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Can't feel the uterus yet
BollieGuest ·
Hi everyone!
I have a question. I'm currently about 9 weeks pregnant with my third child. From my previous pregnancy (unfortunately, I gave birth at 17 weeks), I know that my uterus rose above the pelvic bone very quickly, a few days before I reached 9 weeks. But now I still feel nothing. It's worrying me immensely. I have my first ultrasound on Monday, and I'm so scared that something might be wrong. I don't know if this is because I genuinely feel like something is wrong, or if I'm just incredibly anxious due to my previous pregnancy. I'm really driving myself crazy; I've already imagined and researched all the worst-case scenarios. Since I still can't feel my uterus, I really feel like something is wrong. Could it be that it's just growing slower this time, or should I assume that something is wrong?
Best wishes
I have a question. I'm currently about 9 weeks pregnant with my third child. From my previous pregnancy (unfortunately, I gave birth at 17 weeks), I know that my uterus rose above the pelvic bone very quickly, a few days before I reached 9 weeks. But now I still feel nothing. It's worrying me immensely. I have my first ultrasound on Monday, and I'm so scared that something might be wrong. I don't know if this is because I genuinely feel like something is wrong, or if I'm just incredibly anxious due to my previous pregnancy. I'm really driving myself crazy; I've already imagined and researched all the worst-case scenarios. Since I still can't feel my uterus, I really feel like something is wrong. Could it be that it's just growing slower this time, or should I assume that something is wrong?
Best wishes
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Falca #2
I think the fear is very understandable given your previous pregnancy. I've been through it myself, and being carefree during pregnancy is just impossible if you've lost a baby during an earlier pregnancy. One pregnancy is lucky, but this time it's not. Try, despite the difficulty, not to dwell too much on doomsday scenarios. I hope you can feel a bit more at ease after your ultrasound. Did they find out why your previous baby was born at 17 weeks? Was it a hereditary condition, or was there something that went wrong in the development that wasn't hereditary? -
Bollie started this #3
Hi Falca,
Thanks for your message. It's awful that you had to go through that too. It wasn't anything hereditary, no. My son was completely healthy until I got infected with the parvovirus (fifth disease). According to the OB-GYN, the chance of the baby dying from it was very small. When we found out I was infected, everything was still fine. But then, two weeks later at the ultrasound, we saw that he had passed away at 17 weeks. For my son, I got a daughter who was born with a serious heart defect (heart defects do run in the family, but this particular one wasn't hereditary). When she was three days old, she had open-heart surgery. She teetered on the edge a few times, but luckily she's now a healthy, cheerful girl. After two years, we had come to terms with everything and decided to try for a second child. And then this happened. Both times, just really bad luck. After giving birth to my son, I had to go to the OR because the placenta wouldn't detach and I had lost too much blood. Now I keep thinking that maybe something was damaged back then, which is why it went wrong now. By the way, the follow-up ultrasound looked completely fine. But I always end up in the low percentage where things don't go well, so now I'm afraid of everything. Did you get pregnant again after losing your child?
Best wishes, -
Falca #4
Yes, I now have a healthy daughter who will be 2 in November. We got unexpectedly pregnant with her half a year after the birth of my deceased son. With my son, something went wrong with the development of his lungs, which they could see on the 20-week ultrasound. It wasn't hereditary, but they couldn't say how severe it would be until he was born. But I can totally understand your fears; I had them too until I heard my daughter cry when she was finally born. Then I could finally believe that everything was okay, even though all the ultrasounds had looked good. -
Bollie started this #5
That's so nice that you were able to have a healthy daughter afterwards. And you've really carried your son's pregnancy to term, if I understand correctly?
I just had the ultrasound. Everything looked good for now. This lady only did external ultrasounds, so we couldn't see the little heart, but we did hear it. So for now, I'm reassured. -
Falca #6
Almost full-term, labor started at 31 weeks. It's so nice that your ultrasound looked good. Wishing you a very pleasant pregnancy.
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