Up To Speed

I thought that I had better post an update to the ‘situation’

On Friday the 15th I had my first dating scan. I took the day off of work as my scan was at 10:30 and I knew that if it was bad news I would be in no fit state to continue onto work.

I got in early for my scan which I was really happy about as I was feeling quite anxious and also had a VERY full bladder!
The lady who performed the scan was quite clinical and not personable at all.
She had no problems in finding the baby with an external ultrasound she took some measurements and told me that I was 5w and 4d. This gave me a due date of October 13th.
I said to her that I was at least 7 weeks however she was adamant that there was no way this was possible.
Bub had a heartbeat of 111bpm which I thought was quite good for that gestation.
I left the ultrasound place feeling happy that we had a heartbeat but quite dejected and stressed that I was measuring 1w and 5d behind my dates.
When I got home I promptly burst into tears and cried and cried for some time.
I managed to advise DP and also my Mum about the outcome of the scan and both tried to reassure me that everything will be fine.
I then worked my dates out and realised that it is near impossible that I am only that far along, so I was then quite worried that baby isn’t developing as they should be, I still am.

I went to my doctor on the Saturday morning, he was fantastic not only because he was reassuring but just because I have been seeing him since I was little and he is just a gem.
He said that he was inclined to think that the measurements were out as he was surprised that there was a heartbeat at that gestation.
He gave me a referral for an ultrasound in 10 – 14 days after the first ultrasound.

I am having that ultrasound this Friday at 4:00pm I am obviously praying that baby has done a lot of growing in the past fortnight and that I will be measuring closer to my dates than the dates given at the first ultrasound.

I have been surprisingly calm in the past couple weeks and haven’t been stressing to much apart from about other matters on hand.
Last Tuesday Camerons sister, her husband and their newborn son Bronte were flown down to Adelaide after is was discovered two days after he was born that he has major components of his heart that have not formed. It has been a very stressful week.

Anyhow this entry just brings current events up to date will be back soon for a little more detail.