We had our anatomy scan on Thursday and everything looked great from what we could tell and from what the tech was allowed to say. She was even measuring a few days bigger. Watching her little heartbeat on the screen is one of the neatest things ever. I haven't been overly emotional but I definitely got teary-eyed seeing that.
I'm having mine on Wednesday. It's going to be a bit of a crush in there, since I've got my bf, my 2 girls, and one of our mutual best friends coming. The friend is there to take the girls outside just in case anything is off and the tech needs more information or to explain any potential complications to us. If that were to happen, I'd rather the girls not be there for it so we can get the questions we and the tech need answered without having to worry about them.
My SS said he wanted to come see the baby, so he will be accompanying us on Monday. I guess my husband will have to leave with him if there are any concerns that needs to be discussed...
I'm jealous of everyone, I'm only 16 weeks tomorrow (due Nov. 29th) and the wait is killing me. I already know my little potato is a boy due to the Panorama test, but because we came back high risk for a 22nd chromosome deletion, the heart is one of the biggest problem areas that we need to check on. If his heart checks out OK at his 20 week scan, I'll breathe a HUGE sigh of relief. I think he also needs a fetal echo as well at 24 weeks!
This is such a great post. I think some people are so blinded sighted that they forget an anatomy scan is to check on how well baby is doing. I already knew what I was having before I went to the scan but let me tell you I was on tender hooks the whole time the sonographer was checking her. At one point I held my breath as she was checking her heart. She gently said to me breath dear it's ok. I was forever asking her "is baby ok" "is all where its supposed to be?" It's a nerve racking time and if you get to find out the sex that's an added bonus.
@jscasher I hope that when you have your 20wk scan all is well with your little man. I'll be thinking of you. Also you have the best due date ever. That's my birthday
Mine is on Tuesday and I'm so nervous I can hardly sleep. I have two healthy kids already so I just can't shake the feeling that something is wrong. I pretty much won't be able to enjoy this pregnancy until the scan is done and I find out the results. I am a ball of tense and depressed nerves. I am not even bothering to find out the sex even baby did cooperate, I just want to know they are okay.
I'm also so excited for my scan in a week and a half. After two miscarriages, I just can't wait to hear that everything is perfect with our baby girl- after great genetic testing results I am now so worried about neural tube defects.
Just had my scan today and from the 90%-95% of the images they could get, everything looks great! I am feeling so lucky and blessed. That said, I will probably need to go back in a week to get the remaining analysis done. Much like DS who was beyond words uncooperative in the womb, this LO also wouldn't get into the necessary position for the tech. The tech tried external and internal ultrasound (ugh... hate that) to no avail. Oh well - she said everything looks great though. Yay!
Side note/friendly reminder to my fellow Team Green ladies... Remind the tech to let you know when it is time to look "there"! Despite telling her I am Team Green which she did ask upfront, she didn't warn me when it was time for the potty shot. Luckily between seeing a million "Guess the sex" thread U/S pics here and my SIL who over analyzed hers U/S pics to death, I knew exactly what was happening when I saw the legs and little bum come up on screen and looked away incredibly fast. Thank goodness! Team Green I stay.
@Elyse1384 congratulations! Yeah we were team green for our 1st and team green with this one and i just say it every time I walk in to a room with an ultrasound machine haha to be sure!
Can I just do a happy dance for a minute! I saw my healthy, active, stubborn LO today and just fell in love for the millionth time! And he's weighing ahead of schedule! :x <:-P
@Ceridwen77 good luck! I'm sure everything will be fine, enjoy having a good look at the baby :-) maybe look away when they scan the legs etc though, in case it's obvious- which I've heard it can be in some cases!
@Ceridwen77 good luck! I'm sure everything will be fine, enjoy having a good look at the baby :-) maybe look away when they scan the legs etc though, in case it's obvious- which I've heard it can be in some cases!
Thanks! I probably will look away. Although I don't think I'll be able to tell, I don't even want to "assume" anything based on what my untrained eyes may see. For all I know I'll think it's a boy and it was just a leg!
@Ceridwen77 good luck! I'm sure everything will be fine, enjoy having a good look at the baby :-) maybe look away when they scan the legs etc though, in case it's obvious- which I've heard it can be in some cases!
Thanks! I probably will look away. Although I don't think I'll be able to tell, I don't even want to "assume" anything based on what my untrained eyes may see. For all I know I'll think it's a boy and it was just a leg!
Yes! That was my fear today. Didn't want to look and think I saw (or didn't see) something and subsequently get a thought in my head. I want a complete and total surprise at delivery. Good luck! Hope you have a thriving LO baking.
@ceridwen77 mine is on Thursday and we have to make sure we only have photos of the top of baby as MIL is a sonographer and also a massive pain in the arse. She wants to know the sex and keep it a secret from us... So having to take all measures possible
Goodluck everyone I still have 3 weeks to wait! I am excited to see my LO again and for longer and in more detail wish they gave you more scans I will miss seeing her or him untill its born! Praying for a healthy baby for everyone x
Baby was uncooperative so we couldn't get all of the heart shots or the feet/lower spine. Feet were tucked under the butt so she said she wouldn't have been able to tell us the sex even if we wanted to know. Have to wait a month for our next scan!!! Ugh. But everything they did see looked normal so that was good news!
Thank You for saying this! I haven't been around here much lately, but I can only imagine the posts about finding out the sex.
With my first child, my son, all I thought about was finding out the sex at the anatomy scan, I didn't even give it a thought that something could possibly be wrong. Well, when we went in for it they couldn't get a good picture of his face so they sent me to a high risk doctor for a more detailed ultrasound and as it turned out he had a cleft lip/palate and before you know it they were for an amnio to make sure that it was just that and scheduling me for a fetal echo because they thought something may be wrong with his heart. Thankfully, he was perfectly healthy and only had the cleft lip/palate.
I went in for my anatomy scan today not even caring what the sex was, I just wanted to make sure my baby was healthy and I was scared to death going in there. Baby is perfectly healthy, no cleft lip/palate and the extra bonus was finding out that it's a boy.
It's hard to even imagine that there could potentially be something wrong with your baby, but that's why the anatomy scans are done, not just for finding out the sex, that is just an extra bonus.
Thank You for saying this! I haven't been around here much lately, but I can only imagine the posts about finding out the sex.
With my first child, my son, all I thought about was finding out the sex at the anatomy scan, I didn't even give it a thought that something could possibly be wrong. Well, when we went in for it they couldn't get a good picture of his face so they sent me to a high risk doctor for a more detailed ultrasound and as it turned out he had a cleft lip/palate and before you know it they were for an amnio to make sure that it was just that and scheduling me for a fetal echo because they thought something may be wrong with his heart. Thankfully, he was perfectly healthy and only had the cleft lip/palate.
I went in for my anatomy scan today not even caring what the sex was, I just wanted to make sure my baby was healthy and I was scared to death going in there. Baby is perfectly healthy, no cleft lip/palate and the extra bonus was finding out that it's a boy.
It's hard to even imagine that there could potentially be something wrong with your baby, but that's why the anatomy scans are done, not just for finding out the sex, that is just an extra bonus.
Agreed. We went into ours last week excited to see the baby's growth (finding out the sex was an added bonus). Sex means nothing when they see something in the scans. You just want a healthy baby! It all becomes so much more real at that point. They found and echogenic intracardiac focus on our little girl. It is isolated so no one seems worried about it, but it is definitely stressing me out. Hoping everyone has healthy and cooperative babies. : )
@jscasher I'm due the 1st of Dec (getting induced Nov 10th at latest) so I'm waiting a long while too. My scan isn't until 7/15 because they want to wait as long as possible with the twinkies. I'll be in the late month club with you. Hopefully nothing pop up with the palate or heart and your echo goes wonderfully. 95%!
I'm actually irrationally worried about this scan. The closer it gets the more anxious I've become. There have been absolutely no indications of any problems with my child so there is no rational basis for this, but I'm incredibly upset. I'm actually at the point on my anxiety scale where if I was not pregnant, I would have taken at least 1 - 2 of my as needed anxiety meds which I try not to use. I'm on sensory overload because of it right now and strongly considering calling my doc. My anxiety meds have been approved for pregnancy, but the thought of using them also worries me. lol. I'm a mess. I'm hoping by tomorrow morning it will be all good and Sprout will cooperate.
I'm actually irrationally worried about this scan. The closer it gets the more anxious I've become. There have been absolutely no indications of any problems with my child so there is no rational basis for this, but I'm incredibly upset. I'm actually at the point on my anxiety scale where if I was not pregnant, I would have taken at least 1 - 2 of my as needed anxiety meds which I try not to use. I'm on sensory overload because of it right now and strongly considering calling my doc. My anxiety meds have been approved for pregnancy, but the thought of using them also worries me. lol. I'm a mess. I'm hoping by tomorrow morning it will be all good and Sprout will cooperate.
Oh Vexy I'm so sorry you are dealing with this. I know it's hard but the odds are truly in your favor. If you need to take your to meds spare yourself hours of hell and feel better sooner rather than later, don't feel bad you are doing no harm to sprout.
Sorry to hear that @VexyMommy :-( I'm hoping by tomorrow you will be filled with relief and not anxiety. I've tried to ignore the fact mine is coming up, I worried myself to the point of being sick before my last 2 scans, I was so anxious. My scan is at 330 so I've planned to be out and busy all day as a distraction. You're just a good mama and worrying is natural. Plus you have some small speed bumps along the way so far which could be increasing your anxiety. Is everything okay with your gestational diabetes at the moment?
@dogsombrero LOVE that you call them twinkies. It makes me think you've got two tiny cakes with eyes kicking about!
Sorry to hear that @VexyMommy :-( I'm hoping by tomorrow you will be filled with relief and not anxiety. I've tried to ignore the fact mine is coming up, I worried myself to the point of being sick before my last 2 scans, I was so anxious. My scan is at 330 so I've planned to be out and busy all day as a distraction. You're just a good mama and worrying is natural. Plus you have some small speed bumps along the way so far which could be increasing your anxiety. Is everything okay with your gestational diabetes at the moment?
@dogsombrero LOVE that you call them twinkies. It makes me think you've got two tiny cakes with eyes kicking about!
Everything with the GD is going well. Annoying that I can't eat what I want, but otherwise well. My blood sugars have been pretty much in line. I've just got a lot of stuff going on at home and at work which is contributing to the overall anxiety level and I've sort of homed in on this scan as the focus of all of that. I probably will double check with my doctor and take the advice I've given others on here to take the meds you need to get through mental health issues. Unfortunately it's much easier to give advice than to take it, even your own.
Sorry to hear that @VexyMommy :-( I'm hoping by tomorrow you will be filled with relief and not anxiety. I've tried to ignore the fact mine is coming up, I worried myself to the point of being sick before my last 2 scans, I was so anxious. My scan is at 330 so I've planned to be out and busy all day as a distraction. You're just a good mama and worrying is natural. Plus you have some small speed bumps along the way so far which could be increasing your anxiety. Is everything okay with your gestational diabetes at the moment?
@dogsombrero LOVE that you call them twinkies. It makes me think you've got two tiny cakes with eyes kicking about!
Everything with the GD is going well. Annoying that I can't eat what I want, but otherwise well. My blood sugars have been pretty much in line. I've just got a lot of stuff going on at home and at work which is contributing to the overall anxiety level and I've sort of homed in on this scan as the focus of all of that. I probably will double check with my doctor and take the advice I've given others on here to take the meds you need to get through mental health issues. Unfortunately it's much easier to give advice than to take it, even your own.
You have a whole mess at home. Honestly the fact that you have not karate chopped some awful posters on here means you are at least 1000% nicer and more resilient than me!
I'm actually irrationally worried about this scan. The closer it gets the more anxious I've become. There have been absolutely no indications of any problems with my child so there is no rational basis for this, but I'm incredibly upset. I'm actually at the point on my anxiety scale where if I was not pregnant, I would have taken at least 1 - 2 of my as needed anxiety meds which I try not to use. I'm on sensory overload because of it right now and strongly considering calling my doc. My anxiety meds have been approved for pregnancy, but the thought of using them also worries me. lol. I'm a mess. I'm hoping by tomorrow morning it will be all good and Sprout will cooperate.
I've been feeling the exact same way! I just had my scan today but all yesterday I was so depressed I slept almost the whole day. Went in today expecting something horrible but it all came back great so far. Dr will have to review it of course but my ultrasound tech was amazing and so informative. She knew we didn't want to know the sex so she deliberately stayed away from that area when showing us our baby. I asked about the fluid at the back of the skull so she showed me and she focussed on the heart so we could check that too. I am actually able to get excited now! I hope all goes well for you too and I completely understand where you're coming from.
I've been feeling the exact same way! I just had my scan today but all yesterday I was so depressed I slept almost the whole day. Went in today expecting something horrible but it all came back great so far. Dr will have to review it of course but my ultrasound tech was amazing and so informative. She knew we didn't want to know the sex so she deliberately stayed away from that area when showing us our baby. I asked about the fluid at the back of the skull so she showed me and she focussed on the heart so we could check that too. I am actually able to get excited now! I hope all goes well for you too and I completely understand where you're coming from.
I'm really glad your scan went well and yay for considerate scan techs.
Sorry to hear that @VexyMommy :-( I'm hoping by tomorrow you will be filled with relief and not anxiety. I've tried to ignore the fact mine is coming up, I worried myself to the point of being sick before my last 2 scans, I was so anxious. My scan is at 330 so I've planned to be out and busy all day as a distraction. You're just a good mama and worrying is natural. Plus you have some small speed bumps along the way so far which could be increasing your anxiety. Is everything okay with your gestational diabetes at the moment?
@dogsombrero LOVE that you call them twinkies. It makes me think you've got two tiny cakes with eyes kicking about!
@dogsombrero and cowboy hats, boots and spurs! Two "Twinkie the Kid"s in there!
@VexyMommy I'm sure everything will be great. Try not to stress. You're so right though, it's much harder to take advice, even your own! Feel better.
Everything went great. The baby has beautiful little bones and everything is exactly on track developmentally. The tech made sure to let us know that SHE was incredibly cooperative and well behaved. Crossing my fingers she acts the same way on the outside for me. lol.
Everything went great. The baby has beautiful little bones and everything is exactly on track developmentally. The tech made sure to let us know that SHE was incredibly cooperative and well behaved. Crossing my fingers she acts the same way on the outside for me. lol.
I bet the girls are thrilled to have a baby sister!
Everything went great. The baby has beautiful little bones and everything is exactly on track developmentally. The tech made sure to let us know that SHE was incredibly cooperative and well behaved. Crossing my fingers she acts the same way on the outside for me. lol.
I bet the girls are thrilled to have a baby sister!
Lol. They actually wanted a baby brother. They're getting used to the idea of a little girl now. My 9yr old started talking about dresses and headbands as I was heading into work.
Everything went great. The baby has beautiful little bones and everything is exactly on track developmentally. The tech made sure to let us know that SHE was incredibly cooperative and well behaved. Crossing my fingers she acts the same way on the outside for me. lol.
Yay!!! So happy to hear you had a great appointment! :x
Re: IM SO EXCITED TO FIND OUT IF MY BABY IS...
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With my first child, my son, all I thought about was finding out the sex at the anatomy scan, I didn't even give it a thought that something could possibly be wrong. Well, when we went in for it they couldn't get a good picture of his face so they sent me to a high risk doctor for a more detailed ultrasound and as it turned out he had a cleft lip/palate and before you know it they were for an amnio to make sure that it was just that and scheduling me for a fetal echo because they thought something may be wrong with his heart. Thankfully, he was perfectly healthy and only had the cleft lip/palate.
I went in for my anatomy scan today not even caring what the sex was, I just wanted to make sure my baby was healthy and I was scared to death going in there. Baby is perfectly healthy, no cleft lip/palate and the extra bonus was finding out that it's a boy.
It's hard to even imagine that there could potentially be something wrong with your baby, but that's why the anatomy scans are done, not just for finding out the sex, that is just an extra bonus.
@dogsombrero LOVE that you call them twinkies. It makes me think you've got two tiny cakes with eyes kicking about!
You have a whole mess at home. Honestly the fact that you have not karate chopped some awful posters on here means you are at least 1000% nicer and more resilient than me!
@VexyMommy I'm sure everything will be great. Try not to stress. You're so right though, it's much harder to take advice, even your own! Feel better.