Whenever the tech does measurements, the readings show up on the bottom left of the screen so I saw that all the measurements were on track. Sometimes, my reports are posted on my patient portal before I get a call from the Dr so I know whether theres good news or bad news (last time, I knew I failed my GD test a day before I got the call so I had a nice little cry without being on the phone with someone). Its both good and bad I guess.
@kerris713, I'll have to look into that patient portal thing because that would be helpful and I think the place I go to has the same thing or something similar.
Thank you to everyone else too for the continued support. I go back today at 3 so we'll see what happens.
Thanks @Gretchypoo! Is yours today too? I think that's what it said in the hdbd thread right? I'm so tired today I think I'm getting things confused. You look beautiful in your picture btw.
Thanks @Gretchypoo! Is yours today too? I think that's what it said in the hdbd thread right? I'm so tired today I think I'm getting things confused. You look beautiful in your picture btw.
Yes! I go in at 2pm. Thank you! This is one of my new-to-me tops and I love it :-)
@Munchie2.0 I also have an anterior placenta and asked about it at my A/S yesterday. She said that it can muffle the movements into the third trimester, but that doesn't mean we won't feel/see anything. It just won't necessarily be so pronounced.
Only one minor scare came up during our scan... After our A/S, the doc came in and told us that all the internal structures looked perfect, but that, due to their older computer system, we were flagged with a soft marker for Down Syndrome... Apparently the femur length to head diameter ratio used to be a commonly-used indicator for DS (short femur vs. head). However, he eventually got around to his point: That the baby's femur length was in the 51st percentile - so completely normal - but the baby's head was in the 80th percentile, and that nowadays, doctors think that the femur length alone is the best indicator - not the ratio to head size. Since our femur length was just above average, he then told us to disregard the DS warning that we would see in our chart online - that it's only when the femur is really short, like 5th percentile, that DS becomes more of a possibility. Plus my first trimester screen gave me low odds for my age (1:1800). In the end, he said that he does not think we are at an increased risk, and we could get a fetal DNA test done, but if he were in our shoes he wouldn't even bother since our odds are really low. It took him a couple of minutes to get to that point, though, so I was a little worried at first. But since he's the doctor (and was a much older gentleman, so probably been an OB for a very long time and has a lot of experience), I'm taking his word that it's nothing to worry about.
At the end, I said "So basically, what you're telling us is that our baby just has a big head?" And he said "Exactly. Some babies just have big heads."
When we told our parents after, both of our moms laughed and said "Well, of course he has a big head; what do you expect?" H and I come from big-headed families, so... Yeah. Here's to hoping it's not TOO big to deliver vaginally!
@Munchie2.0 I had a posterior with my son and like I could see his leg move and my whole stomach would morph and move around crazily since he was pushing straight up against it. With my daughter I had anterior and I still felt a lot of third tri movement and my belly would shake. But it definitely wasn't the same as it was the first time. There was definitely a cushion that muffled smaller movements and wasn't as much crazy belly shape shifting. I'm pretty sure I have an anterior placenta again. Which I know doesn't matter but I'm kind of bummed because I loved seeing my belly move wth ds.
@Jab3 sending you good vibes today! And thank you the PT apt and recommended exercises seems to help a bit. My hips were rotated so we're working on getting them back into place & staying there!
I technically have a high risk label because of medicines I was taking before finding out I was pregnant, but so far nothing is worrisome. I had my a/'s on September 12, but they want me to come back on October 10 so they can get a better look at the heart. Baby was turned awkwardly lol. It took a while to get a good look, but we're having a girl.
@madamerwin, my son's head was measuring in the 95th percentile on ultrasounds. He just had a big head. The newborn hats at the hospital were tight. Word of advice, if you are ordering any hats go 3 months!
Married - 7/29/06 Ben and Maggie - 4/10/09 Mia - 6/16/11 Surprise! due 2/23/17
Haha, great advice @Partyof6?! H has a huge head too, and he always has... I will definitely not order newborn sized hats
I told my coworker about what the doctor told us, and she said her son was measuring relatively small on ultrasounds, but his head was off the charts - like 98th percentile . But now, as a 4 year-old, he's proportional.
Baby was curled up in a ball for the A/S so I get to go back for round two in 2 weeks! Thanks, little guy. Another anterior placenta, too. I wonder that a "regular" one feels like... Maybe I feel a lot more "inside" movements than those of you w/ posterior.
Finally had my A/S! Crazy to see the baby since we haven't had an ultrasound since 9 weeks when it was still a little blob! Confirmed I have an anterior placenta which is why I haven't felt any movement yet. Everything looked to be on track and IT'S A GIRL!!!!
Had my anatomy scan today. Baby Boy is measuring 5 days ahead but they said he is a very healthy baby. He does have very mild kidney dilation but my DS did too. My DS still has hydrophronosis at 21 months but it doesn't affect him at all so I'm not too worried. I feel very blessed
I had mine yesterday at the hospital with the MFM to check on my dermoid cyst. But apparently I'm too far along for them to see it! She said everything else looked great. She did mention seeing a calcium deposit on the baby's heart. But she said since my harmony test came back low risk for everything, she thinks it's nothing, and that they usually dissolve and aren't a problem at all. Makes me a little nervous, but the fact that she wasn't concerned eases my anxiety about it.
SO many ladies with A/S's yesterday! We also had ours and confirmed my gut feeling that it's a boy!! They confirmed he is measuring on track and everything is normal although they didn't really give us any specific numbers which I thought was weird. The also confirmed my anterior placenta and placenta previa. The doctor said not to worry too much about it and it will most likely will not be a problem but will check it at 28 weeks. Just so happy we finally know things are good!
Thanks for checking in with me guys. They said everything looks fine yesterday! I was so relieved to hear that. I need to go back next week because they still couldn't get all the anatomy they needed.
@sarah1253 we heard today that our baby has one kidney that is is slightly larger than the bell curve right now too, but more so that they just want to keep an eye on it in future ultrasounds and nothing to take away any concern over.
We had out A/S on Wednesday. They said everything looks perfect, which is such a relief. Also, add us to team girl! DD is super excited she's getting a little sister
BFP #1: DD born on 08.25.12
BFP #2: 09/08/15 miscarried at 6w
BFP #3: DD2 born on 02.07.17
Had our A/S last Thursday, baby was a little stubborn but not too bad. Everything looked good with average head and stomach sizes, long legs (measuring almost 2 weeks ahead!) and big feet. It also looks like my placenta has moved to between 2.8 cm - 3.0 cm from complete previa, so we're doing another U/S in 4 weeks to make sure it's out of the way then, hopefully, I can come off pelvic rest.
Had my scan today. Everything looked good, except for the fact that I have a single umbilical artery (SUA) -- 1 artery rather than 2. It appears to be isolated: all my genetic tests came back fine, the measurements look great and my fluid levels/baby's weight are on target. I do have to go back in 4 weeks to make sure growth continues to be on track. Trying not to worry since the dr was very reassuring, but it's always difficult anytime they have to take a second look. ETA: Anyone else have this?
We had our A/S this afternoon and all the measurements looked good! We found out that it's a boy!! @homemake I think I saw that your streak was broken but you were right!
I go back for another U/S at week 32 because my placenta is low. She said it's pretty common and almost always will shift up by then but I'm not going to complain at the chance to see this babe again!
Me: 33 | DH: 34 Married: October, 19, 2015 EDD 2/22/17 DS1 born on 3/2/17 EDD 3/8/20 DS2 born on 3/10/20 EDD 11/24/23 (Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
I think I asked one of the first questions on here regarding follow up with your scan. Well yesterday I received an email saying everything looked good, 3 weeks after the fact. Hopefully they would have contacted me sooner if it hadn't been good news.
Organ screen today! Everything looks good, except for an echogenic intracardiac focus (@Starfish113 is that what you saw, too?). It's a soft marker for Downs but the Dr. said since our blood test came back low risk she thinks it will resolve itself and counseled against amnio.
We did our screen with a Dr, so she explained everything she saw right during the ultrasound. I really appreciated that because I don't think I could bear to wait until someone deigned to contact me days or weeks after the appointment!
@JulesFo I too have 1 umbilical artery instead of 2. My OB didn't sound like it was too concerning. I have a second US with a MFM that was scheduled for 2 weeks out to look at baby again. She did say that it could cause growth restriction near the end of the pregnancy and he may need to come early, but he may also make it the full 40 weeks inside. So they will just monitor me more closely.
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@paigeed, very similar, except that the growth restriction possibility isn't confined to just the end of pregnancy so they want to monitor growth throughout to make sure everything remains on track. There are no other indications of any other issues, so right now they're treating it as isolated. Today's appointment was with MFM, and they're who I will go back to in 4 weeks. It's nice to hear your dr was also reassuring. Wishing you and you LO all the best -- please keep me posted!
I had my a/s about 2 weeks ago. I had a tech do the scan and the MFM dr called about an hour later with results - everything looked good.
Question for all those with anterior placenta experience - anyone have a c section? My tech mentioned about the anterior placenta sitting right on my c section scar so they would probably want that to move before delivery JIC.
Also, even with my anterior placenta, I started feeling big kicks inside at 20w and DH just felt his first kicks on the outside the other night. So while we might not get the full stomach morphing alien belly, you can still count kicks for sure.
One last note about placentas - I had the previa last time and while it sucks, the one upside was zero discharge. I never had vag discharge last pregnancy and didn't realize how nice that was until I started experiencing it this time. Gross.
Re: Anatomy Scan Thread
Whenever the tech does measurements, the readings show up on the bottom left of the screen so I saw that all the measurements were on track. Sometimes, my reports are posted on my patient portal before I get a call from the Dr so I know whether theres good news or bad news (last time, I knew I failed my GD test a day before I got the call so I had a nice little cry without being on the phone with someone). Its both good and bad I guess.
Thank you to everyone else too for the continued support. I go back today at 3 so we'll see what happens.
Only one minor scare came up during our scan... After our A/S, the doc came in and told us that all the internal structures looked perfect, but that, due to their older computer system, we were flagged with a soft marker for Down Syndrome... Apparently the femur length to head diameter ratio used to be a commonly-used indicator for DS (short femur vs. head). However, he eventually got around to his point: That the baby's femur length was in the 51st percentile - so completely normal - but the baby's head was in the 80th percentile, and that nowadays, doctors think that the femur length alone is the best indicator - not the ratio to head size. Since our femur length was just above average, he then told us to disregard the DS warning that we would see in our chart online - that it's only when the femur is really short, like 5th percentile, that DS becomes more of a possibility. Plus my first trimester screen gave me low odds for my age (1:1800). In the end, he said that he does not think we are at an increased risk, and we could get a fetal DNA test done, but if he were in our shoes he wouldn't even bother since our odds are really low. It took him a couple of minutes to get to that point, though, so I was a little worried at first. But since he's the doctor (and was a much older gentleman, so probably been an OB for a very long time and has a lot of experience), I'm taking his word that it's nothing to worry about.
At the end, I said "So basically, what you're telling us is that our baby just has a big head?" And he said "Exactly. Some babies just have big heads."
When we told our parents after, both of our moms laughed and said "Well, of course he has a big head; what do you expect?" H and I come from big-headed families, so... Yeah. Here's to hoping it's not TOO big to deliver vaginally!
Ben and Maggie - 4/10/09
Mia - 6/16/11
Surprise! due 2/23/17
I told my coworker about what the doctor told us, and she said her son was measuring relatively small on ultrasounds, but his head was off the charts - like 98th percentile . But now, as a 4 year-old, he's proportional.
Me: 37 - H: 39
TTC#1: 01/2016
BFP: 06/18/2016 - EDD: 02/20/2017 - Born: 01/27/2017
Samuel Jacob
Due 2/16/17
Ben and Maggie - 4/10/09
Mia - 6/16/11
Surprise! due 2/23/17
ETA: Anyone else have this?
I go back for another U/S at week 32 because my placenta is low. She said it's pretty common and almost always will shift up by then but I'm not going to complain at the chance to see this babe again!
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
We did our screen with a Dr, so she explained everything she saw right during the ultrasound. I really appreciated that because I don't think I could bear to wait until someone deigned to contact me days or weeks after the appointment!
Did your OB say something similar?
Married 6.22.13
Hoping for a Herd Linky
12/15--IF testing
3/16--Dx Unexplained IF
Clomid + Ovidrel + IUI + Progesterone cycle
Cancelled due to cysts. Started 3 weeks of BCP.
4/16--Cute Ute! Clomid+Ovidrel+IUI+Progesterone TI.
Cancelled-no response
5/16--Hemmorhagic cyst and other cyst discovered.
No medicated cycle. MRI scheduled to rule out
septate uterus.
6/16--Septum discovered. Consultation for surgery.
Surprise BFP 6/8/16--EDD 2/13/17
Kole David--1.7.17--Tiny but Mighty, born at 34+5 after HELLP syndrome
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Question for all those with anterior placenta experience - anyone have a c section? My tech mentioned about the anterior placenta sitting right on my c section scar so they would probably want that to move before delivery JIC.
Also, even with my anterior placenta, I started feeling big kicks inside at 20w and DH just felt his first kicks on the outside the other night. So while we might not get the full stomach morphing alien belly, you can still count kicks for sure.
One last note about placentas - I had the previa last time and while it sucks, the one upside was zero discharge. I never had vag discharge last pregnancy and didn't realize how nice that was until I started experiencing it this time. Gross.