Freaking Out After First U/S
QUESTION
Dear Midwife,
I got a positive pregnancy test on January 7th. It was a digital test and came up a definite pregnant. I haven't had a period since May 2008 (was on Yaz) so they did an u/s today to date my pregnancy. According to the u/s I am only 5w0d. That would mean I got a positive test just one week after conception. Is that even possible? With my two previous pregnancies it has taken me many days after my period to get my positives.
I go back for an u/s next Friday, but I am not very hopeful. There was a yolk sac today and the nurses blew me off like it was no big deal that I had gotten a test two weeks ago. I think something is very wrong. Thank you.
ANSWER
It sounds to me like something is very right! Obviously, this little one really wants to be here, and is making the hCG to prove it! But of course, it's possible I could be wrong, and the next ultrasound will tell you for sure.
--Cynthia, CNM. PhD.
Cynthia Flynn
Cynthia Flynn, CNM. PhD, is the General Director of the Family Health and Birth Center which provides prenatal, birth, postnatal, gynecological and primary health care to underserved women and their families in Washington, D.C. Recently Cynthia served as Associate Professor of Nursing at Seattle University. There she not only taught, but remained in full scope clinical midwifery practice at Valley Medical Center where she cared for pregnant and birthing women, and practices well-woman gynecology, family planning, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.
Cynthia founded Columbia Women's Clinic and Birth Center, where she took care of pregnant women and infants up to two weeks of age and attended both birth center and hospital births. Before Cynthia earned her CNM, she worked as a registered nurse in labor and delivery and postpartum and is a certified Doula and Doula trainer.
