[shen7]

This morning I went to my first OB appointment after my first faint positive one week ago.

I got a transvaginal ultrasound. The tech didn't find a sac anywhere. She found a cyst on my left ovary, probably the corpus luteum according to my doc, but that's it - and she was very thorough. So although it's not great that she didn't find the sac in the uterus, she looked very carefully for an ectopic as well and did not find that either. My doctor said that, although the usual beta HCG threshold for seeing the sac on u/s is 1500-2000, he's had women with betas >2500 where they just couldn't see anything on u/s for some reason, but then a couple weeks later, there was the embryo, just the right size. He wasn't worried about it, he said they'll track my betas and make sure those look normal, and if they do and I don't start any period-like bleeding or cramps, they'll just assume it's okay and wait a week or two to do another u/s.

They took my urine, 4 big vials of blood, and both vaginal and cervical cultures. I just got the call about my beta HCG, it was 1,894. So pretty high to not see a sac - but still <2000, doc is not worried, we'll just see how much it goes up by my next blood draw on Monday, and then go from there. He said we were probably looking at u/s just a day or two too early.

I love my OBGYN and my clinic. I was SOOOOOO nervous this morning, and cried a few times and was shaking a little sometimes and looking sad a lot I think, and the nurses and techs were so sweet and gave me mountains of tissues and hugs, and called me honey and said it was all gonna be ok. Then my doctor is such a nice guy and he made me feel a lot more relaxed, like maybe this could actually be a normal pregnancy. He said at this stage there's about 10% chance of miscarriage, and then another 10-15% chance of ectopic at very most (probably less for me since my organs look good). He knows I'm a numbers gal and I like to know the chances of things, and I appreciated the estimates.

I spotted very lightly after the transvaginal u/s (like I said, the tech was very... thorough) and the cervical culture, but I think it's already petered out. I'm still afraid to be too hopeful, but I'm not feeling super panicky or shakey anymore, I know my clinic is taking good care of me...

Thank you for all your support thus far, ladies... I'm not quite out of the woods yet, but there's no reason to lose hope either... thank you for your womby vibes, I love you and hope we all get our sticky, womby, BFPs and take over PAL together

[SkyBaby]

Lots and lots and lots of VERY STICKY

If I haven't already said it before, CONGRATULATIONS!!! I hope this is your sticky bean!!! I'm gonna be a nervous nelly when I'm pregnant again. I totally get it.

[missya0002]

womby vibes sent to u and STICKY bean vibes too. hoping this is it for you !!! keep us posted.

[msshamis23]

I'm so glad that you have a great clinic and OB-GYN! I'm also glad that you updated us so quickly, I was worried about you!

Your beta's look good though. It's also very very early to see anything yet. Sometimes even intra-vaginal ultrasounds just can't see everything! But, i'm really glad they didn't find anything ectopic! That has to help a lot! I know I would feel a big weight off of my shoulders! (This is one of the reasons i'm glad my mom is an ultrasound tech. She can do them on me for free, and she plans on doing one for me the second I get pg again, if I can't get into the doc right away)

Keep us updated hon. *praying this is your sticky intra-uterine bean!*

How have you been feeling otherwise? Any pg symptoms?

[shen7]

Thank you Skybaby, missya and Amy...

I don't really know about my symptoms... I have had so much anxiety lately that I can't tell what is just from that. However, I can say for sure that my appetite has been MUCH stronger than it would normally be when I am this nervous, and also, I am peeing a lot, yet somewhat bloated at the same time. My bbs and/or nips are sometimes a bit sore or sensitive but not all the time. And I will cry at the drop of a hat, then recover instantly, it's like a weird wave that comes over me. I think everything except the bbs and peeing is explainable by stress/nerves, but could also be pg symptoms too. I really didn't feel like I had very strong pg symptoms and was surprised that my beta was that high!!

Amy, it's not fair. I want MY mom to be an ultrasound tech too! Although I'm also okay with waiting, I guess... it was a relief that she didn't see an ectopic, I know she was really looking hard on that left side, and there's not so many nooks and crannies in the tube for the bean to hide in... so I'm hopinghopinghoping!!!!

[ohnicole]

I'm sorry that you're still stuck in waiting mode, but your beta sounds great, and your doctor sounds super nice. I'm so glad they were able to reassure you a little bit about not seeing the sac yet. It sounds like they fully expect to see it at your next ultrasound I am keeping everything crossed for you, and sending tons of sticky womby dust your way!

[Halfbaked]

Wow, everything sounds great. My doctor always made me wait until 7 weeks for an ultrasound. I'm glad you got one and they were able to see it's not ectopic. I bet your next app they'll see something. Your betas sound great. Still sending sticky bean vibes your way.

[GoldenTickets]

Seems like your appointment went well! I'm glad the clinic was so nice too!

[ldovey83]

I am glad that everything went well with your appt and that your OB's office is so friendly and caring.. I will keep everything crossed for you.