1st Ultrasound- very nervous

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Registered: 09-13-2006
1st Ultrasound- very nervous
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Wed, 02-14-2007 - 1:39am

Hi ladies,

Well I am going in tomorrow for my first ultrasound, I will be 12 weeks 2 days and I am soooo nervous about it. When I got pregnant this time I decided I would just "wait and see" how things went for a while, I only went to the doctors for my first appointment last week at 11 weeks.
My thinking was that as I have only had one loss previously(in October 2006 at 9 weeks) that there would be little the doctors would or could do if I was to have another MC. So I have had no blood tests or anything at this stage. But now I am so nervous that this whole pregnancy has been a phantom pregnancy or something and I'll go tomorrow and they'll say "you're not even pregnant!!". All I have to go on is positive HPT's and my symptoms.
The thing is with my two dd's I had very little intervention early on, I never heard the heartbeats for either until well into the second trimester and only had one US at about 19 or 20 weeks for both, and I never had any of these thoughts with them. Arghhhh, it is frustrating to be second guessing myself all the time.
Sorry this has come off mostly as a bit of a vent, I feel like I can't voice this stuff with my family because I don't want to worry them unnecessarily with my silliness.
Just looking for some encouragement I guess.......
Emma

Oh the other thing, last week at 11 weeks the doctor had a bit of a feel of my tummy and said he couldn't feel my uterus yet, which he said was about right, but it got me a little worried!! Should he be able to feel something at 11 weeks, I have a bit of padding on my tummy (read fat :-0) so I'm thinking maybe he just couldn't feel it through that???? Any thoughts......

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Registered: 12-28-2006
Wed, 02-14-2007 - 5:18am
I so hear you.... I have my first US on this coming friday and can barely think about anything else. I'll only be 6 weeks or so. So my panic is they won't be able to see a heartbeat yet and then that will make me panic more?! Always a barrel of laughs the anxiety produced by being PAL.
A lot of things can interfere with the ability to feel the uterus- padding is one, so is a uterus that's 'tipped' in the wrong direction. If he wasn't concerned by the size, I'd try not to be (yep, I know, good luck).
I wish you the best, SBV's, and calmness-vibes,
Davida
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Registered: 12-08-2006
Wed, 02-14-2007 - 9:36am

Emma,


I am sending you wonderful ultra sound vibes for today! Everything that you are feeling is very normal for a PAL. We all have those thought if doom and gloom because we have gone through one of the hardest things ever. I am very proud of you for not going in sooner and getting an ultra sound, but it sounds like everything is just fine!!


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Registered: 05-17-2006
Wed, 02-14-2007 - 2:28pm

I'm almost 14 weeks and I've got a little *ahem* padding too and I'm just starting to be able to feel it... I think. Let us know how everything goes!

*Faith

 

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Registered: 09-13-2006
Wed, 02-14-2007 - 9:54pm
Thanks for the words of support ladies. I had the US this morning and everything looks great!! YAY!! The baby measured 3 days smaller than by dates of my LMP, but as I said to the tech I was a little iffy about those anyway. I could see it moving around and waving it's little arms about.......it had a heartbeat of 163, so very good.
The only reason I never went in earlier to get an US was because with my MC I saw the heartbeat at about 7 weeks and still lost the baby at 9 weeks so I think if anything it would have made me stress even more!!!
I now have an official Due date : 31 August 2007. So I might go say hello over at the August EC in the near future!!
A very happy Emma XX
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Registered: 05-17-2006
Thu, 02-15-2007 - 11:28am

I'm glad everything went great! That is a nice strong heartbeat!

*Faith
EDD 8/19/07

 

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Registered: 06-19-2006
Thu, 02-15-2007 - 9:15pm

Yay, Emma! What fantastic news!