There really aren't words for the anxiety leading up to the appointment today or for the collective sigh of relief my husband and I both shared just minutes into our ultrasound.
Basically everything looks perfect. Cervix is long and closed. Gestational sac looks nice and secure (no tears or signs of detachment). Yolk sac - which is still providing the nutrients - looks healthy. Tiny arm and leg buds were moving around. Brain looks to be forming appropriately. Heartbeat was steady and strong (although this particular machine does not calculate bpm). And just as important as that heartbeat - baby's growth measured exactly 2 weeks further along than our ultrasound from exactly 2 weeks ago. (He/she is currently 25mm long.) Really, could you ask for anything more???
One note about the placenta . . . It appears to be developing well, but it will be anterior. (Forming on the front side of the uterus as opposed to the back.) Medically speaking this is a complete non-issue. Unless the placenta forms over the cervix, it really doesn't matter where it is and as the uterus grows the relative position of the placenta changes. But an anterior placenta means that it may take me longer to feel the baby move as the placenta will cushion some of those early movements. And it also means that finding the baby's heartbeat on a Doppler device may be harder, particularly until the baby gets a lot bigger. In fact the tech told me that it is very likely that we won't find it at my 12 week appointment, but not to worry, they would do an ultrasound if that occurs.
So that's where we are. Breathing a bit easier tonight. Our next ultrasound will be our NT scan to occur sometime in the next 2-4 weeks (I'm hoping for more like 2). I'm sure I will freak out about that as it gets closer, but for now I'm going to try to enjoy the good news we got today, relax a bit, and get a good night sleep tonight.
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