Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 We had our second ultrasound on Friday and my OB decided to try the doppler even though I am only nine weeks. It took a little searching but she found it! 172 bpm. I have no faith in the old wives' tales about heart rates - Fletcher always had a fast one - only time will really tell for sure. Everything looked good on the u/s. The only strange thing was that my doctor " doesn't do " cervical u/s measurements. She thinks that an ultrasound tech is more qualified and she's afraid that if she measured my cervix it wouldn't be as accurate. Fletcher's preterm birth was attributed to incompetent cervix, so that's why they're keeping a close eye on it. So now I'll be going to her office every other week for t/v ultrasounds - to check on baby and monitor for preterm labor - and I'll also go to the radiology dept for the " big " ultrasound machine with a technician. I'm certainly NOT complaining...I'm thrilled that we'll get to be watching our little one grow week by week on u/s...but I just thought it was odd. Do any of you have to split your appointments up like that? We want to wait to find out the sex of the baby - we waited with Fletcher too - but it's going to be HARD with ultrasounds every week! Again, I'm soooo not complaining! My OB told us that we'll be such experts at reading ultrasounds that we'll probably figure it out on our own. We'll see! 9w2d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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