10 Week update.. all looks good still!
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| Fri, 03-25-2005 - 1:32pm |
Hi everyone, KAREN- all is fine!! When the OB came in (his partner- a female OB) came in and was telling me before starting the u/s that her philosophy is I'm welcome to come in at anytime at all- she knows how stressful and nervous it can be due to history- I started bawling since I was soooo nervous.. At first all I saw was a blob and i was feeling so sick thinking it was over.. but there was the baby.. Pumpkin has little legs and arms- it was in fetal position with its back towards us.. And then the pumpkin started hopping and jumping!!! Sooo much activity! I was sooo elated but asked what the measurements were.. I'm 10 weeks today... The CRL measures 10W2d !! SOOO excited! The heartbeat was zooming at 180 bpm but I had to get that out of her- she said after measuring good heartrates before this- they don't watch the heartrate anymore until later on (week 16?). I asked here where my placenta was since I had read about if its located low- and she showed me that it's above the baby- which she said was perfect.. Cervix closed.. She said she was happy with everything she saw- that the baby jumping around already was really good..
I AM SOOO HAPPY!!!! I hope everything continues to be going well.. I want to bottle this feeling forever.
(((KAREN)))) Thanks again for being here.. I am still in that 2 WW - til testing, til results and followup u/s.. Okay- I'll worry about that later.. for now I want this moment.. I am going to take a nap.. been sleeping very crappy and bawling leading up to today.. People who have pregnancies without this fear are so fortunate.. and don't even know it..
So my friend, I have made it through another u/s........ Laura

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Well I posted to you some time ago and it didn't take....I must have exited before saving the preview....ugh...
This is it girl!!! you are having this baby. Isn't this the furthest you've made it? The only time I saw this kind of movement was with my DD, Ella.
Thanks for sharing your good news...I needed to hear some *good* news this week.
Have a great weekend and enjoy this feeling, try not to worry about testing. Remember this baby is going to be perfect and keeping you up at night in 7 months....believe.
Take care...Karen
Hi there- yup, I did the same thing.. i wrote this chatty note and it's gone gone gone!! I was writing to wish you a happy easter and ask you if Ella (very pretty name) is old enough to do an easter egg hunt?
I'm still very happy.. keep replaying the image of the baby in fetal position (so wild!) and jumping around.. I told DH that I felt like we were watching the discovery channel since every two weeks we see how the baby develops.. amazing changes. Yes, it is further than we have gotten- but it doesn't take away the fear.. I remember being really confident the 2nd pg since there was no bleeding (1st one I spotted and days later m/c naturally) .. was not prepared in ANY way for a blighted ovum at 8 weeks.. the last one was not prepared in any way for a molar pregnancy (or so they thought)- it really ripped me apart deep inside..
My friend's father is out of surgery- they think they got it all.. they will know by Wed. if its bening or malignent.. Has your BIL had a biopsy yet?
Overall, we had a great weekend.. I felt comfortable to tell another close friend who we saw Friday night for dinner.. She'd hear about my having a loss anyway- my logic for who/when to tell makes no sense.. completely by my mood.. and friday i was in a upbeat mood after the u/s. My parents came over for dinner last night- they are off to Europe until Sept. (they live there for half a year- retired).. told my mom I hoped she'd have a harder time hugging me the next time she sees me (preggo).. she started to cry.. my parents really want this to go well..
Anyway- happy easter my friend!!!
Laura
Hi Karen,
Just checking in to see how you're doing.. Did you get my last posting? just checking to see how you are.
I'm less than a week away from CVS. I just got a fetal monitor and at first heard my own hearbeat (i didn;t read the instructions) - I got le cheapo (less sophisticated) monitor- it works well considering but for more $ I could have the digital monitor that tells you the heartrate.. Anyway, I got a calculator and calculated 90bpm.. I was very freaked out since that's not good for a baby- was about to grab the phone to call my OB for an appt tomorrow. Took me a while but I read the instructions and realized what i was doing.. But I found the HB! It was galloping away - I calculated 156 or 146 (I tried counting at different times..).. It made me feel good to know the baby is still there!!
I had a scare on reading a posting of using heparin for the MTHFR gene I tested + for.. I am taking baby aspirin and extra folic and vitamin b- but was not prepared to read about heparin. I made an appt (not until mid APRIL- ugh) with a peri/high risk dr.. I want to review the tests I had.. just peace of mind.. I also called my RE and hopefully can talk to her tomorrow.. I'm understating how this scared me- I came home bawling yesterday.. DH looked at me like a martian.. this is like being menapausal I imagine- super highs and then crying.. i'm even sniffing at shows like that 70s show (it was on)- what the ???
Anyway- I wanted to see how you are.. hope all is well...
Laura
Oh yes, you'll cry over everything and anything....and then you'll get ticked over everything and anything....and then you'll cry again.....it's a joy....no really just find the humor in it and it will be. I think it *might* be worse for us "older" Moms since, well in my case, my hormones have gotten screwier as I've gotten older. I did pretty good once I got to my 2nd tri but I was so forgetful. One time we, my DH and another couple drove all the way to Atlanta, about 40 mins from my house, to see the Cirque de Soleil only to realize once we got to the emply parking lot that the show was NEXT week. I about died. I felt like such an idiot. At the time I was a project manager and was releasing 3 new products, very high stress. Was supposed to be traveling but couldn't so had to present to management over the phone and I kept messing up....
I have low levels of antiphosphilipid (sp) but took only the baby aspirin and was fine. I would certainly talk to your RE about it to make sure that's enough. Well I can imagine you must be nervous for the CVS.....I'm sure you just want to get it over with. I'm glad you got the monitor and that you figured it out. I hope that will help ease your fears. I have a funky shaped uterus so the monitors sometimes didn't pick up Ella's hb and it freaked me out but the u/s would show her just fine.
Are you 11 weeks this week? your u/s is this friday, right?
Well I'm doing fine, just been very busy. Still waiting to her how my BIL handles the chemo. Saying alot of prayers for him now. I've been debating over what church to raise Ella in. My DH is Jewish and I'm Episcapalian, so I think we'll raise her in the Episcapal church since they also seem less conservative then many others down in the South. I dont' want DH to have to convert and I don't want certain social issues being preached about that I absolutely don't agree with. BUT I want her to have some faith and some moral grounding. I want her to believe in heaven, god forbid, someting should ever happen to us.
Well we are having a bad T-storm so I better get off the computer.
Post your results asap. I'm so glad things are going so well.....they will continue to do so I'm sure.
Grow little baby.....Karen
Hi Karen,
My CVS is tomorrow (my last u/s was 10w2d- I'm 11w5d today)- I've been sleeping very poorly.. and today am very very moody.. not a good combo at work since a few things are happening that have me very cranky. I guess it's good I'm only here for a day this week. When i get back, I'll have the serious talk to switch bosses. The one I have is worthless and pretty much one fo the worst bosses I've had. She should be leading a typing pool rather than any professionals.
Yes, the doppler has been a savior.. I can find it now pretty easily- and don;t need a full bladder. With the non digital one, I have to clock the heartbeat and that still gets me nervous.. ahh. anything still gets me nervous..
That's a funny story of the cirque du soleil.. had to be hard releasing the products and getting preggo brain.. BTW, when is your next RE meeting? (if you know)
Any update re. BIL and chemotherapy? Re. faith- one of my best friends really resents the fact that she was not raised in any religious belief.. she highlighted how she felt no direction and in a way ignorant of history and a significant factor in a lot of people's lives.. just had no exposure at all. She tried raising her child with some beliefs but it ws hard for her since she had none (you know what I mean) and for her to support her child maintaining faith was hard. I think she's relying on her daughter's friends to take her to church.. As for us, DH was brought up catholic until very early.. his mom is very anticatholic (which was wonderful to hear her blast the church when we were preparing for our catholic wedding.. a long story about MIL but things are better now - she was just too cold one of he times we went to see her - and it was re. my having had at that point 3 m/cs- ever since then I refused to go see her anymore - DH stepped in and she cleaned up her act) but I grew up catholic .. our child will be raised catholic no doubt. DH and I talked about this when we were dating.. It will be hard since I don't go to church every Sunday (I have been going to church every week since December last year- just not to mass). I don't dare bring up baptism to DH yet- we're still in that we don't talk about the future too much mode. I wake up and use the baby doppler and use it before going to sleep.. it's more a check to see the baby's still there!
Anyway- back to work.. ugh.. preggo+moddiness+lack of sleep+nerves about cvs= i wish i wasn't here at work.. i have to watch what i say..
I'll update after tomorrow.. thank you for the warm wishes..
Laura
Oh Laura I am very happy for you. It is so wonderful to see a little baby bouncing away especially when you are worried abot him/her. I hope everything continues to go so smoothly for you. Take care.
Twyla
Due Sept 25th
Hi Karen,
I got back a few hours ago but fell asleep (I was kind of freaked out).. it was relatively quick - it did hurt a bit (I'm wimpy) but I can take the pain as long as the baby's ok.. The dr told me that the next 72 hours were the critical ones- so I am in bed.. DH is doing everything - staying with me from work.. Fortunately *so far* no bleeding- the dr said that 5% of women bleed but I know I'd flip out with seeing blood given I haven't had blood yet.. No major cramping.. I go to my OB on Thurs. for a check up u/s.. They ended up doing an NT scan before- it was 1.6 and 1.4 (two measurements) - both normal.. we also saw the nose right at the beginning which I understand is another marker.. Dr said so far it was a 75% chance of the baby not having downs syndrome.. We'll find out results by next week sometime.. We made sure they are not sending it to the lab that TWICE lost our D&C results.. The Dr said that that lab had lost a CVS sample and that was it for them.. so- it's going somewhere else..
We had an u/s before the procedure (oh CVS was done transabdominally - that was a huge relief for me since I had read statistics of doing it this way supporting the risk equal not greater than amnio- my placenta was very high and easy to access and he said i was skinny so it was easier- I've gained 10 lbs so far -lol on skinny) to date the pregnancy and we're 12 weeks today! So- we jumped up another day in development. I think we're 3 or 4 days ahead of where we "should" be.. The baby is so much bigger now! we could see the development of the fingers.. We heard the heartbeat officially (versus my hand doppler which the dr really went off on how he hates that I have one since he knows there will come a day that i can't find the hb and go to the ER)..
Anyway.. that's the update! I will write in after seeing my OB- I have tons of questions for my OB.. like uterus measurement, both visits it was not done, fundal height.. size of cervix.. yup- the internet has a lot of info.. and I want to know as much as possible..
Do you have any update about your BIL? RE? I hope you are doing well.
Hugs, Laura
This is great news....you are almost in the clear. I'm glad the test went ok, I would have been a nervous wreck...I can tolerate alot of pain so that's not the issue, but anything that could cause problems would drive me insane. I'm so glad all is well. I told you that this baby will have NO problems....and you'll be holding him/her next fall and posting how darn tired you are.
My RE appt is on hold until I get the genetic test results. I hope they are in this week. There's not to much to discuss until I get those results and we know what we are dealing with.
My BIL starts chemo this week. He's doing ok but sick from the pre-meds they are giving him for pain. My SIL is starting to get down, I think it's sinking in now. I'm so so sad for them. I hope that she'll be ok. They have such a rough road ahead. It's going to be very hard. We won't know much until we see how he responds to the chemo...ugh....:(
I'm flying Ella and I up to MA for the week so I'll be offline from Sat - Mon 4/18. I might be able to check at my sisters but not at my Gram's. I'm not taking my laptop since I'll have Ella alone and all her stuff to carry. My Grandmother is 93 and is losing her sight. I'm taking Ella up so she can see her before she can't see anymore and because I miss her and sadly the fact is her days are dwindling. We think she might not feel so well as she's been a bit paniked about us coming, when we were coming etc...
Well I'm so excited for you. All has been going so well. I agree with the Dr on the doppler. You have to be careful with those. Pay more attention after 15-20 weeks or so when you feel motion, to the motion rather then the HB. They'll tell you what to look for. Also, were you going to ask your OB/RE about whether the baby aspirin was enough? I'm sure it is but it's worth asking just to be sure.....have a follow up BT if that is necessary. I'm not really sure what they do at this point. I'm going to have him retest all that for me again just to make sure my levels haven't changed since 2000 when I first had them done. I also need to have him check my TSH and make sure I'm not pre-menapausel (sp) and that my eggs aren't going bad.... :( ....it's possible even though I'm only 39.
Ok, time for bed. Talk to you later....
all this GROW...BABY....GROW...and prayers have worked. STAY POSITIVE....talk to your baby and start a pregnancy journal....it really helps you connect and it's fun to read years later. WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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