Anyone else unaffected by their ultrasound?

Ms.Starry

So I had to get one at 8 weeks due to spotting - well I measured 8 weeks 2 days so who knows. The lady was trying to point things out but I felt like Miranda in Sex and the City. Like hmmmm - appears like a blob to me. I took the photo and just laughed - I mean maybe I see a head... not really sure on that.

Anyone else?  

Don't Hassle the Hoff

I said to my husband..."nice, we're having a white dot. hopefully it turns into a larger white dot." The tech laughed. This was also after I actually used the term "dildo cam" in the office.

AMT1107

I had almost no reaction to the u/s - my doctor kept saying do you see the flicker of the heartbeat? 

I guess it proved it was there but really it was just a black circle with a flicker in it.  I should probably feel more but it really hasn't hit me yet or maybe I was expecting more...

Ms.Starry

Don't Hassle the Hoff:

I said to my husband..."nice, we're having a white dot. hopefully it turns into a larger white dot." The tech laughed. This was also after I actually used the term "dildo cam" in the office.

Yes I think the fact that I have a weird penis-like structure shoved up my vagina was not helping my focus.

I was so paranoid of a blighted ovum, that all I could say was "is there a baby in there or not" and she looked at me like I was a huge idiot - of course there is a baby! Can't you see it! ummmm no? 

Don't Hassle the Hoff

I have another u/s tomororw morning because the first one was still a little early. My husband is all sad he can't make it. I was like seriously...you're not going to see anything except a larger white spot. It's really okay you're not going to be there.

mizjodi

Yeah, DH and I were the same; we both were like "look, we have a speck! With a heartbeat!"

LexiSophie55

Well, I guess you should just consider yourself lucky.  You are able to have an innocent pregnancy.  Those of us who are overjoyed by the little white speck that's beating up and down have probably been through hell and back - so we couldn't be happier.  Having laid on the table 3-4 times, only to be told that there was in fact, nothing there, or a lost heartbeat, or a sac measuring too far behind - a flickering dot means everything in the world.  Heck, sadly, a flickering speck means life or death...and I think we all want life.

Sorry to bring the post down - I just thought you should be grateful that you feel this way - it is probably normal.

Ms.Starry

When I had my ultrasound I actually thought I had lost my pregnancy - I wasn't going to have one until 20 weeks at my current office but I had 3 days of spotting.

And our baby wasn't an oops - we tried for several months before getting the BFP - definitely not anywhere close to what some people have been through but still wasn't our first try. So I was in fact thrilled to know I had a baby. The ultrasound ITSELF was underwhelming. I was on cloud 9 afterwards but not due to the speck. 

ETA: lol, you don't know meeeeeee hahaha. 

Don't Hassle the Hoff

LexiSophie55:

Well, I guess you should just consider yourself lucky.  You are able to have an innocent pregnancy.  Those of us who are overjoyed by the little white speck that's beating up and down have probably been through hell and back - so we couldn't be happier.  Having laid on the table 3-4 times, only to be told that there was in fact, nothing there, or a lost heartbeat, or a sac measuring too far behind - a flickering dot means everything in the world.  Heck, sadly, a flickering speck means life or death...and I think we all want life.

Sorry to bring the post down - I just thought you should be grateful that you feel this way - it is probably normal.

I do consider myself lucky, thanks. Don't assume you know anything about what I've gone through. Though we've never gone through a loss, we'd been trying for 16 months. My husband had zero morph and somehow we we able to conceive. We had completely given into the fact that we would need IVF to get pregnant. Until I hear a heartbeat or can actually distinguish an arm or a leg, it's still going to be a white dot for me. I am happy to see the white dot, but it's still just a white dot.

rjblack424

Don't Hassle the Hoff:

I said to my husband..."nice, we're having a white dot. hopefully it turns into a larger white dot." The tech laughed. This was also after I actually used the term "dildo cam" in the office.

 

I literally laughed so hard I had to pee, lol i think that all the time but never said it!  Took the words right out of my mouth!!

MadamePresident

@Lexi that was a little rude, but I'm sorry that you have had to go through losses. I can't imagine how hard that would be.

My husband and I thought it was cool, our doctor showed us how we could see the flickering of the heardbeat. We are excited to have our first child, but the ultrasound picture looks like a seahorse. While we logically understand I am pregnant and I have the symptoms to prove it, I think it won't feel "real" until we actually hold a baby.

LexiSophie55

MadamePresident:

@Lexi that was a little rude, but I'm sorry that you have had to go through losses. I can't imagine how hard that would be.

My husband and I thought it was cool, our doctor showed us how we could see the flickering of the heardbeat. We are excited to have our first child, but the ultrasound picture looks like a seahorse. While we logically understand I am pregnant and I have the symptoms to prove it, I think it won't feel "real" until we actually hold a baby.

Sorry, crazy horomones I guess.  I felt that those of us who are over the moon in love with the white dot were being made fun of.  I'm not saying it looks like my child, I understand that, and I guess that's what the others are trying to say.

I guess when someone says, things about just going to a routine u/s.  It makes me nervous because anything can go wrong at any moment and it might not be that routine.  So seeing the blob is actually a gift.  But now I see that they aren't saying it isn't - they are just saying it's a "blob".  Obviously it can't look like a baby right off the bat.  That would be cool though, but obvious.

hislady922

I had to laugh -- what did you expect?  At 8 weeks, your baby is only about 1/2" - 3/4" long!  Of course it's going to look like a blob and not a baby yet

Ms.Starry

LexiSophie55:

MadamePresident:

@Lexi that was a little rude, but I'm sorry that you have had to go through losses. I can't imagine how hard that would be.

My husband and I thought it was cool, our doctor showed us how we could see the flickering of the heardbeat. We are excited to have our first child, but the ultrasound picture looks like a seahorse. While we logically understand I am pregnant and I have the symptoms to prove it, I think it won't feel "real" until we actually hold a baby.

Sorry, crazy horomones I guess.  I felt that those of us who are over the moon in love with the white dot were being made fun of.  I'm not saying it looks like my child, I understand that, and I guess that's what the others are trying to say.

I guess when someone says, things about just going to a routine u/s.  It makes me nervous because anything can go wrong at any moment and it might not be that routine.  So seeing the blob is actually a gift.  But now I see that they aren't saying it isn't - they are just saying it's a "blob".  Obviously it can't look like a baby right off the bat.  That would be cool though, but obvious.

Damn, this was a totally reasonable response. I was hoping for some bump-craziness. Sorry for your losses, by the way. 

LexiSophie55

Ms.Starry:

LexiSophie55:

MadamePresident:

@Lexi that was a little rude, but I'm sorry that you have had to go through losses. I can't imagine how hard that would be.

My husband and I thought it was cool, our doctor showed us how we could see the flickering of the heardbeat. We are excited to have our first child, but the ultrasound picture looks like a seahorse. While we logically understand I am pregnant and I have the symptoms to prove it, I think it won't feel "real" until we actually hold a baby.

Sorry, crazy horomones I guess.  I felt that those of us who are over the moon in love with the white dot were being made fun of.  I'm not saying it looks like my child, I understand that, and I guess that's what the others are trying to say.

I guess when someone says, things about just going to a routine u/s.  It makes me nervous because anything can go wrong at any moment and it might not be that routine.  So seeing the blob is actually a gift.  But now I see that they aren't saying it isn't - they are just saying it's a "blob".  Obviously it can't look like a baby right off the bat.  That would be cool though, but obvious.

Damn, this was a totally reasonable response. I was hoping for some bump-craziness. Sorry for your losses, by the way. 

Sorry, no crazy here.  Just pregnant and pissed off at my boss. 

SouthernBellaKS

Nope...I pretty much broke down and bawled like a baby to see my little poppyseed flickering because it meant my baby had a heart beat..which was a step up from the last u/s I had.

panacea05

SouthernBellaKS:

Nope...I pretty much broke down and bawled like a baby to see my little poppyseed flickering because it meant my baby had a heart beat..which was a step up from the last u/s I had.

This! If I'm lucky enough to get to that point, it'll be the happiest moment of my life.  

Ms.Starry

panacea05:

SouthernBellaKS:

Nope...I pretty much broke down and bawled like a baby to see my little poppyseed flickering because it meant my baby had a heart beat..which was a step up from the last u/s I had.

This! If I'm lucky enough to get to that point, it'll be the happiest moment of my life.  

I feel like there are plenty of threads for people who feel this way. This is for the heartless bishes like us.  

As always, sorry for everyone who has had a loss. 

SouthernBellaKS

Ms.Starry:

panacea05:

SouthernBellaKS:

Nope...I pretty much broke down and bawled like a baby to see my little poppyseed flickering because it meant my baby had a heart beat..which was a step up from the last u/s I had.

This! If I'm lucky enough to get to that point, it'll be the happiest moment of my life.  

I feel like there are plenty of threads for people who feel this way. This is for the heartless bishes like us.  

As always, sorry for everyone who has had a loss. 

No judgement. You asked a question, I answered. 

MrsHasItAll419

Don't Hassle the Hoff:

I said to my husband..."nice, we're having a white dot. hopefully it turns into a larger white dot." The tech laughed. This was also after I actually used the term "dildo cam" in the office.

I literally laughed out loud reading this, so this "dildo" cam. It this what they would call a transvaginal sonogram? I get one of these at 9 weeks 2 days at my first OB apt, just trying to figure out what I'm in for  

AustinBride06

The first time I saw a heartbeat I cried.  The second time I smiled.  The third time when there wasn't a heartbeat I cried again.

Then the second time around when there was no heartbeat to begin with, just a lifeless blob, I sat there with a blank stare.

No idea what will happen at my first u/s this time. If its good, I hope I can be excited about it instead of scared to death like I am now. If its bad, I have a feeling I'll be mad as hell. 

To each their own. 

danienross

With DD I thought that the early ultrasound would make things sink in.  It didn't.  I don't even know what to expect this time.  I did however cry happy tears at my anatomy scan.  But due to my kind of crazy delivery I was pretty numb (emotionally) when she was born.  I didn't feel like a mother until she was at least 6mos old.

deejayee

I really didnt feel too much with the first with my son. It wasnt until my 2nd one there I could actually see arms, legs, fingers, toes and a little face that I started to actually feel pregnant and get excited about it. I havent had an ultrasound with this one yet, and I really dont even feel pregnant. Its weird, but I'm not a warm person naturally, so I think its totally normal.