03-5-2010 - 6 w 1 d The Perfect Scan

My mood while writing this blog: Overjoyed

It is with great pleasure that I write this blog. So this is how it feels to have a perfect scan! WOW! What a feeling. There I was, pretty calm and relaxed. Went through my pre-scan check up. I lost 2kgs (4.4lbs). My blood pressure was low 90/60 (no wonder I have been feeling like sh12).

To the Dr's room we go. First he works through all the standard questions, re-cap history of previous pregnancies and scans and off we go to have a look. I readied myself for the scan whilst the Dr courteously leave the room. It felt like he took a year to return. Guess he chatted with a nurse or patient for a few seconds. So internal scan starts. I immediately see the gestational sac and within a second see that there is a little something in the sac. WOOOHOOO! 1st milestone: we have a baby. Dr comments that there is a nice heartbeat. I, however, cannot see it on my monitor of the scan. DH joins us at this point. WOOOHOOO! 2nd milestone: we have a heartbeat. Baby keeps moving in and out of the view of the scan, but Dr manages to get a shot to measure him/her. His comment before the he measures 'the baby is small' this makes my heart skip a beat, but in the same breath he says 'baby measures 6 w 2 d'. WOOOHOOO and YAY! Both DH and I goes 'YES!'. LOL. 3rd milestone: baby is measuring on time and actually 1 day ahead. He continues to hover over the baby and we then saw the yolk sac. After that we were spoiled by our very pleased Dr by allowing us to listen to the heartbeat of our little one. Oh WOW! What a very special moment to hear that strong little 'swoosh swoosh swoosh'. The tears of relief, thankfulness and happiness filled my eyes.

The rest of the appointment included my Dr's standard 'what to expect during pregnancy' speech; a due date of 23rd December; confirmation that I don't need any more blood work at this point (after wading through the vastness of my file to find all the previous pathology results - I practically own shares in the pathology lab after the last 3 years) and some light hearted discussions.

He offered another scan in 2 weeks for my sanity. Then another one 4 weeks after that. However, it came with an invite that I can phone the nurses any time of the day with any questions I have. He called them my 'guardian angels' and if there is anything after hours I can call him on his cell. I am also not to hesitate to request a scan when ever I am worried. He said even if it is one everyday they will understand. After the journey we have been on together they will do whatever necessary to help me through what must be a very nerve wrecking first trimester. I could not have been more appreciative of these words. Bless him!

The only thing that came out of the appointment that is going to be hard to work through (and caused some serious discussions) is that I am only to use the progesterone for another 2 weeks (up to week 8 of the pregnancy). He says there is really no need to take it after week 8 as the placenta will do the work then. I am a bit nervous about this. I would have liked to keep using the progesterone until week 12. However, I have promised myself that I will trust his decisions during this pregnancy as there is absolutely nothing he would do to jeopardise it in anyway. Working on being okay with this.

DH and I probably hugged each other about 10 times after our scan. I could see DH was visibly relieved that everything was perfect.

Next official scan is scheduled for 17 May. A bit later than 2 weeks as my DH is only returning from his trip on 14 May and I would like him to be there. I am excited to see our little one again and see how much s/he has grown. Time will tell if I will be able to wait that long ;-)

PS: Uploaded our only scan pic of our little one. There is very little to see though.