After not feeling many symptoms with this pregnancy, I called the doctor last week and said that I can't wait until 8 weeks for the first u/s or I will go crazy. With DS, I was already feeling nauseous, sore boobs, the whole nine yards. With my m/c, I didn't really have any symptoms either. I went in and the doctor said they could see a gestational sac and a yolk sac, but no fetal pole. Which is totally normal at 5+ weeks....except that I thought I was 6+ weeks.
So, today I went in, expecting the worst (still not having too many symptoms) and lo and behold, there was a heartbeat!! Doctor said that everything looks good for 6 weeks and that growth was good since last u/s. I am shocked and surprised and so happy. Wow...just taking this one day at a time and remaining hopeful.
Geez, I wish there was some way to fast-forward through first tri because the stress could very well be the death of me.
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Yay for the heartbeat! I hope everything goes well for you Strunella and you get to hug one more LO in 7-8 months or so. I am a freak of the nature and I can understand how it is to be under constant pressure of "what if something goes wrong". I was like that for the entire pregnancy, not the first tri only. But hey, there is a heartbeat! That is something to concentrate on for now and be happy about! Keep us posted.
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