The prenatal clinic I (will) go to doesn't see patients until somewhere between 10 and 12 weeks and the first ultrasound scheduled is either a NT ultrasound (if you want one) or a dating scan both of which take place around 12 weeks based on your last menstrual period (LMP). I didn't think I could wait that long to check and see how things are doing. So I booked a private ultrasound for this past Sunday. It's not a diagnostic clinic so I don't have official medical confirmation, but things are looking good.
Based on my LMP I should have been 9 weeks 3 days and the baby looked more like 9 weeks exactly or maybe even a few days less. There was a healthy heartbeat though (174) and the technician said that there was nothing to suggest that there was anything abnormal about this pregnancy.
I really wanted an ultrasound now because last time I had spotting at 11.5 weeks and I had an ultrasound that revealed baby had died around 8 or 8.5 weeks. I didn't think I could go through that again, it was really upsetting to me that I was wakling around for 3 weeks with all of my pregnancy symptoms being all happy and announcing on Christmas Day to our family when really things had already gone horribly wrong. So this recent ultrasound means I have at least gotten to that point with this pregnancy and maybe past it.
My husband is super relieved and was teary when he heard/saw the heartbeat. For me for some reason, while I am a little relieved it didn't give me as much peace of mind as I hoped. We had an ultrasound at 6 weeks for the last pregnancy and saw the heartbeat that time too and what the ultrasound tech and doctor both called a normal pregnancy, and that obviously went wrong a few weeks later. I am still scared this could happen again.
My fingers and toes are crossed that everything is ok this time. I have my first prenatal appointment on June 1st, so just over a week away. At that point they will schedule our NT ultrasound for about a week after that. Like I said I started spotting at 11.5 weeks last time, so I think that will be another big milestone for me to start relaxing. Please send me and my little one all your prayers and good wishes! The more good karma for us out in the universe the better!
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Friday, 13 May 2011
Fences and landscaping
It's Friday! Yay! What is not good about Friday is that one of my students played that super annoying Rebecca Black "Friday" song this morning and ever since then it has been stuck in my head. Grrrr!
This week for me has mostly been about landscaping planning. We took possession of our house last September but it was too late to do anything with the dirt lot that comes standard with a new house. This past weekend we spent time at a few nurseries trying to figure out what (trees, hedges, plants) we want to go where. Who knew that trees were so expensive??? This week we had our fence built, this weekend we are going to plant some hedges and hopefully next Thursday we will have sod installed.
I am most excited about the fence and grass. We have the best dog in the whole planet, but having to take her for a walk on the leash everytime she has to go to the bathroom has not been fun! Even with the fence up having no grass means that we would have to wash her paws everytime she came back into the house if we let her out back there. Luckily for me, my husband has been nice and taking care of all the morning walks so I get a few more minutes of sleep. I guess he knows better than to separate a sick pregnant lady from her bed.
Speaking of the pregnancy, everything has been good so far I think. This week actually went pretty fast considering I am watching each day pass with anticipation. I hit the 8 week mark on Thursday. This coming Tuesday I have a "meet and greet" with a possible new family doctor, so I am hoping I can convince them to give me a referral for an ultrasound for sometime next week (so around 9 weeks pregnant). Otherwise I might just go pay for a private one. Otherwise my first prenatal appointment is June 1st and the 12 week ultrasound would be about a week after that. That feels like forever away! Happy weekend everyone!
This week for me has mostly been about landscaping planning. We took possession of our house last September but it was too late to do anything with the dirt lot that comes standard with a new house. This past weekend we spent time at a few nurseries trying to figure out what (trees, hedges, plants) we want to go where. Who knew that trees were so expensive??? This week we had our fence built, this weekend we are going to plant some hedges and hopefully next Thursday we will have sod installed.
I am most excited about the fence and grass. We have the best dog in the whole planet, but having to take her for a walk on the leash everytime she has to go to the bathroom has not been fun! Even with the fence up having no grass means that we would have to wash her paws everytime she came back into the house if we let her out back there. Luckily for me, my husband has been nice and taking care of all the morning walks so I get a few more minutes of sleep. I guess he knows better than to separate a sick pregnant lady from her bed.
Speaking of the pregnancy, everything has been good so far I think. This week actually went pretty fast considering I am watching each day pass with anticipation. I hit the 8 week mark on Thursday. This coming Tuesday I have a "meet and greet" with a possible new family doctor, so I am hoping I can convince them to give me a referral for an ultrasound for sometime next week (so around 9 weeks pregnant). Otherwise I might just go pay for a private one. Otherwise my first prenatal appointment is June 1st and the 12 week ultrasound would be about a week after that. That feels like forever away! Happy weekend everyone!
Friday, 6 May 2011
busy days and belly bloat
I guess I am a pretty lame blogger, I haven't posted in a little while now. There are two main reasons for this. First being that I have been super sick with a cold all week. You never really appreciate good drugs until you can't take them. I know there are some things that are ok to take when you are preggers, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. I don't want anything bad happening to this little bean in my belly.
The other reason is that my work schedule has been changed. For this last term of classes I am teaching all class periods with no prep time. I only have about 30 minutes for lunch with is often taken up by meetings. Some days I have to pee at 10am and don't get a chance to go until 3:30. Being a teacher has given me a strong bladder. I used to do most of my blog writing in the time just before or just after the school day, but that is mostly filled with prep for class, marking etc. I will try to be better though.
Pregnancy is going pretty well, except for how slowly time is progressing! I am 7 weeks 1 day today. Getting to 12 weeks and the second week of June seem a long way off. For some reason I feel like I am getting big faster. I feel like I am showing, and that any day people will start asking me because it looks so obvious. Actually one of the teachers at my school did ask me the other day. I was off sick on Tuesday and on Wednesday morning she came in and asked if I was off because I had a doctor's appointment because "I had good news to share". I just told her I was off sick with a cold, nothing that exciting to report. Hopefully she believed me, I mean I was legitimately sick.
My doctor told me that sometimes if you get pregnant pretty soon after a miscarriage that you get bigger a little quicker because your body is so used to being pregnant. I don't know if that's true or not, but I really think I am bigger at 7 weeks this time than I was at 7 weeks last time. I keep having this thought that maybe I have twins in there. I don't have any twins in my family or anything, but one of the teachers at my school told me that she had a miscarriage and when she got pregnant again 5 months later it was with twins (who are now teenagers). She didn't have any twins in her family either. I know the chances are so tiny, but for some reason I keep thinking about it. Last pregnancy I kept having this feeling that I would go to my 12 week ultrasound and the baby would be gone, well turns out I had some spotting and found out the baby was gone at an 11.5 week ultrasound. Weird. I guess I will find out how everything is going in June.....again, that is so far away! Seriously!
Ok well I am off to do some work. Have a great weekend everyone!
The other reason is that my work schedule has been changed. For this last term of classes I am teaching all class periods with no prep time. I only have about 30 minutes for lunch with is often taken up by meetings. Some days I have to pee at 10am and don't get a chance to go until 3:30. Being a teacher has given me a strong bladder. I used to do most of my blog writing in the time just before or just after the school day, but that is mostly filled with prep for class, marking etc. I will try to be better though.
Pregnancy is going pretty well, except for how slowly time is progressing! I am 7 weeks 1 day today. Getting to 12 weeks and the second week of June seem a long way off. For some reason I feel like I am getting big faster. I feel like I am showing, and that any day people will start asking me because it looks so obvious. Actually one of the teachers at my school did ask me the other day. I was off sick on Tuesday and on Wednesday morning she came in and asked if I was off because I had a doctor's appointment because "I had good news to share". I just told her I was off sick with a cold, nothing that exciting to report. Hopefully she believed me, I mean I was legitimately sick.
My doctor told me that sometimes if you get pregnant pretty soon after a miscarriage that you get bigger a little quicker because your body is so used to being pregnant. I don't know if that's true or not, but I really think I am bigger at 7 weeks this time than I was at 7 weeks last time. I keep having this thought that maybe I have twins in there. I don't have any twins in my family or anything, but one of the teachers at my school told me that she had a miscarriage and when she got pregnant again 5 months later it was with twins (who are now teenagers). She didn't have any twins in her family either. I know the chances are so tiny, but for some reason I keep thinking about it. Last pregnancy I kept having this feeling that I would go to my 12 week ultrasound and the baby would be gone, well turns out I had some spotting and found out the baby was gone at an 11.5 week ultrasound. Weird. I guess I will find out how everything is going in June.....again, that is so far away! Seriously!
Ok well I am off to do some work. Have a great weekend everyone!
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