Ultrasound Details

My doctor's appointment finally arrived today. Nervous. Anxious. Excited. I felt like a party bag of feelings going into the clinic. To my relief, everything came back normal. According to my LMP (Last Menstural Period of 3/3/12), I should be 8 weeks pregnant. Making my estimated due date, December 8th. However, according to the measurements of the fetal CRL (Crown-rump length - length from top of head to bottom of buttocks), 6.8mm; yolk sac, 2.7mm and gestational sac, 22mm, I was 7 weeks 2 days on the day of my scan. So I should be about 7 weeks 5 days today. Which brings my estimated due date to December 15th, which according to the doctor should be the date I go by.

Looks like I was caused to worry over nothing as baby's heartbeat rate is normal - 118bpm. Anything above 100bpm at this stage is a good sign apparently. As well as that, no comment from the doctor with regards to any abnormality in the yolk sac size. Besides, I read that an 'enlarged yolk sac' (which would usually be a cause of concern), is one that measures more than 6mm. Mine only measures 2.7mm. So I think we're good :).

Dating Scan

I went for my first scan on Saturday morning. The appointment was only meant to last 15minutes but ended up going for 45 minutes. The radiologist first did an abdominal scan on me - I was more nervous than excited! She starred at the monitor while scanning my belly for a few minutes in complete silence. At this point, i was really concerned that she might not have been able to see an embryo, but she finally confirmed that she could in fact see it. Next, she performed a transvaginal ultrasound to take a closer look. As I laid there anxiously, she explained to Federico everything that he was seeing on screen. Giving him a lesson - Female Anatomy 101. First she showed him my cervix... then my fallopian tubes, then my ovaries.... then little appleseed 'Herrera'. As soon as she announced that she could see a heartbeat (the little flicker of light), I was overcome by emotion, I wept silently non stop for the next 5mins. I am still unsure exactly how far along I am, nor do i know my estimated due date. Perhaps things are different here in Canada, but i know in New Zealand, you can pretty much find out more detail right after your scan, rather than having to wait for your doctor to receive the results to get back to you. Although not permitted to give me any details, the radiologist thought our 'baby's' heartbeat was a little slow. I wont take her word for it - well im trying not to. Now to wait for my doctor to contact me. Fingers crossed everything is normal.