my first ultrasound...seeking comforting words
i found out i was pregnant (while i was on a birth control pill) on april 29th, first with a positive home test, then with a beta hcg of 14. my doctor did a second beta hcg on may 5th to make sure my hormone level was rising correctly. they said i should be between 120 and 150 by that point...results came back at 468! then i was having some sharp pain on my left lower abdomen, so they brought me in for a quick ultrasound on may 11th. the dr was able to see the gestational sac and the yolk sac, but said i appeared to be more around 5 weeks and 2 days instead of 6 weeks like they expected based on my last period. since i was on birth control there is no way of knowing when i ovulated so it could be very possible that i really am 5w2d... but the dr wanted to check my hormone level again just to get a better indication of if the pregnancy was viable...she said as long as i was somewhere around 4000 that there would be no reason for concern...bloodwork came back at 7579! so i am definitely pregnant and things are going the right direction. i know it is common early in pregnancy to appear not as far along as you might have thought and everything on the ultrasound looked really good for 5w2d... but im still scared i was supposed to be 6 weeks and that the baby stopped growing. soo...im sitting here yesterday stressing trying to reassure myself that my hormone level is doubling more than every 48 hours and that it is possible that i ovulated late and that everything will turn out just fine...then the nurse calls to talk to me about my doubling rate. she and the dr did the math and my hormone is doubling every 31 hours... most women double every 36-48 hours. so i ask if my rapidly increasing hormone could be a bad thing...the nurse says no, that high is good but then schedules me another quick ultrasound for may 20th (a week from tomorrow) and tells me that on that day we are going to expect to see growth of the identified pregnancy and possibly start looking for a second baby! at that point i went from thinking "oh no, this pregnancy might not be viable... to ...oh no, this is really happening and there might be two!" the nurse explained to me that women with twins on average have an hcg doubling rate of 25 to 30 hours...mine is 31. i dont know if i am ready for one...much less two but i guess i will take it all as it comes.
has anyone had an early ultrasound and gone through any of the mixed emotions i am experiencing? it would be reassuring to know that early ultrasounds commonly show these types of discrepencies...my dr said its normal to look earlier than you are or even to have ovulated late and that dating is very difficult until later in pregnancy but to actually hear from women that have been through this before would help. this is my second pregnancy, but i miscarried my first in january of this year just a week after i found out i was pregnant. you women on here are great and always make me feel better... i am so excited! i really feel good about this one! thanks for all the input that i know is soon to come!
has anyone had an early ultrasound and gone through any of the mixed emotions i am experiencing? it would be reassuring to know that early ultrasounds commonly show these types of discrepencies...my dr said its normal to look earlier than you are or even to have ovulated late and that dating is very difficult until later in pregnancy but to actually hear from women that have been through this before would help. this is my second pregnancy, but i miscarried my first in january of this year just a week after i found out i was pregnant. you women on here are great and always make me feel better... i am so excited! i really feel good about this one! thanks for all the input that i know is soon to come!
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