A Sigh of Relief

On Monday the 9th we went in for our ultrasound. Our appointment was at 8pm and we arrived a few minutes early not wanting to be late in any way. We were the only people in the waiting room and only had to wait a few minutes before we were called back.

We were shown into the ultrasound room which was softly lit by a single desk lamp. I guess this is so the technician can see the monitor better but it also is very soothing and relaxing. I was instructed to go into he bathroom, empty my bladder and get undressed from the waist down as this would be an 'internal' ultrasound. I came out in the paper gown, got on to the table and into the stirrups. Jamie was a little embarrassed and turned his head while I got settled.


The procedure begins. I won't shock you with the gory details but to suffice it to say it was rather 'invasive'. The technician is a very soft spoken woman with a sweet voice she knows are concerns about an ectopic. She begins to tell me what we are looking at - My ovaries, my intestines, my uterus. She says it looks like I got pregnant from the right ovary. Finally she says the words we are waiting for...our baby is right where is should be. We were ecstatic. She kept calling it a "baby dot" and as you can see you can't really tell very much about it. She magnified the image and showed us the fetal pole and the yolk sac which nourishes the embryo until the placenta is formed. Then we could see it's little heart beating! 103 beats per minutes she said! A nice healthy heart rate. She estimated the age of the baby to be 6 weeks old.

Our next ultrasound will be around 20 weeks and hopefully we will be able to hear the heart beat. Knowing that everything is in it's place took a big weight off my shoulders. After that we felt like we could start telling people about the pregnancy.