So Relieved and Thankful!

Jennifer80 · December 2009

So yesterday I had my first doctor's appointment. I was almost 11 weeks according to my dating which I was pretty confident about. The doctor couldn't find the heartbeat with the doppler and said that my uterus felt more like 8 weeks. I was devastated since those two symptoms are so often a precursor to finding out the baby stopped growing and you've had a missed miscarriage. I was scheduled for a viability vaginal ultrasound this morning. I was absolutely expecting the worst and let the ultrasound tech know the circumstances.

Well guess what? There was a little baby in there after all! And the little guy measured at exactly 11 weeks with a heart rate of 158 bpm. I saw the baby moving around it's little arm and leg buds. I was so happy, a few tears definitely leaked out. The tech also told me that my uterus is tilted back. I'm wondering if this had anything to do with why the heartbeat was hard to find with the doppler or why my uterus seemed like 8 weeks during the physical exam? Still waiting for the follow up call from the doctor. Anyway I know that it's still early in the pregnancy and "not out of the woods yet" by any means but I am so grateful for this blessing today. And sometimes doctors aren't 100% correct. (Not to bash them in any way, but it happens.)