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2nd Trimester
Does anyone else get scared to death before their appts
Tomorrow is the BIG one. The anatomy scan *gulp*. Before every appt I get overwhelmingly anxious that there will be no HB. With this one I am even more concerned with them seeing some horrible defect with the baby. What are the chances of hearing something negative?
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Re: Does anyone else get scared to death before their appts
I was TOTALLY wigged out before the anatomy scan. I was having nightmares about all of the things that could be wrong! I tried to just keep myself calm but I really just wanted to get in and "get it over with". The scan went well but our little guy wouldn't cooperate position-wise enough for them to get a good view of the heart so we had to schedule another scan for my next appt (4 weeks later!!! AGH! I didn't want to wait that long to find out!). For those 4 weeks I just focused on all the things that were "ruled out" as being potential issues and reassured myself that his heart would be fine.
Alas, all is well and it was super fun to get the extra pics! Silly boy, he loves flaunting his "boy stuff" every time we have an ultrasound but gives us a hard time looking at the important stuff! Little pill!
Try not to stress until there's something to stress about. Easier said than done but it's really just a matter of positive self-talk until you get the actual scan done and can breathe easy.
I get totally nervous before appointments too. Even though I now feel movement, I'm always scared there won't be a HB or something crazy will be found in the ultrasound.
Good Luck at your next appointment!
I am the same way. We had our anatomy scan last Friday, I worried and worried about it. I just wanted everything to be perfect with our LO. Well, we found out we were having the first boy on both sides of our familes and were feeling so blessed. However, during the u/s the tech kept trying to get LO to move when she was looking at his heart and they ended up not getting a good enough look. When we went in to see the doctor she told us that they didn't see everything on the heart they wanted AND that our son at 2 Choroid Plexus Cysts on his brain. We went from this wonderful high to panic mode. Even though the doctor assured us that everything else looked perfect and the cysts alone typically don't mean anything and will clear up on their own I still cried the whole way home. Needless to say we are having another u/s in 4 weeks and I am so anxious about it.
(just so you know I don't want to scare you but you sound like me and are being realistic that sometimes things aren't always perfect)
I will send good vibes your way and your LO will probably be perfectly fine! Good Luck!
I am always very nervous. After having some very bad ultrasounds in the past it's hard not to wonder if the same thing is going to happen again. It helps that I have a doppler and check the heartbeat everyday, however, I'm still nervous that there will be something wrong with the baby.
So, you're not alone but we'll all get through this.
Kelly, Mom to Christopher Shannon 9.27.06, Catherine Quinn 2.24.09, Trey Barton lost on 12.28.09, Therese Barton lost on 6.10.10, Joseph Sullivan 7.23.11, and our latest, Victoria Maren 11.15.12
Secondary infertility success with IVF, then two losses, one at 14 weeks and one at 10 weeks, then success with IUI and then just pure, crazy luck. Expecting our fifth in May as the result of a FET.
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