Today was my first official apt with my midwife. I am 11w1d, and we tried to listen to the baby's heartbeat, and couldn't get it. We heard DD's heartbeat at 9 weeks, so I was so hoping we could hear it, and I could relax more about miscarrying again. My midwife did tell me that she has a dopplar that's more from later pregnancy, and isn't as strong as some doctors use to hear a h/b in early pg, but I was so hoping to hear that little sound. We thought we heard it a bunch of times, but it was passing! A good note though, my uterus is growing like it should, and my midwife said she thought she felt that baby in there....she couldn't tell much obviously, but she says you can feel the baby a bit.......
Any prayers that this little one will still make it would be awesome! I really just want to rely on the Lord and be happy with whatever decisions he makes for this little one....

Thanks for letting me vent a bit!!

Amber

I'll be praying for your baby Amber. I know you were so excited about the possibility of hearing the baby's heartbeat. I'm glad you're measuring like you should and that the midwife felt the baby. Keep us updated. Hugs to you. Stephanie :D

hugs and prayers for you and your baby! i hope you get to hear the heartbeat soon.

i didn't get to hear the heartbeat until later with our second either.. but, they are active little buggers when they're that small, so maybe your new little life inside there was having a very acrobatic moment [jumping]

best wishes during this pregnancy, and i hope you get to hear that heartbeat at your next visit!

Thank you ladies.... your prayers and encouragement are so wonderful! I am hoping to have a Nuchal fold test here pretty soon, since you have to have them done by 13w6d, so hopefully I won't have to wait too long to see how the baby is doing! :-D

magk8ball, when did you get to hear your 2nds h/b? Did they try around 12 weeks or earlier? LOL about the acrobatic moment....I can say that DD really use to move away from the dopplar when I had one at home, so maybe this apple did fall far from that tree!! :-D

Amber

Amber,

I'm praying for you. I think with your uterus growing that is a good sign. I'm sure at your next appointment, they'll be able to pick up a heartbeat.

FYI - We just had our appt at 12w2d and the dr found the heartbeat. It took him a while though, so it was difficult to find because the baby is still so little right now.

Since your midwife has the doppler for later in pg, that makes complete sense. I can understand your worry though. I will be praying for you and the baby.

Tomorrow I am going to my midwife's back-up doctor, he wants to do a first trimester blood panel on me, and some other stuff. He is going to check my uterus and try and hear the baby's h/b. I am so nervous. I know this doc most likely has a strong doppler...his assistant said that by now they will be able to hear it, so I hope that's a good sign. I have been and will continue to pray today about it, but that part of me that has a hard time forgetting what it was like to miscarry before keeps trying to freak me out. I think the major thing I keep thinking about is, what if they can't find the h/b, and then I have to go have an u/s and what if something happened, I so don't want to go through a miscarriage for a third time, let alone have to start over TTC and getting pregnant and go through the first trimester again. Then the Holy spirit pipes in and reminds me that the Lord is so graceful, and knows the life span of my baby, and to trust him. I so want to just be able to trust in the Lord. I feel soooo foolish worrying when I know he has a plan......what a rollercoaster ride!

If the Lord brings it to mind, please pray that my heart will be soft to the Lord and his will, that I will turn to him whenever fear creaps into my heart, and that we will be able to hear the h/b tomorrow!

Thank you so much!!
Amber

[prayer] Praying dear sister for good news!

I totally understand your angst! I clung to the hope of hearing that hearbeat for this prengnancy after losing the last baby! Hold on girl! I'll be praying for you to hear that little horse gallop heartbeat strong and steady! [praying]

Praying for you and your baby, Amber.

Praying for you and your little one.

Thank you everyone....you are all so wonderful! I am feeling better today. I had my bible study group pray for me last night too...and I really think the Lord is so graceful and has listened!
If we do get to hear the h/b today it will be kind of cool because Dh will be there, and he wasn't there on Saturday! Maybe that is what the Lord was waiting for! :-D

I'll post tonight after my apt!

Amber

I will definitley keep you in my prayers. If it's any consolation, my daughter was very tiny, I didn't hear her heart beat until I was almost 13 weeks along. The baby is just little, and a bit shy that's all!!

Praying for you!!! I know how you feel. After my first m/c when I got pregnant with my son I wanted to hear that heartbeat soooo bad. We didn't hear it for the first time until 24 weeks :( luckily I saw him on an ultrasound around 20 weeks and could see the strong heart....of course hearing it brings an entire different level of peace :) Hugs and prayers to you!

Thank you all for praying for us! God totally listens and he answered the prayers! Praise the Lord!! That is all I can say! At my apt. today my doc talked to me a bit about some tests I am getting, and then he said "lets listen to the heartbeat" and he felt my uterus for a sec, and then put the doppler to my belly. He made one pass over my belly and we heard all the weird noises our bodies make, and then all of a sudden...there it was! It was so beautiful!!!! I couldn't stop smiling. Dh picked DD up and held her closer to me and asked her if she could hear the baby. It was so cute. On the way home, I told Dh...."this seems more real now huh" and he totally agreed. I think tonight was the first real time I thought that I am really going to be having another baby!! Oh man, you know in Psalm 23:5 it says my cup overflow...I totally know what that author was saying!!! I feel so excited now!
I was wanting to call a good friend of mine who has been so supportive and prays for me a lot, but when we got home it was dinner time, then I had to go to the store, then I had to put DD down which took a very long time tonight, so by the time I got downstairs it was getting late, so I figured I would just see her tomorrow at bible study. Right after I thought that, the phone rang. After hellos, I asked her how her day went, and she said "I don't care about my day...how did it go??" I feel so blessed to be surrounded by so much love!!!

Thank you all again soooo much!! Although everyday is good because I know Jesus...today was exceptionally good!!!

Amber

PTL Amber!! God is faithful!!

:D God is good!

Yay! So happy for you!

PTL! God is good indeed!

Amber,

I'm so happy that you were able to hear the heartbeat!!! God is so wonderful! He listedened and answered the many prayers for you. PTL!!!

I totally agree with you all!! God is so good. Even if we weren't able to hear the h/b, and/or something happened to this baby, I know that he would keep his loving arms around me and protect me as he sees fit! I do priase him for that little gift of hearing our baby's heartbeat. I can't tell you all how relaxed and excited I have become. I have felt the Lord totally wash away all my fears and He has totally let me just enjoy this baby. This baby is such a blessing, I know DD was the biggest blessing in our lives, and is everyday, and I can't imagine this baby being any different! I have even started looking for baby names. Everyone thinks this is a boy, so I have been concentrating on boy names for now, (well, DH gave me two boy name options...he gets to name our boy, and so I am looking for middle names) but I feel sooooooooo happy, and so relaxed, and just so......Loved by the Lord. I think this was a time that the Lord wanted me to learn to trust him...no matter what, and he gave me an awesome outcome so that I could learn that......sad I had to have a life lesson again, but he is so good, and teaches us so much!! Praise him is all I can say!!!

Amber

Glad to hear things are going well. Have fun picking those names, I loved doing that even if I it was hard at times to decide :)

Thank you Jayne!

Tomorrow we have an apt with a genetic counselor and an ultrasound. Who knows why we are seeing the GC, but I really wanted a Nuchal fold scan...ok, I honestly just wanted another u/s like I did with DD, and I had a Nuchal fold scan with DD, so I asked for one....
I am just happy I get to see the babe again tomorrow!!!

:-D

Amber