Relief

I'm lucky to have had ultrasounds at least every 2 weeks, but those 2 weeks definitely feel forever long!

The day of the ultrasound I feel immense relief, and then pretty carefree for a few days. Then the doubt starts to creep in and and I start to feel gradually more and more stressed until my next appointment.

I'm guessing that's pretty common for anyone who's had an "I'm sorry, there's no heartbeat" ultrasound.

Thankfully, today is a day of immense relief.

I had my 12 week ultrasound today and it went really well. It's fun now to actually be able to see things more clearly and to see the baby wiggle around.

It was also nice that it was a more detailed ultrasound and not just a heartbeat check. This one was a "first trimester screening" where they can take a preliminary look at the body/organs and measure the nuchal translucency (meaning the amount of fluid in the back of the neck- extra fluid can indicate a genetic disorder).

They should be calling me soon to schedule my cerclage surgery for sometime in the next week or two.

I'm happy that things are moving along and that I'm almost done with the first trimester!