Seeing the h/b made me MORE nervous

Adele 1981

Today was my first appointment, and first u/s. Somebody please talk me down from my crazy! U/s went well - saw the flickering heartbeat and the midwife said it was very reassuring.

Problem: I was estimating due date based on LMP, and originally, I suspected I may have ovulated late (I didn't get the first BFP until about 10 days after my period "should" have started, but I wasn't charting or anything). But as the weeks have passed, I've gotten pretty set on how far along I was supposed to be - 8 weeks today.

The u/s measured small, though, which made me very stressed out. The midwife said it looked closer to 6 weeks and a couple of days, and that we were lucky to see a heatbeat that early at all. I'm going to have a dating u/s in 10 days, where we'll hope to see growth. The size isn't surprising, since I suspected, but it's just not what I was expecting, and now I'm a million times more nervous. Sigh. (also, since I was so nervous, she's having me come back for another blood draw on Friday, and we'll hopefully be reassured if the HCG has doubled by then)