the first safe during that day and buried them together.
Sorry- this is still a big big deal for me. There's not many things in life that bug me, but I do feel bad that my twins went to the afterlife without each other.
My mum's offered to help with the cost of the scan, if this is what we decide to do. DH says no, I say yes, so it's a stalemate situation.

[DreamsInDigital]

Helen if you can get help paying for it then I say do it. You really need it for sanity, I think.
Love and light to you, my dear.

[nausicaamom]

:hug :hug :hug
I'm so sorry you're going through such hell right now - I really hope you can work something out.

[noordinaryspider]

:hug Helen, there aren't many circumstances where I would do that, but this is one of them; I think you should get the scan.

[aries_mama]

I am planning to schedule an early u/s because we're going on vacation for almost three weeks and I want to see the bean before we go. I'm planning to schedule it for when I'll be about 6w4d. I *really* hope I'll be able to see it! I am going to start interviewing midwives when we get back in town, so I'm pretty much using my old OB for their willingness to do an u/s, then I'll say so long!

[aslmere]

I had my appointment this afternoon.
The baby is measuring at an average of 7 weeks.
So he moved my due date from the 2nd to the 5th... which is actually great for me.

My cervix is looking good right now and so we decided to take a wait and see approach rather than scheduling a stitch.
I will have another US at 14 weeks to see if my cervix has changed any and if it has I will get the stitch.

It was really reassuring to see the heartbeat!!!
I feel so much better..though I kept asking him if he was sure that that second shape I was seeing was the yolk sac and not another baby! LOL

[mama_nym]

You sound very relieved! :hug

And :lol about the twin thing - that totally would have been me!

[Mama2-4]

I had my first midwife appt today. Everything seems to be going along well, she said my uterus feels like a 7 wk uterus. I opted to have an ultrasound just to check...I have a history of miscarriage and an ectopic and really want to make sure everything looks okay. So, we are going tomorrow at 1:30. I will feel so much better once I see the little squirt!

[flapjack]

Yep, I have an appointment at 1pm- in 3 hours time. I'm petrified.

[nausicaamom]

:hug :hug and :sticky :fingersx

I'm so glad you have one scheduled - I'll be keeping you in my thoughts today.

[bloominmamas]

Good luck Helen!!!

[Nature]

Yep, I have an appointment at 1pm- in 3 hours time. I'm petrified.

:hug

I hope it goes well for you. :)

[Jezzy]

How did it go Helen??:hug

[nausicaamom]

Any word?

[flapjack]

We have a heartbeat :throb Singular :throb throb I'm measuring at 8 weeks and 5 days, but he agreed that ultrasounds at this point are so inaccurate that there's really no point in getting excited about that.
I HATE that hospital, though. Even going privately, they manage to treat people like crap :(

[bloominmamas]

YAY!!! Sorry they didn't treat you very well, that affects the mood whether they mean to or not. Congrats on seeing the bean..:carrot :banana :broc:

[eilonwy]

I'm so relieved for you! :hug And I'm sorry your hospital sucks. For the most part, I've been really lucky with ultrasound techs. The only problem I had was with BooBah... The tech was all happy and chatty and conversational and then all of a sudden she went dead silent (when she couldn't find BooBah's kidneys). I complained bitterly to everyone-- either be quiet the whole time, or be conversational the whole time, but don't start out happy and go suddenly blank half-way through. It's a dead giveaway that something is wrong and it's really, REALLY scary.

[nausicaamom]

I am so relieved - sorry it was such a crappy experience, but yay on the heartbeat!

[suzywan]

I'm getting an ultrasound soon cause we're traveling to Wiconsin by car at the end of next week and I'd rather know the deal before I go out into the middle of nowhere.

That said, I'm now freaking out because an ultrasound is so final. Once it's done you know if the baby is alive or not. I'm scared even though I shouldn't be.

Of, and YAY Flapjack! I'm so glad you got the news you were hoping for!

[zulupetalz]

That's so exciting Helen! I've been checking to see all day how you made out. You must be relieved!

[Mama2-4]

I had an ultrasound today. I am relieved and excited to report we saw a heartbeat! I was feeling very nervous about going, I have a history of miscarriage, but was so happy to see the little heart beating away! It made everything seem so much more real to me! By ultrasound and LMP I am 7 wks and 4 days giving me a due date of between 2/2 by wheel and 2/4 by ultrasound!
Andrea

[Nature]

We have a heartbeat :throb Singular :throb throb I'm measuring at 8 weeks and 5 days, but he agreed that ultrasounds at this point are so inaccurate that there's really no point in getting excited about that.
I HATE that hospital, though. Even going privately, they manage to treat people like crap :(

Yay! I'm so happy for you! I'm sorry for the sucky hospital though. :( But but... YAY! for the heartbeat!!!

I had an ultrasound today. I am relieved and excited to report we saw a heartbeat! I was feeling very nervous about going, I have a history of miscarriage, but was so happy to see the little heart beating away! It made everything seem so much more real to me! By ultrasound and LMP I am 7 wks and 4 days giving me a due date of between 2/2 by wheel and 2/4 by ultrasound!
Andrea

Yay! I'm so glad you're relieved! I hope hope hope that my ultrasound goes as well as yours did. I'm nervous.

[flapjack]

Nature, when's your appointment?

[Jlcampbellkidz]

It's been a little over a week since i checked in. It took a while to update myself on how everyone is doing. Flapjack: Very excited for you!!

My first US was 2 weeks ago. at 6 weeks 1 day Saw the round baby and yolk sac but no heart beat. 3 days later after a very stressful day at work, I went to do my progesterone treatment in the bathroom at work. I sat down on the toilet and blood filled the water. Luckily I had my cell phone in my pocket. I called my associate and asked her to bring me my things. I called my Primary and asked if we could do anything. She said to go home and put my feet up and come see her first thing on Monday. Blead all day on Saturday. Subsided on Sunday. Never cramped or had any clots. Monday she looked at my cervix and vaginal walls and did an US. This time we saw the heart beat right away. She said that she ran a cotton swab along my vag. wall and that caused me to start bleeding. They saw no bleeding in utero. So they believe the bleeding is just vaginal. Probably being irritated from the progesterone suppositories. I have had more bleeding this weekend but it stopped after a day again. I don't think I can get used to this. I can't wait to be able to feel the baby move so I will have my own way of knowing this little baby is ok.

[nausicaamom]

:hug I hope you can start to feel movement soon.

[WeasleyMum]

I've got an ultrasound scheduled for July 18, I"ll be 8w3d. After last time, I will always get an US as early as possible...

My timing kinda sucks though b/c the DH is out of town on business that whole week, so whatever news, good or bad, will have to go by phone. But waiting a WHOLE 'nother week... not feasable, I'd go nuts. :lol :dizzy

AND it's two days before the Harry Potter book... :carrot :broc: :banana WAY too much to have going on in one week!

[flapjack]

Why, you're not an HP fan are you Mara? I would never have guessed ;)

Laurie :hug Here's hoping that everything stays absolutely OK and it turns out that the blood was tomato ketchup or something else non-baby related.

[WeasleyMum]

Why, you're not an HP fan are you Mara? I would never have guessed ;)

Laurie :hug Here's hoping that everything stays absolutely OK and it turns out that the blood was tomato ketchup or something else non-baby related.

Me? An HP fan? Whatever made you think that? The fact that DH coming out in 23 days makes me :bouncy It's almost enough to keep my mind off being :belly

[nausicaamom]

Me? An HP fan? Whatever made you think that? The fact that DH coming out in 23 days makes me :bouncy It's almost enough to keep my mind off being :belly

I haven't pre-ordered mine yet :bag:
I keep on forgetting every time I'm in town. I will be doing the whole midnight thing - my husband already knows not to expect anything from me that weekend.

[NamastePlatypus]

We have a heartbeat :throb Singular :throb throb I'm measuring at 8 weeks and 5 days, but he agreed that ultrasounds at this point are so inaccurate that there's really no point in getting excited about that.
I HATE that hospital, though. Even going privately, they manage to treat people like crap :(

I would wory with the date just yet, just that sweet precious priceless :heartbeat

I Hope this remains and thrives within you!!!

[eilonwy]

Me? An HP fan? Whatever made you think that? The fact that DH coming out in 23 days makes me :bouncy It's almost enough to keep my mind off being :belly

Okay, now I can say this-- I just found it absolutely HILARIOUS that "WeasleyMum" was working on her first. :lol Shouldn't you be on eight with that username? :innocent :lol

[WeasleyMum]

Okay, now I can say this-- I just found it absolutely HILARIOUS that "WeasleyMum" was working on her first. :lol Shouldn't you be on eight with that username? :innocent :lol

It's not a description so much as a goal!! :lol

Actually I (probably) don't want seven kids, but maybe 4? It's more the lifestyle (sans the magical part) that I like: all the kids, the happy marriage, the stone farmhouse with chickens and a cool messy garden... love and happiness over money and status. Plus I'm a moderator on a Harry Potter forum (Leaky Lounge) so I'm used to thinking in HP terms!

[flapjack]

Speak for yourself, lass. I would LOVE to be able to do the washing up magickally...

[eilonwy]

Speak for yourself, lass. I would LOVE to be able to do the washing up magickally...


:yeah: ;)

[WeasleyMum]

LOL, ya'll are too funny. I didn't mean that I didn't *want* the cool magic stuff, only that it's not possible... right? Right?? I mean if I could have gone to Hogwarts that would be awesome, but I was under the impression that it's make-believe... :lol

[Mindi22]

I now have an early US appointment on July 11th. After 2 m/c, I need the reassurance or the knowlege that it's a no go before I go crazy. And symptom-wise, I'm dying here - I'm freaking exhausted, I can barely keep eyes open, I'm a weepy mess - can't stop crying over the littlest thing, and I just started with the m/s - ugh. I want to say these are all positive signs, but I had the same symptoms with every pregnancy, although maybe slightly less with the 2 m/c, hard to say. This is definitely worse than it was last time, and I think it's hitting me earlier than it did with DS. I just want to curl up into a ball and go comatose for about a month, is that so wrong???

Anyway, I'll be about 8w1day for the July 11th scan and I'm praying for good news. I don't know if I can go through the whole m/c thing again and remain sane.

[flapjack]

:hug Mindi. You know how good your odds are, having made it this far, right?

[Mindi22]

thanks, flapjack. I guess the most frustrating thing for me (and the most devastating about the m/c's) was the fact that my body didn't tell me what was going on. Truthfully, a bleeding m/c (even a sudden one) would have been better for my trust in my body than finding out on US at 14 weeks and 8 weeks respectively that the pregnancy was a no go, and no signs of my body actually making any moves to get rid of the not viable pregnancy, and still giving me all the signs of pregnancy.

After 2 d&c's, I'm just not full of faith in my body. Which sucks given what I do (I'm a chiropractor, and I'm always telling people to trust their bodies and listen to what they are telling them)... so, now I'm loking to an US to actually get the answers that my body isn't giving me.

But I'll let you be optimistic for me! :) Thanks!

[flapjack]

:hug Or, of course, it could simply be that it wasn't the right time for your body to let the pregnancy go. If you trust nature, you have to trust her unconditionally, even though she makes some really crappy judgement calls sometimes.

[PlayaMama]

i have an ultrasound scheduled today, i'm 6 weeks exactly, but i had an iud in when i got preggers so they need to check for an ectopic pregnancy.

my m/s seems to have lessened just a touch and of course i'm worried :sneeze:
i know it's really early to see the heartbeat so i'm afraid i'll be worried about that too. bleh.

any positive thoughts sent my way would be wonderful!

[Mindi22]

:hug Or, of course, it could simply be that it wasn't the right time for your body to let the pregnancy go. If you trust nature, you have to trust her unconditionally, even though she makes some really crappy judgement calls sometimes.

Oh sure, flapjack - be the voice of reason... *grin* what you say makes a lot of sense, but really believing it is difficult! Those crappy decisions that I don't understand are just tripping me up! But I know that you're right, and I will get back there, I just need some time to be pissed off and not trusting for awhile, know what I mean????

[Mindi22]

i have an ultrasound scheduled today, i'm 6 weeks exactly, but i had an iud in when i got preggers so they need to check for an ectopic pregnancy.

my m/s seems to have lessened just a touch and of course i'm worried :sneeze:
i know it's really early to see the heartbeat so i'm afraid i'll be worried about that too. bleh.

any positive thoughts sent my way would be wonderful!

*hugs* PlayaMama - I'm sending you lots of positive thoughts. I hope that your US goes well today and that you get good news - please keep us posted as soon as you have results!

[flapjack]

:hug Playamama

Mindi, I had an epiphany looking at a science museum exhibit on the miracle of life- you know, conception, development, all that kind of stuff- and for me, that turned it round. It stopped being about how hard the miscarriages were- instead, it started being "bloody hell. My kids survived this kind of phenomenal odds to get out here into the world and drive me nuts?????" I've said this before, but honestly- sperm, egg, equals person? freaky way-out stuff, more like...

[joshs_girl]

:hug playamama - please keep us updated!

Hopefully you're a little more along then you think you are and you won't have any problems seeing the little bean's heart beating!

[PlayaMama]

so, everything is great! baby is right where it was supposed to be, my tubes are clear, and my ovaries look fine. AND the very best part, according to the measurements i'm 6w5d and there was a tiny flicker of a heartbeat!!!! the technician was even able to measure how fast it was beating.

she also tried an external ultrasound before going vaginally and was able to see everything fine from the outside, yay for me and yay for lower radiation doses for baby!

so, we can finally start really thinking about names. :D

[Nature]

Yay PlayaMama!! Thats great!!

[WeasleyMum]

That is so, so wonderful! :love

May we all get the same results, in time!