Ultrasound Thread

marbellie

This is a place for contributing members of the November 2021 BMB to share u/s pictures for the next 9 months! 

Please make sure any identifiable information is cropped out of your picture.

sliztee

Hey, guys! I had my first ultrasound today (8wk, 2d); baby is measuring spot on and had a heart rate of 176. Here's a picture of the bean! 

jackie_dunny

@BumpAdmin @rosesareblue242 can we get a sticky on this thread please? 

KNB1027

@sliztee baby has a head!! I am so hopeful that next week at 8+3 mine will look a little less blob-y. My dad asked if he was supposed to be able to know which end was up or down

sliztee

@KNB1027 My husband’s family (and our son) all have big heads. This one is following suit! 

mack262006

My picture quality is poor (old iPhone), you can see the head and bodies IRL. Here are the little beans at about 8 weeks. Just kidding, I can’t figure it out. How did you all post pics?

jackie_dunny

@mack262006 Click the little photo icon (1) then click “choose files” (2) and then click on “photo library” (3). Pick your picture and then select “Add” in the top right corner 

mkp0903

Here’s my little blob at 6w6d ❤️

marbellie

@mkp0903 that's the gestation that my first appt will be, congrats! Were you able to hear the heartbeat?

mkp0903

marbellie said:

@mkp0903 that's the gestation that my first appt will be, congrats! Were you able to hear the heartbeat?

Yes! We were able to hear it 🥰

eggsandwich2019

Had our first u/s today! baby is measuring 8 weeks 1 day which is basically what I had calculated based on when I ovulated, hooray! hb was 166

usedtobeknottie

I wasn’t going to post because I was afraid of bad  news... Apparently 7 weeks and “a few days”, LMP started 8 weeks 1 day ago. Saw a heartbeat but know nothing else. I think the top part is my over-full bladder lol... not sure what the dark is on the right 😞 kind of afraid to know. 

marbellie

@BumpAdmin @rosesareblue242 can you please sticky this thread?

usedtobeknottie

Update to the ultrasound appointment:
Everything was great and normal. Heart rate 143. Due date is now November 8, she said it’s also crazy normal to be within a week +/- of what I thought. Next appointment is April 6th in person ❤️

I am so relieved and thrilled 🥰

mack262006

This is from a little over a week ago, poor quality on my iPhone, but so far so good. My next is next week, hopefully all is still ok.  

rabtaido1214

This was the ultrasound at 5+5 that I had done last Tuesday to confirm not ectopic again. Proud big sister to be showing you. The doctor said she was pretty sure she say the fetus and maybe even a heartbeat but it was super early so I’m going back next week when I’ll be about 7+5 to confirm there is a heartbeat. 

KNB1027

I had my last appointment with my RE today at 8w4d and baby had perfect heart rate of 175. Baby is also starting to look a little less blob-y. I'll be so excited to finally see a face in a few weeks  

tmk2021

Had my first appt today. Baby is perfect and measuring right on schedule. To top it all off, we found out the gender right after from our clinical blood test. It’s a girl!!!💕

rabtaido1214

@tmk2021 Congrats! What’s this blood test?! I’ve only heard of the one they do around 12 weeks that takes a while to come back but I want your doctors office lol

tmk2021

@rabtaido1214 I did sneakpeak. You can look it up on Google. I did the clinical blood test, not the at home test. It has the same accuracy as an NIPT test (99.9% accurate) but you can get it as early as 8 weeks. The local place I had it done at has never had a wrong test, and they even offered me a confirmation ultrasound at 14 weeks just for fun and to prove the result. If the sneakpeak is ever wrong you also get a full refund. It was worth every.single.penny.

sliztee

tmk2021 said:

@rabtaido1214 I did sneakpeak. You can look it up on Google. I did the clinical blood test, not the at home test. It has the same accuracy as an NIPT test (99.9% accurate) but you can get it as early as 8 weeks. The local place I had it done at has never had a wrong test, and they even offered me a confirmation ultrasound at 14 weeks just for fun and to prove the result. If the sneakpeak is ever wrong you also get a full refund. It was worth every.single.penny.

And if you got XX results, that’s a 100% slam dunk. 

KNB1027

@tmk2021 yay baby girl!! Congratulations  

MaximumEffort

Ok, so I cheated and its not the best but now I'm so anxious and curious for my real US 4/20. We have a machine at work but it doesn't switch to OB, only abdominal.

jackie_dunny

@BumpAdmin @rosesareblue242 can we PLEASE get a sticky on this thread? 

marbellie

We just had our first ultrasound today and thankfully Vanilla Bean was visible and measuring about right for my expected O date. They dated me at 6 weeks 4 days and changed my due date to Thanksgiving (11/25). We couldn't hear the heartbeat yet, but got to see if flickering which made MH and I very happy (nurse estimated 120bpm). 

rabtaido1214

I had my ultrasound today. Saw a heartbeat. It measured 7w4d, which is 1 day off from my calculation from lmp. Very tadpole like so far lol. Heart beat I think was 152. Due date 11/18.

jackie_dunny

@BumpAdmin @rosesareblue242 can we get a sticky please?

marbellie

@jackie_dunny one of these days it'll actually be stickied, if we just believe hard enough 🥲

sonoshark88

This was yesterday, almost 9w...it’s starting to look less blob like

jackie_dunny

@mod14 can you please sticky this post? 

chartput

Getting nervous, first viability ultrasound is tomorrow afternoon. Hoping we see a sticky bean with a heartbeat and I have a first "baby" picture to post here tomorrow.

3monkeycircus

No pic since it’s in the other room and I’m being lazy but I got to see the jelly bean today and see/hear a heartbeat. I’m 7w3d by LMP but measuring 6w5d which is right on track with when I know I ovulated. Babe’s HR was 130. The tech has me slightly worried because as she was doing her normal check of all the boring not my little jelly bean baby stuff she mentioned seeing some free fluid and then took a picture of it and of course I won’t know anything until the dr reviews it all and she can’t say anything. Dr google says it could be nothing or something but since I have no symptoms it’s probably nothing

chartput

We have a sticky bean!!!!! Measuring right on track at 6+5 and with a heart rate of 136!!!

mbradfo2

@chartput
-delurking from December Moms- 
I was hoping for good news from you today! Getting that HB is such a major step; I never got a HB before my daughter in 2017. I have to admit, from a medical standpoint, I'm fascinated with the success of a mosaic. I know that they can and do produce healthy babies (I've read stories/research) but you're one of the first people I've encounter actually in the process of doing it. FX for you and hopefully an uneventful 9 months!!

artsiefartsie

Great ultrasound! Right at 9 weeks - 188 heartbeat! ❤❤

chartput

@mbradfo2 thank you!! Yes we were very cautious about transferring. Especially since it was a high level mosaic. It also wasnt a great "grade" a 4CC. But our RE wasnt really concerned with the level of mosaicism or the grading. Our genetic abnormality was only a segmental triploidy of a chromosome they had no literature on having any kind of "syndrome" so she felt pretty confident about transfer. Basically with the thought that it either wouldnt stick at all or would self correct. I havent encountered anyone with a mosaic either (Im not on facebook) but after all the research and since it was our only one out of 2 ivf cycles we decided to give it a shot. We are still early days, but this is a milestone we've never gotten to with any other pregnancy, so fingers crossed this is our rainbow.

mkp0903

@chartput yay!!!! I was thinking about you at work today. Congratulations!!

@artsiefartsie that’s a good looking little peanut! Congratulations!!

jackie_dunny

let’s let’s try this again -

@BumpAdmin @rosesareblue242 @mod14 can we PLEASE get a sticky on this thread?

Marz1pan

10w6d yesterday -- the second scan I've had this pregnancy and everything is on point, progressing as it should. I was so anxious going into this appt because of MMC in the fall, but feeling so much more relaxed and confident with good growth and strong heartbeat. Had my blood draw for genetic screenings, so we should know the sex in the next two weeks!

sonovia

10w6d U/S on Tuesday. Everything is going well and we also did a genetic screening, excited to learn the sex. So grateful and excited to announce to our family this week! Purchased these really cute announcements on Etsy. 

All of my symptoms have pretty much dissipated which is a welcomed change. Sleep is still not solid but overall all is well.  

bumphi

sonovia said:

10w6d U/S on Tuesday. Everything is going well and we also did a genetic screening, excited to learn the sex. So grateful and excited to announce to our family this week! Purchased these really cute announcements on Etsy. 

All of my symptoms have pretty much dissipated which is a welcomed change. Sleep is still not solid but overall all is well.  

I think it's a girl. pls keep me posted then. Am getting excited about the gender reveal as well.