Weekly Appointments • w/o 4.22

echo-charlietango

New week, new appointments.

What are you looking forward to or dreading this week?

texas_t

I have one at 8:45 in the morning!!! I'm nervous! Thankfully, my US is right at the beginning and all the other fun stuff is afterward! I just want to see a happy healthy little gummibear!

hkom

I have one on Tuesday morning!  I will be 8 weeks on the nose (according to LMP anyway). I know they are doing an ultrasound but not sure what else to expect as I've never done this before haha. I'm so antsy I just want to get it over with! 

PensiveCrayon

@hkom or others who can pitch in...I'm interested to hear if they'll do a TV on you or the traditional belly one. Just so I know what to expect at mine in a couple weeks. ETA: and @texas_t, ha.

hkom

@PensiveCrayon I'll report back and let you know! 

texas_t

@PensiveCrayon it will be to!

flamingomomma

Ultrasound tomorrow at 9:45! 

Looking forward to hearing the heartbeat & breathing a little easier. 

mckcak23

I go in tomorrow for another blood draw! I'm hoping for at least 2,000 so we can do an us to see that's going on! 

Also at 8 weeks last time I had a tv ultrasound. I don't think they did a belly one till 12 weeks. 

PensiveCrayon

Thanks @mckcak23. All the good vibes for you tomorrow! And for everyone else who has appointments coming up this week! Is it May yet?

maureenmce

Yes! I have my first ultrasound and then my first general appointment Tuesday at 1:30. I am SO nervous (and also excited and then nervous again.)

Edited to wish everyone luck with their ultrasounds and @mckcak23 good luck numbers wise!

echo-charlietango

I have an ultrasound Tuesday, I'll be 6+6. We're just checking to see if anybody is in there in general (because if it's another BO I want to know ASAP).

Luckily my tests from last week's intake appointment were all good; normal results for hCG, progesterone, and glucose. I'm not at risk for diabetes -so the glucose test was a surprise- but I don't mind. I like when my OB tests me for all of the things, because I want answers!

FX for us all this week

asun123

I’ll be 6 weeks tomorrow and I’ll also have an 11am phone appointment which is just a bunch of questions that I’ve answered a million times for them already and that they should already have in my whole record. But whatever.. I’ll answer them again. And then on Tuesday I have an ultrasound with my infertility doctor at like 3pm I believe. Which means I have to leave work a little early so I’m pretty stoked about that.

deutschmama

I have an appointment on Thursday to get my Mutterpass! In Germany every mama-to-be gets this motherhood passport at their first appointment filled with all your medical/personal info. Throughout the pregnancy this little book has to go with you everywhere, and contains notes/ultrasounds/info from each of your appointments. 

I'm going to be 5w6d on Thursday- is that way too early to hope to hear a heartbeat??

coco2787

I have an ultrasound on Wednesday morning.  I'm pretty sure it's going to be bad news based on how the first ultrasound went so not feeling very excited about it.  I have basically no symptoms and even my breast tenderness is starting to go away.  Just want to get it over with.  

PensiveCrayon

@deutschmama That’s so fun!

CecilB93

@coco2787 hoping for the best for you ❤️

I have ny GD class on Tuesday, so woohoo...I'm actually looking forward to it, I've been stressing out about the Dx all weekend and I feel terrified to eat anything. I'm also super picky, so I'm hoping they'll have some good suggestions for meals that I'll enjoy. If not it's going to be a long 8 months of food I don't like...
My first OB appointment is on Friday at 1, not sure if they're doing an US or not, but I need one for dating purposes, so I hope so!! The US are a different department than the OBs though, so I'm not getting my hopes up too much for one this Friday.

Activebaby

I was able to hear/see baby hb (abd, not tv us), which was really reassuring. That was not done officially, just via a friend. I have my Ob appt on tuesday. 

rosebud332

@coco2787 I’m sorry you’re feeling down. My everything is crossed you get good news on Wednesday.

AshleyGemini24

US today. So excited. 

rosebud332

Afm, I have another ultrasound on Friday and I’m feeling pretty optimistic. Hoping everything is ok in there.

lexidawg

I had blood drawn this morning for my repeat HCG levels with my infertility doctor.  Waiting on the results.  Given everything looks good, I will have my first ultrasound on Thursday at 5 weeks exactly.  It will be just to make sure there is a gestational sac.

maureenmce

@coco2787 So sorry you're feeling like it's gonna be bad news. I'm thinking of you and sending good thoughts your way. I have my fingers crossed for you on Wednesday and I really hope you get good news.

katy0990

@coco2787 I am so sorry that you are not feeling optimistic. I will pray for good results for you and keep my fx. 

@deutschmama. That passport sounds so neat!

@texas_t How did it go?

I am getting betas drawn again today. Fix for more doubling!

samfromfrance

@coco2787 I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

@deutschmama The bump app says the baby's heart starts to beat at around 6 weeks, so it might be a bit early. But you never know

I have my first ultrasound (dating scan) this Thursday at 5:30pm; I'll have to leave work early. I'm so excited and very nervous at the same time. I'm hoping for a healthy bean this time, with a heartbeat. I'll be 6 weeks + 3 days.

texas_t

Well, my appointment was this morning and there are 2 babies.

2.

  

AGK2015

@texas_t That is, like, twice as many babies as most of us are getting out of this! Double congratulations, and WHOA! 

samfromfrance

@texas_t OMG! (again) Could you feel it?

PensiveCrayon

@texas_t OMG OMG OMG

mittenlove86

@PensiveCrayon I remember with my last pregnancy I has scans done at 7 and 8 weeks and they were both TV. I don't think I had an abdominal one until my 12 week one. 

@deutschmama That is so cool that they do that! It seems like it would be very beneficial to have in case there was any kind of emergency or something. 

@coco2787 Fingers crossed for you this week! 

@texas_t OMG that is so exciting!!!

texas_t

It was twice as many babies as I was expecting!    They don't run in our families, so hello, huge surprise! I have had more nausea this go around than the last, but dang, I just chalked it up to every pregnancy is different! 

omnommer

@texas_t OMG! Two babies? I can't even imagine! Though... my husband said he "knew" I was pregnant right away and now he "knows" its twins. I'm just waiting to prove him wrong on that one... since it doesn't run in the family. 

I'm 6 weeks today. My appointment is next Wednesday, so I'll be 7w2d. Waiting is torture! Especially since there's been no nausea or breast tenderness. My nipples are sensitive and I'm extremely bloated and fatigued. 

katy0990

@texas_t That is so amazing!! Were your HCG levels unusually high?

texas_t

@katy0990 I didn't have my hcg done, so I have no idea! 

maureenmce

@texas_t Oh my god DOUBLE CONGRATS!!!

texas_t

Thank y'all so much for the congratulations.  I just feel extra tired all of a sudden, lol

mckcak23

@texas_t Congrats!!!! That is awesome!

mamajudec2018

I have an ultrasound tomorrow morning at 9:30!! I will be 6 weeks 6 days! Then we'll have our OB consult and then as long as they see a heartbeat, I'll have my Intralipids IV meds (this is an FET baby). They also do a blood draw to check HCG and see if we need to adjust my progesterone injections, estrogen patches or estrogen pills. Such a big day!

CecilB93

@texas_t what!! Congrats!! 

lexidawg

@texas_t Congrats!!

Got my repeat beta back.  My first one at 4w0d last Thursday was 192.  Today we were expecting around 800 and it was 1,762!  WOAH.

katy0990

@alana0613 Wow! Congratulations!

ab_canada

I have an ultrasound Friday morning. Just anxious. Not sure what to expect (hoping for the best but I read way too many forums at first, and they all seem to be bad, probably because people don't post good news as often!). 

Trying to figure out how I'm going to be able to hold a liter of water for more than an hour, but people do it all the time, right? Should I drink it all at once, or space it out?