Ultrasound Advice Wanted 🔎
Alright so I’m in a dilemma and I would like some advice. Let me start off by saying I have a high-risk pregnancy because I have a blood condition called Liden Factor 5, so my worry about the baby is magnified times a million like all the time. I got my first ultrasound at 8 weeks, and then my second ultrasound at 11w6d. At my second ultrasound they told me I wouldn’t be getting another ultrasound until 20 weeks, which seemed like forever to me but I understand that they try to space them out. To be honest literally the only thing that ever makes me feel better is going to my obgyn and hearing the heartbeat with a fetal doppler or having an ultrasound, which I know sounds bad but being high risk I can lose the baby at any time which really puts me on edge and I want this pregnancy more than anything in the world. Well my boyfriend, who has been extremely supportive through all of this, wanted to do something special for me to make me feel better. So he found a woman who specializes as an ultrasound tech and runs her own private business doing special ultrasounds for high risk mom’s who have a lot of worry. She provides you with extra pictures, a heartbeat stuffed animal, and goes more in depth than most doctors do because she has the extra time. My boyfriend set up an appointment with her and made a whole special day for us together centered around this, he’s only gone to one of my appointments being that he’s an active firefighter so he wanted this to be something meaningful for the both of us. I am so touched that he went out of his way to set this up for me and find this special place, I want nothing more than to go to this appointment and see my little one move and hear the heartbeat, because the thought of waiting until 20 weeks kills me. But my dilemma is that the appointment is this Sunday, and I’m going to be 13w5d then, and my last ultrasound was 11w6d, so I’m wondering is that too close together? I talked to the technician who does the appointment and she said the ultrasound is 10-15 minutes, I heard a lot of debate about radiation being harmful for the baby and a couple people told me I shouldn’t go because that could really be bad, but at the same time this is supposed to be a very special and meaningful appointment for my boyfriend and I who have dealt with a very not-so-easy pregnancy. I’m torn up because I got so excited about the ultrasound but then the worry kicked in about the radiation and really brought me down. So I guess I would like to know, what would you ladies do? Keep the appointment and the special day? Or play it safe and just cancel? Thanks in advance for your input 💜
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