naughtoj
Cathlete
Had my first prenatal appt today at 6.5 weeks. Usual stuff. My OB had told me to come in at 7 weeks for an US (since I MC last time) to check for the heartbeat. Well, they happened to have an opening today so we got in!
According to the technician, everything is measuring right on to the day and all looks good. We saw that furious flicker too! The only thing I was really dissapointed about was the technician told me she couldn't get an actual heart rate. She said something about having to use some other probe and she didn't want to do that so early in the pregnancy (like whatever it was was more invasive). So she couldn't give me a heartrate. Then I asked her if I could just count the beats for 10 sec and x 6, she says, "Why are you so fixated on the heartrate? It looks normal". I told her simply because I know the strength of the hr at various stages of pregnancy was a good indicator of fetal well being and she just shoo-shooed me. Weird, since everyone I know that has saw a heartbeat on ultrasound walks out with a number. But whatever. She said no worries, it looked pretty speedy, and all looks good so I guess I need to NOT WORRY, lol
Part of me wishes I would have waited until after my baby stopped growing last time (7 weeks, 1 day) just to make sure I was over that hump. But I suppose there will always be something to worry about!
Anyhow, just wanted to share!!! Going back to sleep now!!!
According to the technician, everything is measuring right on to the day and all looks good. We saw that furious flicker too! The only thing I was really dissapointed about was the technician told me she couldn't get an actual heart rate. She said something about having to use some other probe and she didn't want to do that so early in the pregnancy (like whatever it was was more invasive). So she couldn't give me a heartrate. Then I asked her if I could just count the beats for 10 sec and x 6, she says, "Why are you so fixated on the heartrate? It looks normal". I told her simply because I know the strength of the hr at various stages of pregnancy was a good indicator of fetal well being and she just shoo-shooed me. Weird, since everyone I know that has saw a heartbeat on ultrasound walks out with a number. But whatever. She said no worries, it looked pretty speedy, and all looks good so I guess I need to NOT WORRY, lol
Part of me wishes I would have waited until after my baby stopped growing last time (7 weeks, 1 day) just to make sure I was over that hump. But I suppose there will always be something to worry about!
Anyhow, just wanted to share!!! Going back to sleep now!!!
