I am asking a really stupid question.

k&a521

But it's been on my mind. My ute is "measuring" large, according to my OB last week-she didn't measure me, but felt it and commented about how big it is already. With my awful m/s, I've lost about 8 lbs, but my ute is definitely sticking out. At my u/s around 6 weeks, the tech found one baby alllllll the way to the left hand side of my ute. Last week, I went to the OB, and she was searching around the right side and found the heartbeat on the Doppler-alllllll the way to the right side of my ute. I'm sure I'm just being super paranoid, but does that seem a little odd? I keep thinking there is no way in hellll that I could be carrying twins, but now I keep thinking about my appointment. I mean, they did only find 1 baby 6 weeks, so there's only 1. Right?

krate24

I don't know that there's a way to know for sure without another u/s, but I don't think that the finding the h/b in relation to where the baby was 2 weeks ago is necessarily an indication of twins.  And I don't think that just feeling how big your ute is is an exact science.  But I could be wrong.  I'm just guessing.

k&a521

You're probably totally right, but I am freaked for some reason.

jCamsquared

Ask Robin ;-)

ohashlet

jCamsquared:

Ask Robin ;-)

bahahaha

kyfirewife

krate24:

I don't know that there's a way to know for sure without another u/s, but I don't think that the finding the h/b in relation to where the baby was 2 weeks ago is necessarily an indication of twins.  And I don't think that just feeling how big your ute is is an exact science.  But I could be wrong.  I'm just guessing.

This.

If it's any consolation I had several people tell me I must be having twins because I started showing early, was measuring ahead, etc.

Nope. Only one.

staycee

wouldn't they have heard 2 heartbeats?

roshybride

staycee:

wouldn't they have heard 2 heartbeats?

Possibly not.  At 10 weeks it is very common to not hear a heartbeat with a doppler, so it would be very possible to find one and not the other. Also hearing two heartbeats to diagnose twins doesn't happen until further along or sometimes they never hear both.  

 

OP: The bigger uterus could because because of your particular body structure. Some uteruses are more prominent than others, so yours could just be sticking out farther. Also, how sure are you about your dates? 

k&a521

roshybride:

staycee:

wouldn't they have heard 2 heartbeats?

Possibly not.  At 10 weeks it is very common to not hear a heartbeat with a doppler, so it would be very possible to find one and not the other. Also hearing two heartbeats to diagnose twins doesn't happen until further along or sometimes they never hear both.  

 

OP: The bigger uterus could because because of your particular body structure. Some uteruses are more prominent than others, so yours could just be sticking out farther. Also, how sure are you about your dates? 

positive about my dates within two days, I was charting and I know I O'ed sometime between CD 15-16. I found out 8 DPO. My first HCG was 12 so I know I was super early at 9 DPO. I was only 9 weeks 2 days when she found the heartbeat on the Doppler, and didn't think she'd be able to find it. So I'm still early for the Doppler, and she stopped looking after she found it on the right side. She didn't even look on the left. I wasn't thinking about it then.

bensbabe

With DS, my ute measured 8 weeks when I was only 5 weeks. I only had one in there. He was my first baby, but I know that your ute measures bigger w/each pregnancy b/c it doesn't take much to stretch it.

 

ETA: they don't "measure" you with a measuring tape this early, but it's more feeling the position of your ute in relation to your pelvis.