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Early Scan Question

Soooo I guess I'm back. Again.

Question: I've said this a bunch so I'm sorry, but I have a nurses appointment on the 25th. From what I understand, it'll be my prenatal labs, going over medical history, etc. I'll be eight weeks. My first official appointment with the doctor is the 10th, when they'll listen to the baby's heartbeat and whatnot. I"ll be 11 weeks.

I guess my question is: is it weird that they are waiting to listen for the baby's heartbeat until I'm eleven weeks, given my history of miscarriage? Maybe it's just me being anxious, and I just wanna hear if the baby has a normal heartbeat and it'll put my mind more at ease. I almost wanna ask to do an early scan, I'll pay for it out of pocket.

Gah. I"m such a worry wart. I gotta knock it off or I"m gonna go crazy.

 01.21.2012---> I married a redhead I'm crazy about.

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Re: Early Scan Question

  • The heartbeat it sometimes hard to hear early on.  My guess is that they don't want to alarm you if you don't hear it earlier and throw you into a panic.  I think I had a US to just "see" it but no heartbeat.
  • I agree with Jen. They probably just want to make sure you can hear the heartbeat. But I wouldn't hesitate to ask for an earlier scan if it puts you at ease.
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  • They tried to hear the heartbeat at my 9 week appointment and couldn't. So I agree they are probably just wanting to wait until they know they should be able to. Since I didn't go back to my dr until 13 weeks she was okay with me getting an ultrasound at 11 weeks. That helped reassure me.
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  • edited August 2015
    Well I guess the doctor's office wants me to get my blood drawn to see if my levels are high enough to do an ultrasound. They were suppose to do this last week, but the nurse finally looked at my file and saw I had the miscarriage earlier this year. They want to keep a closer eye on me than normal, even though I'm not currently having issues from before. So I guess we see how this goes.

     01.21.2012---> I married a redhead I'm crazy about.

    04.2016: IT'S A BOY! Elias Alan is due!

    WDW trips: 05/14 (1st trip! Art of Animation; Little Mermaid), 05/15 (Pop Century!). DL Trips: 12/15


      

  • That's a good place to start. I completely know how you feel. With Caden and my second pregnancy I was able to have ultrasounds around 6 weeks. With Emerson. I had to wait until around 10 weeks. The waiting was torture because I just wanted to know everything was okay.

    Just hang in there and hopefully you'll have some nice numbers!
    Lilypie - (2f9f)Lilypie - (y2el)
    Daisypath - (30fE)

  • Level was at 40,751. So way high enough for an ultrasound. Waiting for be office to call me. This helps calm me down a little cause with the first one, my levels never reached past 7,0000. Hoping this is a good sign

     01.21.2012---> I married a redhead I'm crazy about.

    04.2016: IT'S A BOY! Elias Alan is due!

    WDW trips: 05/14 (1st trip! Art of Animation; Little Mermaid), 05/15 (Pop Century!). DL Trips: 12/15


      

  • That's great to hear! 
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  • To little cant hear it until 11 or 12 weeks
  • That's awesome news about your numbers. I hope it helps you be less nervous. Hugs!!
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  • Great news!  They will probably will want to check your levels again throughout your early weeks.  Keep us updated!
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