Scary OB appointment

Rocio • Mommy to Our Angel 👼🏽 10/21/2018 & Our Rainbow 🌈 2/21/2020

I went in for an OB appt today. Everything was fine. Doctor ordered new labs for me, I got a dreaded pap smear. And when it came time for her to use the doppler on me, she couldnt find a good heartbeat. She kept getting a faint 130. So she sent me for a stat ultrasound. Except it wasnt so stat cause they just scheduled me in. I was already in tears crying on my way back home. Feeling so stressed. My husband couldnt leave work. It was the worst 1.5 having to wait to get the ultrasound. When it finally came time for the ultrasound... everything was fine! I saw baby's heart flickering away with a heartbeat of 169. Ahh... I got a total sense of relief. Dumb doppler.

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Le

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Phew 😅 Glad everything was fine!

As

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And that's why doctors aren't supposed to try and fine the heartbeat in the first trimester. You get an ultrasound to look for one and that's it. Causes way too much stress when you can't find it. I will be 11 weeks tomorrow and the doctor won't even attempt it until 14 weeks

Ro

Rocio • Aug 14, 2019
Yea I'm not sure why she tried this time. I think by my second OB appointment last time we were able to get a heartbeat. Idk

Vi

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How far along are you?

Ro

Rocio • Aug 14, 2019
11 weeks