Today, 12/28/12 at 7:30am was our first ultrasound at 5 weeks and 4 days. I was very nervous this morning on our way because I knew there was a chance the fetus would not be in my uterus (fallopian tube which would be an ectopic pregnancy which cannot survive) or there could be a chance there would not be a sac or there would be an empty sac....today was very anxiety-driven! We arrived for our appointment, they took me back, took my blood pressure, 124 over 72 which I was surprised because I felt it was going to be very high today! I changed and Melissa, the physicians assistant, came in and began my internal ultrasound. Right away a dark circle popped up on the screen! I was not sure what I was looking at but Melissa said it was great! The black circle we were looking at was the "sac" that would turn into the placenta that will hold the baby and the little white spot in the middle of the black circle is the fetus!!! She said its still tiny and hard to see but she believes there is just one baby in there. We are so happy and so thankful!!!!! Andy did get sad for a second because he asked me that if only one baby is in there then that means one of the embryos did not survive and I said yes but that is why we put 2 in to hope that one of them, if not both, would be strong enough to stay with us. It is sad to think that we lost one, but we are THRILLED to see one survive and to actually be looking at it on the screen! FINALLY, we are looking at the beginning of a life on that SCREEN that has always just been empty or showing my ovaries!!!!! We of course got wonderful print outs of our little fetus and I just can't stop looking at them, I don't know if thats normal or weird??? I'll go with it regardless and take it alllllllll in!!! We will be going back next Friday, January 4th at 8:15am for another ultrasound at 6 weeks 4 days and will hopefully be able to see the heartbeat!!! WOW!!!
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