Thanks Janie. see my Ob tomorrow to discuss results and the next step etc.
megan- good luck for your scan
hi everyone else.... hope you are doing well.
Just wondering ladies...if you had an early scan (6-7 wks) did you have another scan before the 12 week mark too, or wait until then? Not sure what to expect happens next.
Hi Possums... I am going to a private OB and he does a scan just in his room each time I go. So after my early 6 week 3 day scan with FS, I then had an 8 week scan with OB. Next was the proper 12 week scan and then on Monday next week we have our 16 week appointment with OB who will do another quick scan.
So I think all in all it depends on your OB. I hope yours does the scans each time you go... it is truely amazing to see how much they change. At 6wk3day, mine looked like a little worm, at 8 weeks it looked like 2 round blobs, and then at 12 weeks - a real baby!
Thanks Janie. I am going to a private OB from tomorrow onwards now too, and I hope I can have another scan before 12 weeks too.
Sadly I don't have the option where I live of a private birth. From 12 weeks on, my Ob has to refer me to the clinic at my public hospital and all remaining checks will be there. I am a bit upset about that, but there is just no choice here. I had thought I could at least see my own OB through the pregnancy, but have now found out how it works.
I had my NT scan this morning....and there is a baby in there afterall!!! As I hadn't seen a heartbeat at all and had no idea if things were progressing well, it was a long sleepless night last night. Nuchal fold measures at 1.2mm so all good. Will get my actual results combined with BT at my next appt I think. Buddy is measuring 3 days ahead at 12w6d but we're sticking with the dates we already had at 12w3d. He's 6.9cm long and heartbeat was 154.
I still can't believe I am actually pregnant! It's still so surreal.
I had my final BT today to track HCG levels, so I hope this week they are where they are meant to be. Am seeing my OB this afternoon and very much looking forward to that, just to discuss the scan results, BT results, and ask questions etc.
Well... I'm back after several days away for a wedding and a surprise 70th birthday party out west and another two hour GTT this morning...
I knew about BG's news, but I'm so happy to come back today and see good news from Possums and Megan. It's such a huge relief!
I've got a lot of catching up to do, and a lot of resting and recuperating - I've had a severe hayfever flare up while we were away (half the family was having troubles yesterday), and the drugs I can take for it leave me feeling very dopey and sleepy.
I feel pretty ordinary, but Munchkin is happy as anything - all that sugar with the GTT and he's been kicking up one hell of a storm!
possums - gl with OB appt this arvo - hoping you get some answers to your questions
as for me - was thinking yesterday that ms was supposed to get worse, not better, so early on - i'd had mega queasies early, but seemed to have to pretty under control - all i've had is low grade nausea... hmmm - WHY? why curse myself like that?? haven't actually been sick (due to luck and good control i think!) but have been running to the loo/grabbing a bucket so many times today! woke up fine, mildly queasy during shower, ate toast on the way to work like every day. ended up having to take maxalon at work after less than an hour - which was a bad omen to start, and just after i took it, got a tickle in my throat that just wouldn't quit! every cough was like a precursor to being sick - and for someone with an upchuck phobia, that's really not nice! spoke to my supervisor to get alternate duties (i work on the phones in a call centre and had been forced to hang up on someone to run to the loos just in case) - and while i was talking to her was nearly sick all over her, so i flexed off for the day, came home to bed for a while. feeling mildly more human now, but not much! doesnt help that i was struck down by the constipation fairy on the weekend, and yesterday finally got movement again, but went to the other extreme, so i'm paranoid about being sick and the pressure causing an oopsie! i'm so glad i'm pregnant, but not loving all this stuff going haywire with my bod!
Possums - GL with the OB today... can't wait to hear all about it!
BG - you poor thing! I had MS pretty bad from 6 weeks 3 days through until just before 12 weeks... so I feel your pain! I was also having to take Maxolon on a number of days just to make it work. Make sure you eat regularly even though you probably don't feel like it. The midwifes put me onto eating icy poles - which helped keep my sugar levels up when I wasn't able to eat. Also I was told that the main thing in the early part of pregnancy to ensure is that you are keeping hydrated. The OB told me that even if you are not able to eat much - that is not a concern. The little one will take what it needs from you, it just means that unfortunately you may feel like crap! But he said it is important not to get dehydrated. The midwifes told me to drink diluted juices (1/2 juice, 1/2 water) as for some reason I got an aversion to plain water early on!
And above all remember - MS is a good sign that things are going along well. And it does get better I promise you. I now feel on top of the world and very rarely even feel nauseous and have not been sick since about week 10.
Possum, good luck with your OB today...how exciting!!
Janie, I just looked at your ticker and saw you over 15 weeks know...amazing
BG, no MS for me but the thought of throwing up always makes for me to call out for my mum. You would think at the age of 30 I would have grown up a little by now
Hope you are feeling better soon....
TL, love the new Avi
BW, welcome back and am glad to hear little Munchkin is kicking up a storm for you!!
Megan, congrats on your scan sounds like everything is going on schedule...
AFM, nothing new only 6 more sleeps till my first scan. I should be 6 weeks 3 days by then. I am so worried I feel like I can't get truly excited that I am finally UTD until I see a that heartbeat.
I don't seem to feel PG. I get some cramps from time to time during the day and the thought of chocolate and coffee still makes me want to gag!!
Anyway betta fly and do some work
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see my Ob tomorrow to discuss results and the next step etc.
to all you wonderful ladies!
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