*~* May 2013 - Spring Babies*~* 117 Jelly Babies - 22 Boy's & 19 Girl's - 5 Babies :D

[Jinbean]

We saw a heartbeat! Measured exactly six weeks one day, just like I knew I was. It was such a great experience to see that little flicker

Yay! BabyMay! So happy you had a great experience!

I've got my scan tomorrow and i will be 6w+1d according to LMP so excited but also sooooooo nervous too!


J xx

 

[TonyaG]

We saw a heartbeat! Measured exactly six weeks one day, just like I knew I was. It was such a great experience to see that little flicker

That's amazing!

 

[CaseyBaby718]

So I got my results back of my initial beta. It's 24. I'm 4 wk 3 days along.

The nurse then went on to inform me that I should be cautiously optimistic because the numbers were below 50 and that it usually meant chemical pregnancy. *sigh*

Cautiously optimistic?? that's pretty difficult for me. Any experience here?

I would try not to worry. Anything over 5 means pregnant. So if you consider that you start at 0 or 1...and the fact that it has to double...i dont think 24 is something to worry about at such an early stage.

With my chemical I didnt get above 6 hcg. But remember its not how high the numbers are that matters...its what they do x

With my chemical I never got above 9 so 24 isn't a bad number!!

Agree!

Plus...I always thought the definition of chemical was attempted implantation that didnt occur properly so we got af and we only got a bfp because we caught the hcg falling. I would have thought that with a level of 24 your body is definitely signalling that there is a pregnancy there.

I wonder if shes just telling you all that Casey incase the next betas are dropping. Which they wont! I think they give us the doom and gloom way too early. Women need reassurance and support in the early days not being told all that can happen. Lets face it...we probably know all that just as much as the doctors!!

All will be fine. Your next draw will show doubling! x

Thank you soooo much!!!!! The more I think about it the more upset I get at the nurse. Like so many people have said.... The first number doesn't matter and doesn't tell whether the pregnancy is healthy or not. The second one does.

I have just as much chance of having a healthy pregnancy as anyone else and just as much risk of a chemical pregnancy as anyone else. It wasn't fair of her to dump her "precautions" on me.

Now I know where she's coming from, it's a fertility clinic. People there tend to be going through long journeys to achieve a healthy child. I went through it too (with DD) and I'm sure many of them, maybe more than a regular Ob would see end in miscarriage or chemical simply because there are a higher number of women with special circumstances. So she didn't do it to be mean.

I just think she could have been more tactful. Especially since my number isn't exceedingly low and it's within the range of 4 weeks pregnant.

There is my rant after half a day of obsessing. I'm done with it. She said her peace and she made me aware but I'm still going to try and make this as positive as possible and believe that there is a baby inside me that wants to live and grow and be a part of my family.

 

[CaseyBaby718]

We saw a heartbeat! Measured exactly six weeks one day, just like I knew I was. It was such a great experience to see that little flicker

That's amazing!

Yey!!!!!!

 

[BabyMay]

Thanks everyone. Jinbean I will pray for you as hard as I was praying today!

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Amazing news BabyMay

JinBean - Hope your scan is perfect.

I've been awake since 5am - going to be a sleepy day at work today!

I think it was hunger that woke me. I was soooo hungry all of yesterday. Even had some toast 2 hours after dinner and still woke up at 1am, 3am and 5am with my tummy rumbling. So at 5 I gave up and had a gingerbread man.

Annoying thing is because I was up lots in the night I peed and drank so my pee was a bit diluted this morning for my daily obsessive test.

But I'm excited anyway as my test line was darker than the control for the first time. Yay!!

 

[sarahuk]

Morning girls

Im off to my scan shortly but wanted to pop on first and wish everyone a happy day, and also to with those also having scans today GOOD LUCK!! xxx

 

[Jinbean]

Morning girls

Im off to my scan shortly but wanted to pop on first and wish everyone a happy day, and also to with those also having scans today GOOD LUCK!! xxx

Good Luck sweetie! xx

 

[Harley Quinn]

Haha! Goodnight. I'm about to go to bed!

Best of luck at your scan.

 

[julesjules100]

Morning girls

Im off to my scan shortly but wanted to pop on first and wish everyone a happy day, and also to with those also having scans today GOOD LUCK!! xxx

Good luck!!! Xx

 

[MissMummyMoo]

Good luck Sarah x

 

[Jinbean]

Gotta go in work now... but on the upside only 6hrs till my scan! Tee Hee!xx

 

[Hann12]

Babymay - congratulations!

Good luck with the scan today Sarah and Jinbean! Very jealous as I have 2 weeks till mine lol!

 

[TonyaG]

Morning girls

Im off to my scan shortly but wanted to pop on first and wish everyone a happy day, and also to with those also having scans today GOOD LUCK!! xxx

Thanks Sara! It is still very early here, my scan is at 1pm!
Did you have yours yet?

 

[sarahuk]

I had my scan!!

Measuring exact with my dates 5weeks 4 days. Definitely in the right spot and all appears normal. At the mo can only see the sac and the yolk, but im back a week on wed for heartbeat and development checkup. But they said all is looking good and that there is no reason to think anything other than its a normal progressing pregnancy! Very happy right now

Good luck to you ladies waiting still for yours today! xx

 

[TonyaG]

That's great!

 

[Babee_Bugs]

congrats to those who have had scans!!!

 

[Babies123]

Nice scan Sarahuk!! I can NOT wait for mine!! Im going next Friday - Ill be exactly 6 weeks. What are the chances Ill see or hear a heartbeat??

Im not telling anyone at all until the 3 month mark - I think it will be more exciting to say "Im already 3 months!!". Anyway my friend just announced the other day she was 3 months pregnant...it was so hard for me to hold it in bc I just wanted to share our stories w each other so bad!! *sigh*. Im waiting patiently for October 26th (exactly 3 months).

 

[Hopeful H]

Nice scan Sarahuk!! I can NOT wait for mine!! Im going next Friday - Ill be exactly 6 weeks. What are the chances Ill see or hear a heartbeat??

Im not telling anyone at all until the 3 month mark - I think it will be more exciting to say "Im already 3 months!!". Anyway my friend just announced the other day she was 3 months pregnant...it was so hard for me to hold it in bc I just wanted to share our stories w each other so bad!! *sigh*. Im waiting patiently for October 26th (exactly 3 months).

The nurse told me that you would have to be lucky to see a heartbeat at 6 weeks. Technically I was 6 weeks when I went for mine, and we got a heartbeat even though iI was only measuring at 5+4 weeks. I don't think you'll be able to hear it that early though...

 

[Hopeful H]

This mine - you can't see the yolk as they focussed right on the baby to take the picture, so the bean is the baby and the whiter flash at the top of him/her is the heartbeat!