We finally got to see our little gummy bear today! It was doing flips and kicking its feet. So amazing. We got to see the heartbeat and listen to it. Doctor said that it has a atrong heartbeat and everything looks great and on time at 9w5d!
So in love and relieved! The only stressful thing is my blood pressure read high twice today and I've been having a lot of fluttery heart feelings (palpitations I think?) So that's concerning. Probably going to get a heart monitor and home blood pressure cuff to keep an eye on it and see if its something we need to address more seriously.
Here is our little one! A strong heart beat in the 150s, too! We feel so blessed, my husband even cried seeing it's little heart beating. What a magical moment I will always remember. Due date was exactly on point, 7-22-2018 ❤ Can't wait to meet you!
Here's my little 10 week Bean, measuring right on time for a firework birthday! The new CNM is super nice, I'm very happy with the team and place I'll be delivering. And apparently I'm also doing the blood screenings and glucose test today, hooray. Upside is if we decide to find out what we're having I would know before christmas. We may know the sex before we even do the big "I'm pregnant!" announcement. Weird.
Hooray @christycalifornia! It’s so important that everyone likes their medical team. And what a cute little bean! Will be curious to know if you’ll find out the sex. DH and I will be, but my screening is next week, so we may learn results after Christmas.
Congratulations everyone! @christycalifornia I'm 3 days behind you! Finally December 11th seems close! Going in Monday at 8:30am. I know I have blood work for the genetic testing so we may know the gender before the end of the year if we elect to. Crazy!
We had another ultrasound today to check on things due to my history, and got to see the gummy bears both dancing! The ultrasound machine was a new fancy one and we could see spines, brains, little thumbs and the umbilical cord on these tiny 9 week babies
@LadyJ2949 I'm leaning towards waiting, and DD wants to wait (although at 3.5 and never having done this before, I'm not positive she understands what I'm asking her about) but The Man is leaning towards finding out. We were both really excited to wait with our daughter, but nothing ended up like we thought it would and we have some baggage around waiting as a result, and he's feeling really excited to find out with this one. I told him if I'm just leaning and not firm in a week we can find out, since that's kind of how we do things in general: if something is really important to one of us and not the other we go with the strong desire. So we'll see. I think I'm just waffling because I'm afraid I'll feel like I'm losing something again if we find out, but trying to also think how silly that is, because baby news is always happy. Sorry for the really long answer, you probably weren't expecting an essay. :'D
I had my first US yesterday. Based off my LMP I should have been 8wks
1day but the baby measured at 6wks5days. I know I ovulate late since I was out of town when I should have conceived (based off a normal cycle) but my cycle is 31-34 days and ranges month to month. I didn’t even get a pos HPT until 6 days after my period was due.
Dr says to be cautiously optimistic so I feel devestated but she’s happy the heartbeat looks great at 129bpm. Trying to stay optimistic.
@Sarafuss I’m due the 27th too!! I was thinking it was the 21st based on my last menstrual period but they confirmed the 27th at my appointment Wednesday!! So exciting
This is my ultra sound at 6.5 weeks feel like mine US looks so different from everyone elses. I have been spotting since my first ultra sound. FHB at 129. Its my first baby/ pregnancy so I am very excited and nervous. Iam at 10 weeks now.
All ultrasound machines are different -- some far more advanced than others. As long as your doctor didn't have any concerns I don't know why you should! Best of luck.
@brianawilde was your an abdominal ultrasound? The clearer u/s you're seeing are usually transvaginal. It's near impossible to get a good clear abdominal u/s that early.
@christycalifornia no that makes sense. DH and I are the same way. What do you mean baggage around waiting to find out? You obviously don’t have to answer that if it’s too personal.
@ladyj2949 No, it's fine. Just didn't want to clutter the thread with a potential overshare. My husband's mother died three weeks before our daughter was born. We were her only family, and my daughter was to be her first grandchild. She was admitted for what we thought was heart problems at the end of my second trimester, and it quickly spiraled into a literal episode of Grey's Anatomy. Season one, EP 6 specifically, but with more complications; it was completely surreal and an absolute nightmare. My third tri was spent in the hospital caring for her and my husband, and when she took a turn for the worse we paid to have an elective ultrasound to find out the sex and so she could see the baby before she died. She passed two days later. It wasn't how we expected to spend the last part of the pregnancy, and even though finding out felt like the right thing to do - and it was, it made her SO happy - it still felt sad because it was all wrapped up in an incredibly hard time in our lives, rather than being this seperate joyous event. So the idea of waiting is all kind of mixed up with the emotions we were going through at the time, and so we're vascilating between wanting to wait because we want a do-over, and wanting to find out because we want a clean slate. I know I'm overthinking it, but a lot of this pregnancy feels like a do-over from how badly things went last time. So that's the baggage.
@christycalifornia oh my goodness. I can’t even imagine. I can see why it would be tough and sad even now. I can also understand why you would want to defer to your husband on this if it means a lot to him but also want to follow through on being surprised at birth under happy circumstances. How are you both holding up now that you’re pregnant again?
@LadyJ2949 you're sweet to think to ask. We're great! Really happy about it. As I said, it's kind of a do-over. He wasn't able to be the teammate he wanted to be for me last time, as we were both just focused on her, and the aftermath once our daughter was born was covered in his grief. This feels like a fresh start; we're hoping for no terminal illness this time and to be able to just focus on the pregnancy and our daughter and the baby, and to be present once the baby's here instead of dealing with all the fallout that comes with a parent dying.
@christycalifornia I’m so happy for your fresh start. Here’s hoping you have the least stressful and most enjoyable pregnancy this time around. And that this time you get doted on and pampered like you should.
@christycalifornia wow that is a lot to deal with. Seems like you guys have a very strong partnership. I hope this time around things are a little easier on you guys!
Meagan Married 6.12.10 DS 11.8.12 Baby GIRL! due 7.4.18
@stlmegs You go through a lot of ups and downs and necessary growth being married 12 years. As long as you can grow together and not apart, there's going to be strength there. We do our best. ETA: And we also have an AMAZING therapist.
@stlmegs You go through a lot of ups and downs and necessary growth being married 12 years. As long as you can grow together and not apart, there's going to be strength there. We do our best. ETA: And we also have an AMAZING therapist.
I was just talking to a friend about this last night. So, so true!
Meagan Married 6.12.10 DS 11.8.12 Baby GIRL! due 7.4.18
First ultrasound at 10 weeks! This little one was moving around like crazy and has a strong heart beat at 176. I was so relieved!!! We did the blood test and will find out next week what the gender is, I can hardly wait.
Measuring 9+3 right on target from last scan. Got official EDD for 7/13. Super relieved!! Going in for blood work next Monday and find out sex two weeks later! In time for Chiristmas!
edit twice because my fat finger clicked post and excited i can’t spell
@wildtot@Maddymzungu congratulations! We had our 10w US today and we zoned out so no pictures, ugh! Measuring on time for 7/7 EDD! Strong heartbeat of 170 that we got to hear after a few tricks since little gummy bear was moving around like crazy. We find out the gender THIS FRIDAY! so relieved and so excited, now to get through the genetic screening...
Re: The Almighty First Tri ULTRASOUND THREAD!!!
Slighly jelly of the twins wins but so amazing to hear about them. Loving all the pics!
We finally got to see our little gummy bear today! It was doing flips and kicking its feet. So amazing. We got to see the heartbeat and listen to it. Doctor said that it has a atrong heartbeat and everything looks great and on time at 9w5d!
So in love and relieved! The only stressful thing is my blood pressure read high twice today and I've been having a lot of fluttery heart feelings (palpitations I think?) So that's concerning. Probably going to get a heart monitor and home blood pressure cuff to keep an eye on it and see if its something we need to address more seriously.
Congrats mamas! Everyone's beans are so cute.
@cegolden21, the heartbeat is magical, isn't it?
@celainev, what a relief!
@celianev wow, what a thing to go through. I'm so glad it all worked out!
christycalifornia Thank you!! How exciting you may know the gender so soon!!! EEEK!!! "Hello little babeeeeeeee"
@christycalifornia I'm 3 days behind you! Finally December 11th seems close! Going in Monday at 8:30am. I know I have blood work for the genetic testing so we may know the gender before the end of the year if we elect to. Crazy!
DS 11.8.12
Baby GIRL! due 7.4.18
@christycalifornia which way are you leaning? Do you think you’ll want to find out the sex?
@LadyJ2949 I'm leaning towards waiting, and DD wants to wait (although at 3.5 and never having done this before, I'm not positive she understands what I'm asking her about) but The Man is leaning towards finding out. We were both really excited to wait with our daughter, but nothing ended up like we thought it would and we have some baggage around waiting as a result, and he's feeling really excited to find out with this one. I told him if I'm just leaning and not firm in a week we can find out, since that's kind of how we do things in general: if something is really important to one of us and not the other we go with the strong desire. So we'll see. I think I'm just waffling because I'm afraid I'll feel like I'm losing something again if we find out, but trying to also think how silly that is, because baby news is always happy. Sorry for the really long answer, you probably weren't expecting an essay. :'D
DS 11.8.12
Baby GIRL! due 7.4.18
DS 11.8.12
Baby GIRL! due 7.4.18
Measuring 9+3 right on target from last scan. Got official EDD for 7/13. Super relieved!! Going in for blood work next Monday and find out sex two weeks later! In time for Chiristmas!
edit twice because my fat finger clicked post and excited i can’t spell
We had our 10w US today and we zoned out so no pictures, ugh! Measuring on time for 7/7 EDD! Strong heartbeat of 170 that we got to hear after a few tricks since little gummy bear was moving around like crazy. We find out the gender THIS FRIDAY! so relieved and so excited, now to get through the genetic screening...