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I'm new here and looking forward to connecting with other pregnant woman!
I have one daughter who will be three at the end of the month. I got pregnant around Christmas time last year but miscarried January 1st of this year. I wasn't exactly trying or expecting to get pregnant so quickly (especially since it took us soooooo long to get pregnant with our Christmas pregnancy). But the first week of February I found out I was pregnant again. I chart my BBT, so I know from my chart that I conceived around January 22nd. I'm now trying to take every day one at a time, despite my obvious fears and worries.
I had my first OB appointment on Monday. I gotta say, it made me a little anxious and worried. At first, my doctor tells me that they did another pee stick test and the line came up really really light. So he didn't feel comfortable doing a full OB exam on me until he could confirm that there was a viable pregnancy going on. I tried to keep calm on the outside, but I was freaking out inside. Here I am hoping that everything is ok, and he is essentially telling me that I might not even be pregnant anymore.... definitely not what I wanted to hear. And at first the nurse told me that she thought the ultrasound machine was broken and she didn't think I would be able to get an ultrasound that day. That got me a bit upset too. Not at the nurse, but just at the situation in general. But luckily, she must have not gotten the memo, because the doctor did end up doing an ultrasound to confirm the pregnancy. So the doctor starts off by doing the ultrasound with the lights on and the screen turned away from me. I guess he didn't want me to see a disappointing scene if there wasn't anything going on in there. Then after a minute or so of him "looking for something" he says, "I see a heartbeat". That was the best news I heard all day. So then he turns down the lights and turns the screen so I could see it. I got to see my little bean and see the heartbeat (a nice 150 bpm). So I am 7w6d today and I'm due 10/14 (pretty much right when I estimated I'd be due). I told him about some brown spotting issues I'd had for about a week earlier. So he did an exam and said he didn't see anything worrisome going on. He had me do a bunch of bloodwork. I'm assuming one of which is another beta to confirm my hcg levels. I've already had two other betas done at the beginning of February that came back with really good numbers. But I gotta admit, since the pee stick was still sooo light, I'm still a little worried. I thought that by now it would have been darker, but who knows with me. I figure if he doesn't call me then nothing serious is going on. I have another appointment in three weeks. I'm hoping everything stays ok. I'm trying to stay positive.
I have one daughter who will be three at the end of the month. I got pregnant around Christmas time last year but miscarried January 1st of this year. I wasn't exactly trying or expecting to get pregnant so quickly (especially since it took us soooooo long to get pregnant with our Christmas pregnancy). But the first week of February I found out I was pregnant again. I chart my BBT, so I know from my chart that I conceived around January 22nd. I'm now trying to take every day one at a time, despite my obvious fears and worries.
I had my first OB appointment on Monday. I gotta say, it made me a little anxious and worried. At first, my doctor tells me that they did another pee stick test and the line came up really really light. So he didn't feel comfortable doing a full OB exam on me until he could confirm that there was a viable pregnancy going on. I tried to keep calm on the outside, but I was freaking out inside. Here I am hoping that everything is ok, and he is essentially telling me that I might not even be pregnant anymore.... definitely not what I wanted to hear. And at first the nurse told me that she thought the ultrasound machine was broken and she didn't think I would be able to get an ultrasound that day. That got me a bit upset too. Not at the nurse, but just at the situation in general. But luckily, she must have not gotten the memo, because the doctor did end up doing an ultrasound to confirm the pregnancy. So the doctor starts off by doing the ultrasound with the lights on and the screen turned away from me. I guess he didn't want me to see a disappointing scene if there wasn't anything going on in there. Then after a minute or so of him "looking for something" he says, "I see a heartbeat". That was the best news I heard all day. So then he turns down the lights and turns the screen so I could see it. I got to see my little bean and see the heartbeat (a nice 150 bpm). So I am 7w6d today and I'm due 10/14 (pretty much right when I estimated I'd be due). I told him about some brown spotting issues I'd had for about a week earlier. So he did an exam and said he didn't see anything worrisome going on. He had me do a bunch of bloodwork. I'm assuming one of which is another beta to confirm my hcg levels. I've already had two other betas done at the beginning of February that came back with really good numbers. But I gotta admit, since the pee stick was still sooo light, I'm still a little worried. I thought that by now it would have been darker, but who knows with me. I figure if he doesn't call me then nothing serious is going on. I have another appointment in three weeks. I'm hoping everything stays ok. I'm trying to stay positive.