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Recent discussions

Question

Hi moms I’m about 5 weeks pregnant and I went to the hospital recently. They were able to see my baby’s heartbeat, but it was 77 bpm. They basically told me that the heartbeat is low for this stage and that it could possibly be a sign of a miscarriage. They told me to come back for another ultrasound to check again.

I’m honestly really worried and scared. Has anyone else been around 5 weeks and had a heartbeat around 77 bpm? What was your baby’s heartbeat at 5 weeks, and did everything turn out okay? Is 77 normal for this early? I’d really appreciate hearing your experiences.

Gender confirmation!

Please help, every scan they’ve found it hard to see! Went for a 4D today for confirmation and again, not a good angle! What do we think?

Only yolk sac visible 7 weeks

Had a scan 10 days ago and they said I was showing approximately 5 weeks (should have been 5w4days) no heartbeat visible (gestational sac MSD 8mm) so they scheduled a follow up. We’ve had the follow up today so should be exactly 7 weeks but the gestational sac only has a MSD of 12mm and only the yolk sac was visible. What’s everyone’s thoughts on this? Mine is that it’s not developing properly and there’s something wrong, my husband is more optimistic that we’re just not as far along as the LMP would suggest but does that explain the difference between the 2 scans?

Gender scan today

I had a gender scan today and they said it was a boy, but I’m just not sure if it’s right so want a second opinion

41+4 weeks and still no baby 😅

Had a NST and ultrasound done yesterday and baby is doing perfect. I did not expect to be pregnant this long. Hopefully soon 🫠

Heartbeat Doppler

I purchased one from Amazon and honestly it made my day hearing out little boys heartbeat at home! We are 16w6 and I played about with it for a while, YouTubed a few videos on the different sounds I could hear. Anterior placenta mum so I was surprised I managed to fine his beat within a few minutes.

Rushing into a D&C?

I feel like doctors are rushing my sister into a D&C. She had her first appointment and ultrasound on Wednesday. She thought she was 7 weeks 2 days, but she was measuring 6 weeks 3 days. There was no heartbeat. They scheduled another scan to confirm only two days later on Friday (also seems way too soon to me!). There still wasn’t a heartbeat, so they’ve scheduled a D&C on Monday…I just really feel like they didn’t give it enough time. If she ovulated later than expected, measuring a week behind isn’t a big deal. And I also feel like it’s not super uncommon for a heartbeat to not be detectable that early. Please comment any personal experiences or advice. I haven’t said any of this to her yet because I don’t want to be insensitive. She really wanted this baby and is having a hard time with all this.

38 week growth scan weight?

What was your babies estimate weight at a 38 week growth scan? What was their actual birth weight?

9 weeks scan

I’m booked in for a scan next week as I’ve had abit of bleeding, I’ll be just over 9 weeks, does anyone know if this will be done internally or not?

Not checked the HB yet!

I have done with the 2 scans so far and they haven't checked the baby heartbeat so far either at the scan appointment or at the midwife appointment. When do they actually check?

Subchronic Haematoma

Hey girls. Has anyone been diagnosed with a SCH?
I have been passing brown fluid (and some dark brown string) for over a week now (7 weeks + 3). I had a scan at EPU and baby is measuring to size with a heartbeat which was such a relief. I have to go back for another scan again and I am finding it so hard to keep positive! Also was an ivf pregnancy.

Has anyone had an amniocentesis before

When did your results come?

When you get a scan too early...

When you get a scan too early because of bleeding and you need to go back in 2 weeks for another one what do you do if your bleeding within those 2 weeks?

Boy or Girl!

First scan is 11+4 and second photo (in comments) is 13+3!

Low PAPP-A advice

I’ve just had a call from my midwife following from my 12 week scan on Wednesday saying I have low PAPP-A and have been advised to take aspirin every night, she didn’t seemed too concerned but I obviously have been googling everything and have sent myself down a hole.. anyone else had PAPP-A and everything was ok? My scan was on the 47th percentile at 12 weeks.
Any advice or reassurance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Gender scans 🩵🩷

What’s the best place for a gender scan at 14-15 weeks around mansfeild last time I went to chesterfield don’t want to go that far again didn’t like the roundabouts😂

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