They moment you find out you are pregnant, the worrying begins --and from what I have heard, lasts for pretty much the rest of your life. We have had a few situations both in the 1st and 2nd trimesters that were worrisome, and confusing!
April 9, 2012-- I had my first OB appointment, at what I thought was around 9 weeks pregnant. I was feeling a little nauseous, but with only 3 weeks left in the trimester, I believed I was luckily getting by without too many symptoms. The doc couldn't find baby's heartbeat with the doppler, which is fairly common (but still disappointing), so I scheduled an ultrasound for that afternoon. That is where the surprises began--and mind you, hubby couldn't be there.
- Surprise number 1: the baby was not even close to 9 weeks along, and was, in fact, about 6 weeks 5 days! Even though my baby had a heart beat and was looking good as far as they could tell, it is still disappointing to be set back almost 3 weeks, and realize that a whole lot could change before the trimester would be over. I was lucky enough to get to Skype with hubby for this ultrasound -which the tech, who was rather unsocial, wasn't too excited about.
- Surprise number 2: I got a phone call the next day with "ultrasound results" which immediately sent up a red flag to me. I was under the impression that anything good, bad, or otherwise would be discussed with me AT the ultrasound. The nurse began with "You do have a viable baby, BUT..." ---NEVER how you want someone to start a sentence. She said I had unusual uterine tissue...but could not tell me anything else other than that I would need another ultrasound in 2 weeks to look into the issue further. AH! That was a long time to wonder if my baby was alive, healthy, in a safe environment, etc.
April 24, 2012-- After what seemed like forever, the 2nd ultrasound date finally arrived. Again, with the long distance, Matt couldn't be there. The ultrasound technician shared with me that the doctor thought that my placenta was bunched on one side in the previous ultrasound, but appeared to have righted itself and looked normal - THANK GOD! When I asked her what it would have meant had the placenta stayed bunched, and she said it was best to not even think about it. AH again! After she said everything looked good, I just focused in on my little one wiggling and moving around, which surprised me for some reason, since in the last ultrasound, he was too small to be moving. I definitely tried to secretly video this to send to hubby--which the tech was not thrilled about. HOW do they expect you to go home without it recorded????I had two more appointments in May, where we got to hear and record the baby's heartbeat. For the time being, we were more relaxed, and thankful for our little guy's health. Next up: moving day! So awesome!
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