[MeganMomof5]

Do you get excited or worried when you have an ultrasound? or both?







I get anxiety before ultrasound's...I never did till I experianced my losses....I found out my first 2 losses when given an ultrasound...There's nothing more heartbreaking then looking at your baby on screen lifeless with no heartbeat ....So now everytime I get an ultrasound I can't relax till I hear that the heart is beating...I miss the excitment of how it used to be.

[Seattlite]

I feel both--I can't shake this nagging feeling that we'll go in for one and suddenly something will be wrong, since it was a sudden thing when something went wrong with my pregnancy with Jim. I think I'll feel less nervous when I get past 27 weeks, which is when things with haywire with Jim, but I'm not sure I'll shake the feeling entirely.

But after the ultrasound, I always feel a lot better for a day or two.

[kara74]

Both. I'm excited to see the baby but worried something might be wrong. I need to shake that feeling. I never got anxious with my boys but then I only saw them on u/s once each. Now that I'm older and have suffered a loss I'm more anxious.

[Anna.Loves.Toast]

I haven't had one yet, but my cousin is going to squeeze me into her schedule on Thursday. I'm super excited, not at all nervous...but that could be because I find the baby's heartbeat pretty much every night with the doppler, so I feel like everything's growing ok in there.

[Mommy2Maddox]

I'm always both. I was never so nervous with my son. I think JM has made me realize just how common losses can be and I would be devastated to go into an u/s and there not be a hb.

[Mod-Urchin]

I haven't had an ultrasound yet (about 9 weeks to go!). I think I will be both nervous and excited! Nervous because I haven't seen the baby until that point, and have NO idea if he or she is healthy. Excited because it will be the first time to see my LO

[purplelady]

Originally Posted by MeganMomof5

Do you get excited or worried when you have an ultrasound? or both?







I get anxiety before ultrasound's...I never did till I experianced my losses....I found out my first 2 losses when given an ultrasound...There's nothing more heartbreaking then looking at your baby on screen lifeless with no heartbeat ....So now everytime I get an ultrasound I can't relax till I hear that the heart is beating...I miss the excitment of how it used to be.

100%
i had a small panic attack out side of the imaging center last month. once i was on the table, i didnt even realize i was holding my breath until i saw that lovely little body in there with a beating heart. it took everything in me not to sob with relief.

[MysticalSerenity]

Megan, I feel ya hun. I used to LOVE being pregnant, now it is one of the hardest things to do in life. I get scared to death before U/S, and it never used to be that way. I used to be excited, and after losing my son so late it is just not fun anymore

[Irish_Wristwatch]

i get nervous and excited

[lulumama]

Anxiety before, and excitement during/after....

[SillyKitty]

With this pregnancy (my first since I experienced back-to-back losses), I've been very anxious before my ultrasounds. I was pretty panicky before my ultrasound last week, and I felt an immense sense of relief as soon as they turned it on and I saw the baby move.

[Alternamom]

I think we all feel the same, especially being on JM like Ashley said and realizing how common it is.
I get anxious especially now because there's 2 and I'm terrified of VTS. I don't know how many U/S I will have this go around because usually my OB only does the one at 20weeks, I've already had one there but I'm going to ask for more just because I want to know if there is still 2...

I was never this anxious with my son either, I think since I had a loss in January, even if it was a very early loss, I still know it can happen regardless and that's what I worry about...