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Just from my own professional knowledge and experience, my midwife had my bladder at the wrong side of the image with dd...meaning she had the probe upside down:dohh:
I couldn't even bare to tell her:haha:


Can you get a private scan for some much needed reassurance?
 
Totally agree with Lisa, CALL YOUR MIDWIFE> That is nuts that they didn't give you any information, or even let you look at the screen. Is that even legal?? I am upset for you. It reminds me of all the ultrasounds I have had in the past year and a half with doctors that spoke little to no english, the whispers, strange questions, doubts that I was even pregnant (Happened with this one and the one I lost in Feb). I am so sorry you had to go through this... I hope you hear good news from your midwife. By 9 weeks the baby should be pretty clearly there, could your dates be off? Why were there two of them? Maybe they were just in training and had no idea what to look for?

My dates definitely could be off. I told them at my first appointment that my periods were irregular but my midwife said my uterus felt the right size for 7 weeks (this was two weeks ago). But I found out on the 28th last month, 4 week ago so even if I was super early catching the pregnancy I'd have to be at least 7 1/2 weeks by now. And they should be able to see something at 7 1/2 weeks right? Something measurable? What worries me is if I'm measuring less than that... If I'm measuring 6 weeks or 5 weeks then something has to be wrong. Right?

My husband says it looked to him like they didn't have their machine calibrated right or didn't know what they were doing. That it was fuzzy and looked more like static than an ultrasound. And they kept saying they couldn't see clearly. There was a student and the tech and then they brought in the supervisor. If their equipment wasn't working correctly I don't understand why they wouldn't stop and use another machine? Or reschedule me if another wasn't available? Something? And my husband says he thinks he saw her record a HB but she didn't bother to share? WTF!

I am calmer now but still very angry.:growlmad: I haven't called my midwife yet... Is it awful that I don't want to call because I don't want to hear bad news? I feel like I want to hang onto Bo (baby's nick name for now) being okay just another couple of days... I want to know what's going on but I also want it to be something good. And I'm not at all confident it's going to be good.

One way or another I am going to demand another ultrasound when I see my midwife. Especially because I'm getting the feeling they won't be able to accurately date the pregnancy from this ultrasound and that was the whole point of having one!

My husband told me we need to develop a secret code language to use in front of people. He said if he'd known what to expect from an early ultrasound or what I was feeling or thinking he'd have stood up for me and said something to them. Unfortunately I'm timid and avoid confrontation to a fault. Can't tell you how many times I've wished I'd screamed at someone after it was no longer an option. Even now I can't believe I just laid there and let them treat me that way. :dohh:

Hopefully I'll have better news a little later. Will keep you guys updated. Thanks for all of the support. Really made me feel better to know I wasn't acting like a crazy lady.

I totally know how you feel, I wish I could say something to make you feel better, but you just have to wait and see. Has the midwife seen you before? Could your uterus just be a bit big? And thats why she dated you as she did? Also, was the ultrasound trans vag? Early on, that is the only way to see clearly. Finally, did you pee before? During my 8 week, my doctor pointed out how full my bladder was on the ultrasound and told me the picture wouldn't be very clear with a full bladder. She even let me to run to the bathroom before we continued.
 
Lisa- Fantastic news, beautiful heartbeat! How neat to see him/her move around!

Wendy- It's pretty common to measure behind/ahead from appt to appt. I think as long as it's within a week before or after, it's considered normal.

Lindsay- Hooray, cute little blobbie!

Brieanna- Woot, Texas!!!!

Mahoghani- The way they treated you is absolutely absurd. I'm so sorry you're going through this. They should have shared whatever they recorded for the hb, I can't believe they didn't give you anything substantial. I would definitely call when you're ready.

Morgan- Thinking about you, I hope you get good news with your blood work.

Teaching is exhausting me. I haven't done much more than teach, eat, and sleep for the last week. I've got some sweet kiddos though! SO relieved to have the weekend ahead of me! Luckily I've only thrown up a few times at school and it's actually been at okay times (while my kids were at PE, right after school, and during an assembly). Haven't had to rush out of my room yet!

Our next appointment is Tuesday and I'm nervous. We'll be meeting the high risk OB and having another ultrasound. Please keep growing!
 
Can I join you, due 21st april :) got my first scan on friday! Feeling very sick so now on talets which haven't helped as much as I wished them to. Oh well, fast forward me to 2nd tri please lol xxx
 
Morning girlies :)

Sorry I've been MIA.. We are thinking we had a miscarriage 2 nights ago. I stayed home for it, and am still having quite a lot of bleeding, but haven't seen any tissue or anything :/

So just laying here waiting for Hubby to wake so we can head on over to the ER. I was going to go yesterday, but wanted to wait at least 72 hrs for my next blood draw since my hormones last time we went to the ER weren't doubling as they should.

Idk if I share when we went 2 days ago but the 2nd quant hCG test had only risen 30% in 48 hours so they diagnosed me with a threatened miscarriage.

So pray for us, I will update as soon as I get my eyeballs on an ultrasound ;)
 
Morning girlies :)

Sorry I've been MIA.. We are thinking we had a miscarriage 2 nights ago. I stayed home for it, and am still having quite a lot of bleeding, but haven't seen any tissue or anything :/

So just laying here waiting for Hubby to wake so we can head on over to the ER. I was going to go yesterday, but wanted to wait at least 72 hrs for my next blood draw since my hormones last time we went to the ER weren't doubling as they should.

Idk if I share when we went 2 days ago but the 2nd quant hCG test had only risen 30% in 48 hours so they diagnosed me with a threatened miscarriage.

So pray for us, I will update as soon as I get my eyeballs on an ultrasound ;)

OMG! You must be going out of your mind with worry. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your hubby. :hugs:
 
Can I join you, due 21st april :) got my first scan on friday! Feeling very sick so now on talets which haven't helped as much as I wished them to. Oh well, fast forward me to 2nd tri please lol xxx

Welcome aboard and congratulations. X

I can't wait to get this 1st tri over with as well, it's nerve racking. X
 
Hi ladies,
I've been MIA for a while. OH and I went on a little holiday. I didn't check in while I was away, so I've had lots of catching up to do.

Welcome to all the newcomers- Bumble b, Pebbles88, paintrider89!

Vietmamsie, lisa85, wendyk07, karinama98, Lindsay109- so glad to read about your scans going well :)

Mahoghani- sorry to hear how you were treated at the scan! I hope you get some answers soon! <3

Morgan- I so sorry to hear what you've been going through. Keep us posted <3


AFM- everything still seems to be going well. My last hcg numbers were good... Doubling about every 48 hours. My scan is in 8 more days and I'm praying everything will be ok.
 
Morgan I'm praying for u!!

I hope it's not still ectopic as they can cause bleeding and many doctors think it's MC but it's not.

I'm thinking of you Morgan xxxxxx
 
Morgan, im very sorry you are going through this! We are all thinking of you in this difficult time. Good luck with the ultrasound! :hugs::hugs::hugs:

Welcome Bumble b and congratulations! My MS has just started to ease so maybe you wont have to all the way to the 2nd tri! :flower:

Hope4rainbow, Glad you havent had to throw up in the middle of class!! haha Good timings!! I am not working and i get completely exhausted by the end of the day... i dont know how i could have coped if i was still working full time. My hat is off to you!! :thumbup:
Good luck at your appointment on Tuesday.

Kasey, Im glad everything is going well for you. You must be gong nuts waiting for your scan. Good luck!

AFM - Just heard from the hospital finally. I have my first midwife appointment next Tuesday. Nothing exciting i dont think. Just to go through my medical history and stuff.

:hi: and :hugs: everyone!
 
Bean is still in there girlies!!

Numbers went up to 21,000 from 14,000 3 days ago. A bit slow to rise but hey it rose and I still have my bean! Hoping things stay okay.

Excited to share this journey with you all :)

Oh! And scan Friday :)
 
Morgan, I'm so glad to hear that! Good luck with your scan on Friday. Sending lots of positive thoughts your way!!
 
Morgan: Good to hear all is well! So Sorry you are having to go through so much this time around... I'm a little confused about you numbers, wasn't the first one 31,000? Does that mean it has actually dropped?

Good luck and keep us posted!
 
Oh yes I guess I forgot to tell this thread lol.. I had my original numbers totally wrong and saw they were much more normal than 31,000 LOL once they faxed me my records.

10,077 tues, 13,986 thurs, & 21,000 today.

So still very slow to rise so they left me with a "threatened miscarriage" diagnosis, no way to say for SURE things will be okay. Even after a HB.

Scan next week, hoping for a heartbeat :)
 
Ahh, much more normal. But much higher than I had!

What day is your scan on? I saw a heartbeat t 6 weeks svn, however, my babe was measuring a day ahead. I hope you get to see one as well!

Good luck!
 
Yeah it would be before 6.5 weeks when we go so I don't want to set myself up to be disappointed. But there's a girl on another thread that just saw hers @ 6+1 so that gives me a bit of hope ;)

Really feeling a lot better tonight about everything, not knowing is just the worst!
 
Oh and thanks :)

So excited to get to share this adventure with you all!!
 
thats great Morgan! So happy for you!! My fingers and toes are crossed for your scan on Friday!!
 
Hi ladies, off to the docs tomorrow to make it official and get my referral to the hospital sorted. :). Feels real now. Then I just need to wait until next Tuesday for another scan.

Got a god awful gastro bug which has really floored me today. Hope it's just a 24 hour thing.

Hope you are well.
X
 
Bean is still in there girlies!!

Numbers went up to 21,000 from 14,000 3 days ago. A bit slow to rise but hey it rose and I still have my bean! Hoping things stay okay.

Excited to share this journey with you all :)

Oh! And scan Friday :)

I am so so happy to log on and read this :happydance::happydance: hope you're feeling better and FX for fri :hugs:
 

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