Heartbeat at 5w5d
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Topic: Heartbeat at 5w5d
Posted By: WestiesGirl
Subject: Heartbeat at 5w5d
Date Posted: 06 January 2009 at 8:50pm
Ok so today I noticed spotting and of course went into panic station mode  . With having the MC in July I immediately started crying and thought the worse!! Thankfully I have a fantastic Dr and he rang the scan place and managed to get me in to be seen  .
Anyways, at the moment all is OK  . Baby's heartbeat was just seen and beating at 94bpm . Which I was totally not expecting to be able to see.
The sonographer (sp?) also told us the sac was measuring at 5w4d (a day behind my LMP) but the fetus was measuring at 5w6d (a day ahead my LMP). Now I know there is room for +/-4 days, so Im not too concerned about that but what I want to know is, is Baby's Heartbeat in a normal range?? And also, does any know what the chances of MC is after seeing a heartbeat?? Thanks in advance ladies ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived 
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 06 January 2009 at 8:55pm
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I thought once a heartbeat is seen, the chance for m/c goes down to about 5% or something??? I remember reading it on here somewhere...
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 06 January 2009 at 8:58pm
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Yay Rianna. That's fab news. I'm sure I read that too Kate. -------------  
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Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 06 January 2009 at 9:03pm
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Oh Rianna, that would have been an awful feeling, so glad its still healthy! And wow, I wouldn't have thought you'd get a heartbeat so early!
I can't remember what my bubs' heartbeat was at the dating scan (I think I was 7 weeks? Damn preggy brain!), but I'm sure yours is fine, otherwise surely they'd say something? And I think I do remember reading something early on about a reduced risk of miscarriage once you've heard a heartbeat. Fingers crossed that this one stays sticky! 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 06 January 2009 at 9:23pm
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Seeing the heartbeat probably depends a lot more on the placing of the baby/placenta than on the age... it's usually around 7 weeks I think but if your one shows a week early, no worries!! Besides, it sounds like bubs knew exactly what you needed -------------  |
Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Date Posted: 06 January 2009 at 9:26pm
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Oh Rianna, how scary and how awesome!! When we saw our heartbeat for the first time (at the fertility clinic) the doctor said that meant there was about a 96% likelihood of a positive outcome.
Yay!!!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 06 January 2009 at 10:05pm
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Thanks ladies for your reassuarance. Thats good to know that its really low
I still have spotting, only very very light though so I will just monitor and ask for another scan in a few weeks. ------------- Our Angel July 08 Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 06 January 2009 at 10:10pm
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Hey chicky, first of all congrats, must have missed that one! So glad you got a good pressie for Christmas!
I was told at my 7 week scan that once a heartbeat has been seen, the risk of m/c is between 2-3% so very, very low. Sorry don't know about the heartbeat, I've never really bothered with them as they can range quite a bit for a healthy bub. |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 9:03am
for some reason teresa, that made me tear up!
huge congrats rianna!!!  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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busymum wrote:Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 9:16am
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Yup the miscarriage rate goes way down once you've seen that wee heart beating away
When I had my first scan with this pregnancy, at 7 weeks, the doc said "the chance of miscarriage is bugger all now" and then said "about 1 in 300 or 400" so definitely hope for the best! Yay so glad your lil bubba has a nice heartbeat! ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 11:29am
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Hey Rianna , I've also heard the same that once you get a heartbeat, the risk for m/c drops enormously, so yay for you hun! The spotting thing is scary as hell....I had intermittent brown spotting (and sometimes quite 'stringy' sorry tmi I'm sure it will all be fine for you this time hun. Already gettin' those boy vibes from ya! -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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) from about your stage right through to about 9.5 weeks. 
It was horrible. I was so sure this pg was gonna end in mc too, but I never cramped and spotted at the same time...just the brown discarge stuff seemed to keep coming, esp after I went for a walk or had been working. The reason is still unlcear but it did get me 2 early scans, which were reasurring! Posted By: linda
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 7:29pm
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Good luck Rianna. I had the same thing with this pregnancy. Started spotting at 5.6w so had a scan and they could see a heartbeat. Didn't relax though until I had another scan at 8 weeks and once I knew the heartbeat was good and strong (and there were two of them) that I started to relax. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 11:01pm
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Thanks ladies. I must say I am feeling much better now but will be asking for another scan!!
Karen thats terrible all that spotting you had. I sooo hope I dont have it like that. Oh my spotting is also simetimes stringy weird stuff!! LOL !!! A boy you reckon!!!  ------------- Our Angel July 08 Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived
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Posted By: SpecialK
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:29am
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Hi Rianna
Congrats! That's awesome news hun. I've obviously missed your BFP post. I had my first scan at 7 weeks, my OB said that once heartbeat is seen risk of mc goes down to 5%; after 10 weeks its 3%. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 9:20pm
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Thanks SpecialK. Woohoo Bring on week 10 ------------- Our Angel July 08 Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 09 January 2009 at 8:32am
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Yep it scared the cr*p out of me, I can tell you! Totally not what you want to see when you're pg...esp when yo've had m/c's before! And yes.....I think definately a boy for you ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 09 January 2009 at 9:22am
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Hehe I had boy feelings for you too! (but then again I also thought I was having a boy...) ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: skp
Date Posted: 10 January 2009 at 12:11pm
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HI Rianna I had bright red bleeding at 8 wks like dripping blood TMI sorry but got rushed to have a scan and everything was fine. I just had my 12wk scan on Monday and my bub is doing really well and normal!
I have had a MC before too so it completely freaked me out. All the best for your pg! I'm sure you will be fine, my MW said after seeing a heart beat the chance of MC was 5% ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 10 January 2009 at 2:26pm
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Skp thats awesome to hear. Thanks for sharing that, it does make me feel alot better ------------- Our Angel July 08 Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived
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