https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 06:08:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1605920 Thu, 01 May 2014 13:48:55 +0000 Adira 1605920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChiCalGoBee: Yeah, I'll definitely have to ask when I actually see a doctor. The secretary just wouldn't book a u/s for me. I know they'll use the doppler at my May 15 (9 weeks) appointment to try to hear the heartbeat, but last pregnancy I had an anterior placenta, so we couldn't hear anything. Not sure if they have a handheld ultrasound thing or not, but I'm guessing not, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1604880 Thu, 01 May 2014 10:10:28 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 1604880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: hope it's okay that I'm jumping in here late. I had so few symptoms before my first appointment (which wasn't supposed to be until 8 weeks by they saw me at about 7.5), and they said originally that I wouldn't get an u/s. However, once I told my doc how high anxiety I was about everything, the first thing he did was use the little handheld ultrasound thing (not transvaginal, and not the typical machine-it was something I'd never seen before and super cool!) and he found baby and HB within seconds. It took no time and no cost (I believe...we didn't get pics but took one with our cell phone), and the piece of mind it gave me was priceless. Anxiety is no joke, especially during pregnancy. You're the patient-ask for what you need! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1601015 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 06:45:57 +0000 Adira 1601015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: Oh wow! That's crazy! I THINK that my OB will change the due date if the u/s shows more than a week's difference, but I know if it's just off a few days, they don't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1600611 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 20:05:35 +0000 singingbee 1600611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wonderstruck: I agree. We had multiple great ultrasounds until we got to week 20 and the heart just wasn't beating anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1600603 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:58:54 +0000 spaniellove 1600603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I'm sorry they turned you down! FWIW, I knew from monitoring that my ovulation date didn't correspond with my LMP and my RE noted that, and every u/s showed that baby was days off and then weeks but the OB and MFM insisted on going by LMP and nothing else. So they really don't care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1600561 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:39:25 +0000 Honeygold89 1600561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: you could just play it off and say that's when you think it was but play like you're not for sure </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1600416 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:10:52 +0000 mrsbookworm 1600416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@adira: Sorry they won't let you have one! Just have faith that your little bean is growing well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1600369 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:31:16 +0000 Adira 1600369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, I called and asked to have one and was told no. Womp womp. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1600028 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:57:14 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1600028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I said I had no idea when I ovulated because my cycles varied between 28 and 50 days (not quite true........) and they ordered one for me! lol. I was way to anxious to wait until 12 weeks for a US. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1600021 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:54:04 +0000 Adira 1600021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: Wow! For me, they did a cervical check, then did an u/s, and then gave me a rhogam shot (because I'm RH-negative). I believe they did the u/s not to check on the baby but to see if they could determine the source of the bleeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1600014 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:52:27 +0000 swedishfish 1600014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: no, they saw me but wouldn't do an ultrasound. They did cervical checks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1600004 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:50:40 +0000 Adira 1600004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: Wow, that's crazy! I had spotting with my first pregnancy and they wanted to see me right away!</p> <p>@BakerBee: @T.H.O.U.: No, I understand that. But just knowing that there's a healthy heartbeat in there would reduce my anxiety about the chance of miscarrying (and obviously every week I make it into the pregnancy would FURTHER reduce it). I'd just like to know as soon as possible if things are looking good or not, you know? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1599984 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:46:41 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1599984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Just an FYI, even with seeing the HB it your risk factor also depends on the number of weeks along you are. So seeing a HB at 5 weeks, only lowers your risk to maybe 15% or so but seeing a HB at 9-12 weeks gets you down to that less than 5% chance range (I'm making those figures up but its something like that). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1599974 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:42:33 +0000 LBee 1599974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I don't really feel like that logic is right. I know that when you see a heartbeat, your odds go down, but it's not like those that have scans at 12 weeks (which is fairly common, some don't even see until 20 weeks) are walking around with a 20% chance, while someone who had an early scan at 6 weeks and saw a heartbeat has a 5% chance just because they saw the heartbeat. My doctor said that the risk decreases as the pregnancy progresses. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1599967 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:41:10 +0000 swedishfish 1599967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wonderstruck: I agree, we saw the heartbeat when they finally did an ultrasound and I miscarried the next day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1599954 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:37:20 +0000 swedishfish 1599954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: with my miscarriage I didn't have any idea when I ovulated. They wouldn't give me a dating ultrasound until I was spotting for over a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1599867 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:13:56 +0000 Torchwood 1599867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I don't think it's really rare to have multiple healthy pregnancies. My cousin just had her fourth baby in January, and she's never had any issues at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1599854 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:10:58 +0000 winniebee 1599854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wonderstruck: I think places will do them as early as 7-8 wks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1599841 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:08:05 +0000 Adira 1599841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Right??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1599836 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:07:14 +0000 Adira 1599836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: I should just do that, haha</p> <p>@wonderstruck: Our u/s are done through radiology, which is a different department than the OB/GYN &amp; Midwives, so it would have to be scheduled separately.</p> <p>And while I agree, having a u/s and seeing a healthy heartbeat doesn't guarantee anything, statistically speaking, it would mean my chance of having a miscarriage is down to 5% (whereas right now, not knowing anything, I think it's still around 20%). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1599830 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:05:31 +0000 wonderstruck 1599830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I'd imagine it depends on the place, but around here many of those places won't do an ultrasound until you're further into your pregnancy and have proof that you are already under the care of a doctor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1599828 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:05:21 +0000 Smurfette 1599828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I think it is ridiculous that all practices don't offer this </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1599821 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:04:33 +0000 wonderstruck 1599821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it's a big deal - when my midwife asked about my LMP I told her when it was, but explained that I had long cycles, and told her what date I ovulated on and when I expected my ovulation date to be. She did a super brief dating ultrasound right there and found out I was exactly right.</p> <p>And not to be a downer, but getting a dating ultrasound doesn't magically mean you're not going to miscarry. If I had miscarried at 9 weeks, my 8 week ultrasound where I saw the heartbeat wouldn't have meant a thing. I know that's hard, but this is not something you have control over! Save yourself the stress, stop over-thinking it, and just tell the midwife you'd like a dating ultrasound soon due to your long cycles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1599816 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:03:29 +0000 winniebee 1599816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You can also go to a 3d us place and pay out of pocket. I don't think they are that expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one/page/2#post-1599814 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:03:10 +0000 littlek 1599814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: No, I said, I'm nervous, can I please get in for an early u/s? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one#post-1599809 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:01:42 +0000 winniebee 1599809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's a slippery slope. If you get one now and you know all is well you will then start worrying about all of the miscarriages that occur between 8-12 weeks. Just try to trust your body. </p> <p>If you really want one just say you are really worried and anxious and want one. Basically that's what I said last time (post miscarriage) and got one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one#post-1599807 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:01:24 +0000 Adira 1599807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: What did you say when you called? Just "Can I get a dating u/s?" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one#post-1599806 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:00:58 +0000 snowjewelz 1599806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about going to an independent sonogram place and paying for one if it's not too expensive? This is of course after you try again w/ your OB. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one#post-1599803 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:00:31 +0000 Pumuckl 1599803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: def. just call. I guess the worst case scenario is that you'd have to pay out of pocket for it? (Not sure about american health care regulations) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dating-us-how-to-get-one#post-1599789 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:56:22 +0000 littlek 1599789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just call and ask. I was able to get one at 6 weeks by just asking for it. </p>