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@Cara M. 17: @sweetooth: Good luck today, ladies!!

@Cara M. 17: @sweetooth: yay! Appointments today! Good luck!

I had my first ultrasound to see where I'm at this morning. We are at 6w1d and we saw a heartbeat!!! It's only 103 right now, but I'm not worried. I know it's early and I will be back in there in 2 weeks to see where things have progressed to. And then I'll graduate from my RE.

You guys, it's the first time I've had happy tears while in the RE office. It was so special to have my husband with me. My doctor told me that my breath was overpowering the baby's heartbeat so I had to hold my breath for her to capture it. And it was so hard to do because I couldn't stop the tears. It was magical to see the little flutter of the heartbeat on the screen. I'm in heaven right now.

@sweetooth: awwwwww, this makes me so happy! Congratulations, mama!

@sweetooth: Such a great appointment! I also had to hold my breath to get a heart rate and DS kept climbing on me making it difficult (we thought he would be interested in the u/s screen but instead he just wanted to climb around...will not be going to future appointments for awhile lol). Happy RE graduation in 2 weeks! Must be bittersweet for you.

@sweetooth: Aw hell yeah, lady!!! So happy for you!!!

@anbanan15: Yay!!!

@sweetooth: Yay, so happy for you! And jealous! Have a great time on your vacation :).

Thanks ladies for all of your positive thoughts! Appointment went well, the midwives said my spotting is nothing to worry about. I may have a yeast infection (lucky me) and will find out next week. They also sent me for bloodwork and if my betas come back above 3,000 they are going to send me for an ultrasound next week so we can see the heartbeat and confirm viability.

@sweetooth: So glad your appointment went well!!!

ETA: They also think my due date will be after 11/23 because I O late and that's another reason they want to do an ultrasound.

@Cara M. 17: yay! Glad everything went well. :))

@sweetooth: I'm so glad everything went well for you!
@Cara M. 17: Yay! Crossing my fingers for good betas!

Last night I had some cramping and that combined with the loss of symptoms today and measuring behind last week has really freaked me out. It doesn't help that I haven't had work this week so I'm free to think about it all the time! I try so hard to be positive and even though it was nearly a year ago, the missed m/c is so fresh in my mind.

So I decided for my sanity and health of baby (stress is never good), I'd go to the hospital and see if they'd do an ultrasound to ease my worries. The dr has been very understanding and I'm sitting here waiting on an ultrasound now.

Realistically, I know everything is probably just fine, but I'm just so terrified of going through the same thing again. DH said if this makes me feel better and I'm able to relax, he's okay with it. So here we are... Fingers crossed!

@lilteacherbee: My thoughts are with you!

Thanks girls!!

Well, we're both good baby measured 8w1d which is a growth of 2 weeks in 8 days! This ultrasound was transvaginal whereas the one last week was abdominal, so it may have allowed for more accurate dating. Heart rate was 156, up from 125 last week!

I'm so glad I caved and decided to go to the hospital because I think I can actually relax now

Aaaaand a baby pic, of course:

@lilteacherbee: yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I'm so happy for you! Way to go, baby!

@lilteacherbee: Awesome! Glad you are able to relax some!

@MrsCB: @MrsTiz: @DigAPony: and @MrsDragon:... good luck this week ladies!

@DigAPony: don't feel bad, I was much more active before I got pregnant. I'm too tired to put time into the boards. maybe we'll be better after the first tri.

@ms.janedoe: Yesss. I am so so bad at keeping up with group threads! Hell, I start a thread to ask a question and then forget to check it unless someone tags me!

Thinking about y'all who have appointments today! Can't wait for updates

@MrsTiz: 10:45! I'm so nervous.