Post by littlebarefoot on Oct 7, 2010 18:07:48 GMT -5
Hi again,
Firstly, thank you for those who replied. Your kind words and encouragement meant so much to me when I really needed it.
I went had had a HCG drawn on Monday 10/11 and again on Wednesday 10/13, coming back as 36,000 on Monday and 45,000 on Wednesday. My dr was very happy and didn't think there was any problem, and in fact she said it may be twins due to what she considered a high HCG and the problems seeing anything at 5 weeks.
I had my repeat ultrasound two days ago and there is definitely a baby in there!!! Only one but a baby nonetheless. Good size, 1.89cm CRL and heart rate 153 bpm. The yolk sac was also visible and the heart was beating nicely. I had a different technican this time and she had no idea how the last tech missed it!!! I can't tell you the relief and also the anger at being told something that he didn't even include on the dr's report. Why worry me like that over a maybe? I'm also a week further than the original tech put me at, making me almost 6w at the first scan and 8w2d at the most recent.
So mine is one of a happy outcome although I am keeping you all in my prayers - those who have not had good outcomes and those of you trying again.
The most common advice here is definitely the best - don't take someone's word for it the first time you have a scan. Wait, get bloods, scan again and again until you yourself are happy that they have the correct diagnosis before taking any action!
Thank you again ladies.
Cheers, Lu
Hi all,
I'm new to this forum and to B/Os. I have four children already - DS15, DS13, DS9 and DD6. We have decided to try for a fifth child and because of my dad's health problems, I had been so distracted that I hadn't even realised my period was late. I took a home pg test five days ago which was instantly positive. We were really excited as we have been trying seriously for a year and for the first time, my periods had been irregular for the last year, a couple of days early, a week late, etc. Very frustrating.
So we were excited about the positive. I went to my local dr and had a hcg done on Tuesday and went back Wednesday to have her confirm that yes, I am pregnant. She scheduled me for an early dating uss as I wasn't sure when my last LMP was; I thought I could have been 4weeks or as much as 6 weeks.
I went yesterday (Thursday) for my dating scan. The uss guy asked me at first how long since my LMP. I said I wasn't sure - maybe 4 or 6 weeks. He then asked if I had conceived naturally or with IVF, I said naturally. He's asking all this while he is doing the uss. He then asks if I have had any pelvic surgery or had anything removed and I said no, only a laparoscopy for endometriosis when I was 17 (I'm 36 now). I could see that he was trying to get a look at the baby but I could mostly see an empty sac with something at the bottom of it. I have a tilted uterus so I'm sure that didn't help any. He eventually says he thinks I may have a B/O but that he needs me to come back in two weeks to have another uss and that's all he can tell me. I had my 6yo daughter with me at the time and at the end, he even turned the screen around to show her what he was looking at, assuming she wouldn't know what it was either way, just that mummy was having a scan to look at the baby.
Like everyone else, I still feel pregnant, my bbs have only gotten bigger and more sore as the week has progressed, and the idea of waiting an entire two weeks to find out if I'm even pregnant or not is awful.
I'm hoping it's still too early for him to see accurately and that in two weeks' time we will go back and find a good, strong heartbeat and everything will be fine but I'm preparing myself for the worst as this has never happened to me before and has been totally unexpected. I don't even have beta levels as my dr only took a pos/neg blood test, not a quantative one. I may have to go back and ask for a quantative. I've had no bleeding or cramping yet and it seems crazy to think I may not be pregnant at all. I'm hoping the next two weeks fly past!
Thanks for reading.
Cheers, Lu
Firstly, thank you for those who replied. Your kind words and encouragement meant so much to me when I really needed it.
I went had had a HCG drawn on Monday 10/11 and again on Wednesday 10/13, coming back as 36,000 on Monday and 45,000 on Wednesday. My dr was very happy and didn't think there was any problem, and in fact she said it may be twins due to what she considered a high HCG and the problems seeing anything at 5 weeks.
I had my repeat ultrasound two days ago and there is definitely a baby in there!!! Only one but a baby nonetheless. Good size, 1.89cm CRL and heart rate 153 bpm. The yolk sac was also visible and the heart was beating nicely. I had a different technican this time and she had no idea how the last tech missed it!!! I can't tell you the relief and also the anger at being told something that he didn't even include on the dr's report. Why worry me like that over a maybe? I'm also a week further than the original tech put me at, making me almost 6w at the first scan and 8w2d at the most recent.
So mine is one of a happy outcome although I am keeping you all in my prayers - those who have not had good outcomes and those of you trying again.
The most common advice here is definitely the best - don't take someone's word for it the first time you have a scan. Wait, get bloods, scan again and again until you yourself are happy that they have the correct diagnosis before taking any action!
Thank you again ladies.
Cheers, Lu
Hi all,
I'm new to this forum and to B/Os. I have four children already - DS15, DS13, DS9 and DD6. We have decided to try for a fifth child and because of my dad's health problems, I had been so distracted that I hadn't even realised my period was late. I took a home pg test five days ago which was instantly positive. We were really excited as we have been trying seriously for a year and for the first time, my periods had been irregular for the last year, a couple of days early, a week late, etc. Very frustrating.
So we were excited about the positive. I went to my local dr and had a hcg done on Tuesday and went back Wednesday to have her confirm that yes, I am pregnant. She scheduled me for an early dating uss as I wasn't sure when my last LMP was; I thought I could have been 4weeks or as much as 6 weeks.
I went yesterday (Thursday) for my dating scan. The uss guy asked me at first how long since my LMP. I said I wasn't sure - maybe 4 or 6 weeks. He then asked if I had conceived naturally or with IVF, I said naturally. He's asking all this while he is doing the uss. He then asks if I have had any pelvic surgery or had anything removed and I said no, only a laparoscopy for endometriosis when I was 17 (I'm 36 now). I could see that he was trying to get a look at the baby but I could mostly see an empty sac with something at the bottom of it. I have a tilted uterus so I'm sure that didn't help any. He eventually says he thinks I may have a B/O but that he needs me to come back in two weeks to have another uss and that's all he can tell me. I had my 6yo daughter with me at the time and at the end, he even turned the screen around to show her what he was looking at, assuming she wouldn't know what it was either way, just that mummy was having a scan to look at the baby.
Like everyone else, I still feel pregnant, my bbs have only gotten bigger and more sore as the week has progressed, and the idea of waiting an entire two weeks to find out if I'm even pregnant or not is awful.
I'm hoping it's still too early for him to see accurately and that in two weeks' time we will go back and find a good, strong heartbeat and everything will be fine but I'm preparing myself for the worst as this has never happened to me before and has been totally unexpected. I don't even have beta levels as my dr only took a pos/neg blood test, not a quantative one. I may have to go back and ask for a quantative. I've had no bleeding or cramping yet and it seems crazy to think I may not be pregnant at all. I'm hoping the next two weeks fly past!
Thanks for reading.
Cheers, Lu