Nixon- i can relate to much of what you said, because our friends and family all knew about IVF too...and now we don't get many questions about how things are...and yet to us, and me especially, this still feels HUGE and exciting and scary and like a fragile miracle.
thanks for your encouragement to me too
afm....well, I rang my ob (not related to my ivf clinic, but the guy i saw before IVF) and they said, "if you are worried come in for an early scan"...then rang back, and said I could come in tomorrow at 4pm!!!! OMG. So soon. I am now a nervous wreck. I sooo want everything to be OK in there. Am excitied and terrified to be honest.
Is this too soon?? I'll be 6 weeks 5 days...has anyone else had a scan that early?
Possums I had my first scan at 6 weeks 3 days and saw a wonderful Heart Beat and a baby that looked a bit like a worm! This was actually my FS scan to check everything was in the right place.
I think this is such a good idea to set your mind at ease.
First pregancy - heartbeat detected at 6w5d. This pregnancy, heartbeat detected at 6w3d.
Apparently with an internal ultrasound they can detect a heartbeat from 6 weeks onwards. It can be a little later if they only have abdominal whatsies (can't think of the name now!), but at the very least, they will be able to measure the gestational sack and see if that's the right size for dates.
Good luck! We're going away tomorrow, so I won't be able to find out how things went until late Monday night/early Tuesday. I'll be praying for you and thinking of you while I'm away.
I've discovered the reason behind my anemia... it's kinda scary. Latest blog entry, I'm too tired to post it here as well. Lets just say that I'll be biting my nails until I can contact my specialists!
Possums good luck with your U/S tomorrow, hope everything is perfect!
I had a 6 week U/S with my pregnancy for DD, and got a great pic of a dot, and heard the heartbeat.
Very exciting. Fingers crossed everything is OK and you can start the weekend on a positive note
My U/S is end of next week, so I am looking forward to it too. Will probably tell our parents after that. No one knows we did IVF, so it will be a complete suprise to announce a pregnancy, esp after them knowing we have been having difficulty conceiving. I think we are probably in the minority with this, but we had to do what made us comfortable and we chose to keep it to ourselves. It was hard on some ways not having people to talk to about it, but on the other hand we didnt get people constantly asking. Each way has its pros and cons I guess.
I am excited tomorrow is Friday and the week is over, have been so UNMOTIVATED at work!
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