I finally am at that stage where I can think about when to go for that oh-so-terrifying first ultrasound. And I was informed by my RE's office that it can be only once a week, on a Monday, between 7 and 9 am because that is the only time my RE will be in to do a pregnancy ultrasound. Seriously? Can't somebody else do it, if say, I want to go in on Thursday? Super strange rules at NYU fertility, I've have to say.
So I can go in this coming Monday (5w6d) or the following Monday (6w6d). For somebody with a history of pregnancy loss, I have to say, waiting until I'm nearly 7 weeks along is no picnic. The only reason I'm even agreeing to wait that long is it does not seem like the pregnancy is ectopic, so there is no reason to hurry to find out. And going in at 5w6d is so risky, you may not see anything and you will buy yourself a week of torture for no good reason. Plus, I'm terrified of the actual ultrasound itself. My cousin is coming in on the weekend of the 14th and leaves on the 16th (Monday). If this pregnancy has ended/looks to be in trouble, I'd rather find out at the end of her visit rather than immediately preceding it. Plus, its nice to have her for moral support through this, since I will be scared shitless.
But OMG, I'm going to have to wait for over 10 days for my first ultrasound. AArggh! I'm doing the right thing by not going in at 5w6d right?
Based on all of your own advice, and my own flickers of common sense, I was going to hold off on the u/s till the 6w6d point. Then this morning, post shower (and a workout yesterday which included girlie push ups), I start getting shoulder pain. Cue in instant low-grade freakout (this is a symptom of tube rupture in ectopic pregnancy, yes, Damn you Dr. Google, for giving me access to such information!!!). Now, I have no other symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy, no spotting, no pain, normally doubling betas, a fairly decent progesterone level, etc. But I still spent minutes trying to figure out if I needed to go to the ER today. My shoulder pain never escalated and went away, and more importantly, I have no signs of going to shock at blood loss, ie, I am just fine and my fallopian tubes are still hopefully intact.
Then I googled when tube rupture happens in ectopic pregnancy- its around 6 weeks apparently. I've seen the effects of a tube rupture happening to somebody in my family, even though she survived it, it ruined her quality of life, saddling her with a lifelong pelvic pain syndrome. It freaks me out, there is no way I'd consider risking it. Nor do I want to spend the next week getting nervous everytime a bodypart like my shoulder starts twitching. So I want to go in this Monday(5w6d), and a) be assured by a gestational sac in in the uterus and b) not be freaked out by no heartbeat, if possible. Argh..fear is a terrible thing, it only breeds more of itself, and its odious cousin, stress.
So I can go in this coming Monday (5w6d) or the following Monday (6w6d). For somebody with a history of pregnancy loss, I have to say, waiting until I'm nearly 7 weeks along is no picnic. The only reason I'm even agreeing to wait that long is it does not seem like the pregnancy is ectopic, so there is no reason to hurry to find out. And going in at 5w6d is so risky, you may not see anything and you will buy yourself a week of torture for no good reason. Plus, I'm terrified of the actual ultrasound itself. My cousin is coming in on the weekend of the 14th and leaves on the 16th (Monday). If this pregnancy has ended/looks to be in trouble, I'd rather find out at the end of her visit rather than immediately preceding it. Plus, its nice to have her for moral support through this, since I will be scared shitless.
But OMG, I'm going to have to wait for over 10 days for my first ultrasound. AArggh! I'm doing the right thing by not going in at 5w6d right?
Based on all of your own advice, and my own flickers of common sense, I was going to hold off on the u/s till the 6w6d point. Then this morning, post shower (and a workout yesterday which included girlie push ups), I start getting shoulder pain. Cue in instant low-grade freakout (this is a symptom of tube rupture in ectopic pregnancy, yes, Damn you Dr. Google, for giving me access to such information!!!). Now, I have no other symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy, no spotting, no pain, normally doubling betas, a fairly decent progesterone level, etc. But I still spent minutes trying to figure out if I needed to go to the ER today. My shoulder pain never escalated and went away, and more importantly, I have no signs of going to shock at blood loss, ie, I am just fine and my fallopian tubes are still hopefully intact.
Then I googled when tube rupture happens in ectopic pregnancy- its around 6 weeks apparently. I've seen the effects of a tube rupture happening to somebody in my family, even though she survived it, it ruined her quality of life, saddling her with a lifelong pelvic pain syndrome. It freaks me out, there is no way I'd consider risking it. Nor do I want to spend the next week getting nervous everytime a bodypart like my shoulder starts twitching. So I want to go in this Monday(5w6d), and a) be assured by a gestational sac in in the uterus and b) not be freaked out by no heartbeat, if possible. Argh..fear is a terrible thing, it only breeds more of itself, and its odious cousin, stress.
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