Now, to level set on the ultrasound. It's EARLY. They told me not to expect to see much. What they should see is: the gestational sac (if there's more than one), the yolk sac, and where baby has implanted. They can maybe see: the fetal pole and heartbeat.
Of course I googled and googled, watched videos of ultrasounds at 5 weeks.
I would say I went into my ultrasound being 100% prepared of what I should see and what I might see. It's kind of like my IVF stims. Once I saw the follicle development on the monitor (or lack there of), I knew when something was wrong and when stims were going right.
This was the first time I saw my RE since my egg transfer on 9/22. I was super nervous/anxious to have the ultrasound done. When we started, I thought I saw the gestational sac right away, but didn't want to get too excited, so waited until he walked me through what he was seeing.
There was only 1 sac, so only 1 embryo implanted. We saw the gestational sac, the yolk sac. Then I thought I saw the fetal pole! Then he said, "here's the fetal pole." I was so excited once he said he saw it, because I knew there was a chance we wouldn't see it. One of my fears is that there wouldn't be a baby at all and just an empty sac or something. Then, I saw a little flicker on the fetal pole and I was sure it was the heartbeat and it was! The little heartbeat was flickering away. We tried to listen, but couldn't really hear it. But it measured between 100-103 bpm, which is what it should be at this point. Everything measured on target.
I think I only have 1 more appointment with my RE before he releases me to the OB... next appointment is on 10/26. I also stop all meds on November 11th.
I am super relieved that we saw so much. Today is probably the first day we could've seen the heartbeat, so I'm really happy that we were able to see it. I cried... and my RE gave me a hug :)
I am still in shock about all this. I know I'm not out of the woods yet, still taking one small step at a time that the pregnancy progresses well. But right now, I am pregnant and my little one has a heartbeat!! Wow, how amazing is that.
Feeling blessed and grateful.
Next Steps:
There was only 1 sac, so only 1 embryo implanted. We saw the gestational sac, the yolk sac. Then I thought I saw the fetal pole! Then he said, "here's the fetal pole." I was so excited once he said he saw it, because I knew there was a chance we wouldn't see it. One of my fears is that there wouldn't be a baby at all and just an empty sac or something. Then, I saw a little flicker on the fetal pole and I was sure it was the heartbeat and it was! The little heartbeat was flickering away. We tried to listen, but couldn't really hear it. But it measured between 100-103 bpm, which is what it should be at this point. Everything measured on target.
I think I only have 1 more appointment with my RE before he releases me to the OB... next appointment is on 10/26. I also stop all meds on November 11th.
I am super relieved that we saw so much. Today is probably the first day we could've seen the heartbeat, so I'm really happy that we were able to see it. I cried... and my RE gave me a hug :)
I am still in shock about all this. I know I'm not out of the woods yet, still taking one small step at a time that the pregnancy progresses well. But right now, I am pregnant and my little one has a heartbeat!! Wow, how amazing is that.
Feeling blessed and grateful.
Next Steps:
- 10/26/16: Ultrasound #2 (7w4d)
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