Well for now all my fears remain unfounded! Praise God!
The blob was measuring right around six weeks (the doc was a bit vague) at 0.84cm crown to rump. The heartbeat was somewhere between 140-160bpm. Apparently I have a tilted uterus so it took a bit of digging around to get a clear shot.
I have another ultrasound with the regular OB next week and then another with my high risk ob (which I GREATLY prefer since the doc himself does the u/s) at 9 weeks. I was a little worried about this since I was afraid they would make me go without one from 7 weeks til the NT scan at 11-12 weeks. Go lupus? I guess?
Of course, the doc ended our visit by noting the fact that there is still a non-insignificant chance of miscarriage until we get through week eight – but said that everything appears to be developing on target right now which is a good sign. Still, I’m having a hard time not fixating on the fact that he said the word miscarriage.
Do “normal” pregnancies get reminded of the chances of miscarriage this often? Because when I emailed my rheumy right after I got my BFP he replied back that I shouldn’t get my hopes up too high yet until we get through week eight.
Anyway, trying to push that out of my mind and focus on the positives for now! I still can’t believe that something so tiny has a heartbeat…and is growing inside of me! Incredible.
I’ve been blog stalking every time I nurse (which is all the time). Yay for a heartbeat!!! So thrilled at this wonderful news!
My ob/gyn will not see you for any reason (generally) until after week 8. After week 8, they see you, check to make sure there’s really a baby in there, etc. Before then, there’s not much to see, a chance you might not see anything…nothing is real or official until after week 8. So it’s not just your doctor. Sounds normal to me. : )
Woohoo! I was really worried about the u/s and not seeing a heartbeat too. I asked what the chances of miscarriage was at that point, my doc just told me he’s not going to go into that with me. He keeps things from me that he doesn’t think I need to know…audacious huh? But you know, I just googled myself and what I found was that after week 8, the risk drops dramatically. Hang in there! Its just another does of life that reminds us, we have so. little. control.