Ultrasound Thread

kalesix3

Post your baby's photos here! 

kalaibii

@kalesix3
WOW THATS AMAZING! Congrats! How far along are ya right now? Was this first one? 

kalesix3

@kalaibii omg no it's just a gif because I saw all the other BMBs had a gif to start their threads off. I'm sorry I should edit the introduction to mention it's not my ultrasound! 

kalesix3

I'll start the thread off though. I got to see lil blob baby this afternoon for my viability ultrasound.  I didn't know if we'd get to see the heartbeat but it was there, just flickering away and 122 bpm which the tech told me is likely because it's just started beating. The tech also told me the baby implanted fundal, which doesn't surprise me since that's how the others implanted too. I think my body only knows how to implant fundal lol. 
I was 6w3 days by ovulation date and 6w4d by LMP but babe was only measuring 6w1d so now I have so much anxiety because I've never measured behind. I hope it's not a bad sign, I feel like I only hear about measuring behind in miscarriage stories so at least it's only a 2/3 day difference and not several weeks. Fingers crossed the dates line up better at my next scan in two weeks. 

thescarletmom

@kalesix3 my first measured a few days behind at my first scan around 6 weeks! He's a healthy six year old now ❤️ personally, I've always been told by providers a few days either way is nothing to worry about. Hi baby!!!

kalesix3

@thescarletmom thank you! ❤️‍🩹 The tech did say it was encouraging that it was less than a week difference, I've just heard too many bad stories 😩 hopefully it's all okay and I'm not behind next time.🤞🏻 By next scan I should be able to see a gummy bear baby if all goes okay😍 

becks105

I got a five week scan due to previous ectopic. I hope in the next ten days a little bean grows in that beautiful sac! Has anyone else gotten a 5w ultrasound before? Dr and US tech say it’s all perfectly normal but I’m still a mess. 

time4casserole

I’m headed into my 5 week scan tomorrow! You are not alone

maddmama

@kalesix3 I was almost a week behind what I KNEW I should be for my first. I knew the day we conceived. And I freaked out. But she’s a cool little 6 year old now and ended up being just about 10lbs when she came out haha. You got a heart beat and that is proof baby is alive and well in there!

cassafrass123

@kalesix3 sometimes you just gotta take it day by day. I like to remind myself that I’m thankful for every day I’m pregnant and I will do what I can to control what I can.

That came in handy with DS (my third child) who I was told was a missed miscarriage at my first ultrasound at 6 weeks. When I went back to confirm it a week later there was a perfectly on track little fetus in there. Sometimes they just can’t get the right view to see what they should, and the measures are a little subjective too

kalesix3

@maddmama that is so encouraging to hear, thank you! I'm so glad it all worked out well, I think sometimes they can just grow slower, implantation dates have such a huge range too which helps! 

@cassafrass123 yes 🙌🏻 I love that mantra so much and especially in the early weeks! Gosh I'm so glad that first ultrasound was wrong and your baby was completely healthy, talk about emotional whiplash though 🥺 the measures are so fiddly at that stage because they can barely see anything. I love that reminder, thank you! 

babysinkesmama

I have a 6w! Pretty similar to what your seeing 

hitcj4687

Itty bitty baby! Too early for a heartbeat but baby could be seen so thats reassuring, especially with my lack of symtpoms. Now i have the flu and have had bad cramps and back pain but I feel better now after seeing baby yesterday 

babybumpin2022

6w3d! ❤️

sunny_native14

Just had an early ultrasound to ease my mind due to light spotting. I did a private ultrasound through my birth center, so I'll have pictures emailed to me later. The tech scared me so bad, because she insisted on doing an abdominal ultrasound first, and only found a sac measuring 5w. She then offered to do a transvaginal ultrasound...which is what I had expected. Baby measured 6w4d, so just a little off of my 7w guess. The heart rate was 114, which is totally normal, but for some reason stressed me out. While I do feel reassured that everything is OK, I just can't shake the anxiety...and constant googling doesn't help. I'm just going to focus on being thankful that we saw a heartbeat 💓

ReadyForaB

LO is measured three days ahead at 7w5d and a strong heartbeat of 168. I am so relieved.

maddmama

@ReadyForaB omg YES!! ❤️❤️❤️

maddmama

I went in to my ER on base yesterday just to make sure everything is good bc I’ve had some cramping pains on right side and we wanted to make sure it wasn’t ectopic. They could only do a trans abdominal US as they didn’t have the wand for transvaginal. She saw a gestational sac and yolk sac in my uterus, but no fetal pole. I thought I was over 7 weeks, but there’s certainly wiggle room since I had just stopped breastfeeding that month and I was not tracking my cycle well. But it’s hard not to worry. My HCG was like 56,000 compared to 8,555 on Oct. 11, so that’s good, but of course my brain is like ‘maybe it’s a mmc!’. I have my next u/s Oct. 31. 

babyaontheway06

Measured 8 weeks and 3 days today with a strong heart rate of about 164, it was so relieving to see our little baby for the first time 🥹

babybumpin2022

My little salamander! ❤️ 7w3d

babybumpin2022

 

kalesix3

@ReadyForaB omg I've been thinking of you and hoped everything went well, so glad your scan was reassuring and I hope it's a healthy rest of the pregnancy!! 

@maddmama oh how scary, transabdominal ultrasounds that early are so anxiety inducing but I'm glad everything they could see looked good! I hope time flies till the 31st!! 

@babyaontheway06 aw what a great picture! It's so relieving finally seeing your baby for the first time 🥺

@babybumpin2022
Aw it really does look like a tiny salamander, how adorable! 

kalesix3

Got my 8 week ultrasound at the RE today and officially graduated care! 
Saw a perfect little gummy bear baby measuring exactly at 8 weeks instead of measuring behind like last time. Hr was 189bpm 😍 

maddmama

@kalesix3 perfect 🥰

kbrew2622

I had my ultrasound today at a boutique place. Baby measured about where we estimated, a little behind though at 7 + 4 which is cool. We got to see the heartbeat and all looked great. The tech thinks there's a decent possibility that there's another baby in there (left side of picture) but couldn't be sure (US was abdominal and it could have been hiding) so I go back in a couple weeks to take another peek. Anxiously awaiting that but so happy to see my little bebe!

kalesix3

@kbrew2622 oh my goodness I'll be looking forward to seeing your update on if it is twins or not! I love that ultrasound boutiques offer peace of mind early scans, it's so helpful! 

thescarletmom

@kbrew2622 ah I would be so scared if someone said "maybe it's twins!" Twins run in my family and I definitely have been nervous this time that it is! I think my husband would faint, he was only vaguely on board with baby 3 lol.

kalesix3

@thescarletmom twins run in my family on both sides, and I got excited maybe it was my turn, especially since my mom had twins for her 3rd and 4th and this is my 3rd but nope I didn't get lucky lol. I hope for your husband's sake it's not twins though!! I'm still going to hold out hope I have another one in there that's just hiding even though there's next to no chance after two ultrasounds 😂

thescarletmom

@kalesix3 purely because it would ruin my birth plans (no homebirth or even birthing center since twins are strictly high risk) I'm staunchly anti-twin for us haha. My younger siblings are twins (my moms 6th and 7th) and they're only 14 months younger than me! I don't know how she survived lol. I think twins are precious and probably a fun family dynamic but just too nervewracking pregnancy wise for me! My husband's good friend announced to us two weeks ago that they found out they're having twins and I told my husband he can't be friends with him anyone if we end up with twins too because of his bad vibes lol. 

kalesix3

@thescarletmom oof I sometimes forget the laws in other states, I'm sorry! Yes I definitely will cross my fingers it's not twins so you're not out the birth you want to experience! I know cnms can and do attend twin births where I live but I'm not sure if freestanding birth centers can, and I know twin homebirths aren't legal yet. But the state we are house hunting in to move in the next few months has much better twin birth laws. It sucks when they make all twin pregnancies high risk by default because they don't have to be. Especially when they're in the right presentation. 
Just steer clear of all the bad vibes haha!! 

kbrew2622

@thescarletmom I would be delighted with twins, so would my hubby!  But yes... Birth plan/hopes/dreams would be squashed for me also. Twins run in both of our families but haven't happened recently so maybe it's our turn

@kalesix3 I will definitely keep y'all updated! I'm already driving myself mad with Google searches...

thescarletmom

@kbrew2622 I will cross my fingers for you then! And @kalesix3 haha just in case. We haven't had an ultrasound yet so I keep getting nervous because HG is way more common in multiples than singleton pregnancies. Anytime I'm reading about it, the article is like "could be twins!!" Theoretically there's a possibility, but I'll save my twin thoughts for you mama's who want a good 2-for-1! 

kalesix3

@thescarletmom I'll keep my fingers crossed that it's just baby girl hormones to blame for yours! 

babyrummom

@thescarletmom I'm also terrified of having twins! I had a rough postpartum/newborn period with just one baby and couldn't imagine doing it with two. It's a big fear of mine. I'm also afraid of all the pregnancy high risk things that come up with two and how that would ruin my birth plan. My first ultrasound isn't until mid November, so I'm hoping for one healthy normal sized embryo in there! 

thescarletmom

@babyrummom right! I have pretty bad PPA/PPD after both of my kids and I feel like 2 has to make it worse right?? And for better or worse, I'm not a super go-with-the-flow kind of person. DH has a friend who just found out they're having twins and after a brief period of shock were in a "new adventure" mindset. Which is incredible and I applaud them! But my husband and I just aren't so flexible haha. Wishing everybody the exact number of babies in their womb as they want 🤞 haha

maddmama

8 weeks via abdominal ultrasound with 162 heartbeat ❤️❤️🥰 my little blob 

rainbowbby28

rainbowbby28

My little blob has a heartbeat thank goodness his the size is worrying me 

kalesix3

Little blackberry looked so cute on the monitor yesterday and then the picture I got was mush 😂 it was moving arms and legs around for the first time though which was heartwarming. They didnt let me hear the heartbeat, only see it and it was 181bpm. Measuring right on track still 🙌🏻
I'm probably not going to get another ultrasound for a few weeks and I'll miss seeing it change so rapidly week to week and become more human like! 

thescarletmom

Hi babies!

newbie-expecting2023

We went and had my 1st ultrasound done at 6 weeks and 4 days. I was holding my breath, but all good news. Baby is measuring ahead at 7 weeks 1 day. With 150 bpm. Measuring at 10.5 mm! I’m so happy and excited! We will have another appt at 8 weeks.