Our First Scan » Pregnancy, Childbirth And Motherhood.

At 7 weeks (according to my last period) we went for a dating scan. It was all really exciting, I knew all we would see was a blob but it was still a special moment.

Our appointment was at 8:30am and I had to drink 1.5 litres of water in 1 hour, finishing half an hour before. Before we even left I was busting to go to the toilet. When we got there I couldn’t hold it any longer and the staff let me go to the toilet and let a little out. I had to count to 5 and stop. I have a really week bladder and I find it very hard to stop midstream. But I struggled and did it.

As usual they were running late but managed to get me in and have someone else start as I just could not hold it anymore. But the scan was not what we expected. There was a sac and a yolk but at this stage no baby they could see and they dated me at 5 weeks and told me to come back in 2 weeks.

Walking away I was so disappointed, I kept worrying that the baby would never form and in 2 weeks time I would be told the pregnancy was not viable.

I am a big “Google doctor” person. I will Google everything! So I came home and started Googling away. I read forums, asked questions and did a lot of research and actually discovered it was normal for a 5 week pregnancy. But I still couldn’t work out how it could be 5 weeks when I should have been 7 weeks.

So I tried to relax and wait the 2 weeks which actually when pretty quickly.

The next scan was again at 8:30am and I drank my water as I should have and before we left I let a little out to make myself more comfortable. But it didn’t work, I ended up letting it all out.

I was so upset and worried they wouldn’t do the scan, so I grabbed a bottle of water and just started drinking and drinking. I drank about a litre in 1 minute. I stopped and within second I started throwing up the water, it was like a fountain of water in the middle of our dinning room.  It is funny to look back on, but at the time I was really upset and stressed. I composed myself and got in the car and sipped some apple juice on the way.

When we got there they were late AGAIN!! Lucky my bladder was empty!

We got in and I didn’t tell them my bladder was empty I just let them try and sort of played dumb. The girl started and she could hardly see anything, she said she couldn’t find a heartbeat and my heart sank. She then asked if I had drank all my water and I told her I had vomited before we came so she took me to the next room for an internal ultrasound.

The lady who did the internal was so lovely! She made the whole experience so much more comfortable. She took some measurements and found the heartbeat. Seeing the little flicker on the screen was amazing!! Even though it was only a little blob on the screen, it felt like my little baby. It was a lovely experience. She dated the baby at 5 weeks and 5 days which makes me due on 21st December 2008.

The only down side to the scan was they didn’t have Polaroid set up so we could not take home a picture. That was a little disappointing, but not much we could do about it.

I made an appointment with an Obstetrician called Dr Penelope Isherwood. I did some research online and her name is mentioned in a lot of forums as being a good OB. So we see her at 8 weeks.

Jen xx

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