Went for a scan today! Unfortunately it was probably a little early!! Getting a bit over excited I think, but more than anything I wanted to go, simply to confirm that I AM indeed pregnant!!
The ultrasonographer was grrat. His name was Luke and he had such a lovely manner. I had a near exploding bladder (which he said was actually TOO full) but he proceeded anyway. Couldn't see much except the sac which looked like a blacl hole in the middle of the screen. He confirmed that this was indeed the beginnings of a pregnancy, which was music to my ears!! He then suggested that he could do a transvaginal scan which would enable them to get a better look! He went and got a female student to sit in the room which I wasn't really worried about, but I guess it was nice to have a female in the room. He really was a lovely guy though.
So they put the probe in (after I got to empty my bladder!!!) and had a little look around.
He was able to see the embryo which to me really did look like a grain of rice. No heartbeat yet, but he said that he could see the yolk sac and so9me other thing (can't remember what he called it now), but it was like a white area around the sac on the scan that actually looked a bit like a halo and he said that's what they look for and it looked exactly the way it should. He also checked my ovaries. I heard him say to the student lady, "there's the corpus luteum". I said, "oh, that's where the egg came from!" and he laughed and sounded impressed that I knew the term! I didn't want to confess that I'd obsessed over these terms for so long!!!
So he said the egg had come from my right ovary and everything looked good there. He then checked my left ovary and showed me a lot of little black circles which he said were my "future babies"! HE told me there were alot in there which I was happy to hear. It was nice to hear all this, because all through my TTC journey I'd never gotten to the point of having an ultrasound done to check my insides. He said they looked healthy and functioning normally with no sign of anything like PCOS from what he saw.
Then he checked my kidneys as he said being pregnany puts alot of strain on them, but he said they looked like perfect functioning kidneys so that was more good news.
After he'd done what he had to do, taking pics and measurements, he told me that I was 4 weeks and 6 days today - 1 day out from my original calculations. This now makes me due on 26th of November. He even said I'm due at 4pm!!! Don't know HOW the bloody hell he knew that!!!
So, he said he would have the report ready for my doc by tomorrow, but I'm not due to go back to her until next Wednesday. I have a full blood count on Monday too. The ultrasonographer said that he might suggest to the doctor that I return in another 2 weeks for another scan to see growth and to check for a heartbeat. I'm very happy at that thought!!!
Told my Mum and Dad this arvo. Was nervous as all hell telling them. They were thrilled! Mum was chattering away congratulating me and Dad cried - not blubbering crying, just tearing up!! So sweet! I was in two minds about telling them, as I know it's early days and I don't want to dash their hopes should something go wrong, but I wanted them to know! Especially when I live 1300km away from them!
Still not much in the way of symptoms. I have one freakin' blind pimple on my chin and I never get those. Plus I feel oily on my face again today. It's disgusting, feel like I'm in 95% humidity in the tropics somewhere!! Oh, and I unpacked some groceries before and I had bought some bacon pieces to put in some pasta and I could smell it much more than I normally would and it was less than appealing!!!
Have tingly burny feelings in my bb's every now and then, but I wouldn't say any more than maybe once every secon day?? I did have that today when I got out of the chair in the waiting room at the imaging place today.
Anyway, enough waffle for today! Will write more tomorrow if there are any updates!
Bye for now!
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