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Q: first U/S on wednesday and scared to death

Hi everyone, I'm scheduled to have my first ultrasound on wednesday and I am absolutely terrified. My last couple of u/s experiences havent been very good. My last 8 week u/s last august showed no baby and I miscarried a week later. The u/s before that was at almost 38 weeks and showed no heart beat and my baby was still born the next day. So given those experiences I am so terrified that I'm going to go in on wednesday and there be no baby, no heartbeat, or some kind of defect.I dont think this pregnancy even seems too real to my husband, because of our last two losses. In a way I think he's more scared about the u/s than I am. But I was curious if anyone else has had a bad u/s experiences and then had a good healthy baby on a later one...I'm so anxious waiting to see what becomes of this on wednesday that I'm having trouble keeping it off of my mind. I havent seen my midwife and wont until the day after the u/s, but other than fear and back pain everything seems to be ok...

This question was asked Jan. 30, 2012 11:59pm
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Answered by MBrannen - Feb. 1, 2012 8:33pm

Thanks for all the great replies and encouragement. I just got back after a long day and my ultrasound went great. everything looks good and healthy and the baby has a heartbeat of 171 bpm! I'm pretty excited and hope that everything stays good :) Also good luck to everyone else who is anxiously awaiting their ultrasounds :)

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Answered by gppacen - Feb. 1, 2012 1:17am

I know how you feel. With my first pregnancy I had a routine 12 week U/S done and found that the baby had a "defect incompatible with life" and the pregnancy had to be terminated. It was awful. I will never go to an U/S by myself and am also terrified of going to my US - it's in 2 weeks. I hope tomorrow is a wonderful day and the U/S goes well!!!

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Answered by Shyardra - Jan. 31, 2012 10:52pm

In September 2004 I had my first ultrasound at 12 weeks only to find the baby had died at 8 weeks. They called it a partial-molar pregnancy and I had to have a D&C a week later. Only 6 months after my D&C I became pregnant again. My son just turned 6 a few days ago:) Best wishes to you. I hope your ultrasound goes well!!

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Answered by krittarae - Jan. 31, 2012 2:09pm

Wow...I can only partially imagine what you've been through. Our first baby had a healthy, perfect looking u/s at 6w1d last February, where we were even able to see the heartbeat. I went back in for the 8 week ultrasound and the baby had died and we didn't even know it. Had to take some meds to force miscarriage because she (I'm still convinced it was a girl) had died shortly after the first appointment and I didn't want a d&c. The meds and I interacted poorly and I ended up in the ER that night for a d&c anyway. It was detrimental. We continued to try to get pregnant, and in August, it worked! Everything has been right on track since day 1. Hopefully this first u/s will give you some peace!

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Answered by kirstyk - Jan. 31, 2012 12:24am

My last two ultrasounds showed no sac at 4 weeks and no sac at 6 weeks mc the next day This pregnancy i was the exact same but they saw a sac and i was over the moon. Still no heartbeat seen yet and no embreyo (my us was at 5 weeks) I have another one in the next 1-2 weeks and am very nervous. Good luck and im sorry for your losses hopefully this goes well xx

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