My VITEX Journey

[Butterfly Spirit]

VERY disappointing day! We had to take both kids to the doc, so I don't know if my doc was thrown off or not, but.. he listened to baby and then proceeded to try to talk us out of the U/S. I was pretty surprised by that. He did not even do a fundal measurement! So then he sent us out to the receptionist to make an appointment for the 20 week ultrasound so we did that..Sept 24th

Then we went to the U/S room and waited.. it was a nice ultrasound machine just like in a hospital, so I was getting excited!
Then some lady came in talking about a medical study about... Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and then I let her take some blood to test for it because it's particularly bad if you are pregnant. She says like only 1% of prego ladies actively have it...and many have already had it yada yada yada.. I thought why not.. it's just a test.. I'm not going to participate in the study or take any vaccine..

so yeah. now we get back to my doctor and why he fought so hard to not do the ultrasound.. He is clueless............ Oh I was furious.... I said "Can you get a profile shot for me?" Then DH said "Can you get an underneath shot?" "What am I measuring?" dead silence then "around 14 weeks.." NO...REALLY?
NO WAY! I thought. DH and I even got in a fight on the way home we were so frustrated. It was just horrible... I was in shock that my OB couldn't run the U/S machine...even I knew to measure from crown to rump to get the gestational age.. I'm just angry beyond words. DH was like "Well I'm amazed he doesn't know how to run the U/S...if I was an OB I'd make damn sure I knew what was going on.." etc etc "If you want to switch docs I grant you permission"

AHHHHHHHHHH

The baby was a freaking moving blob, It wasn't even clear.. I couldn't even tell what angle he was looking.. I GUESS from above. The skull couldn't even make out a shape.. he didn't even want to turn the light off.
Anyways, not sure how I feel about things at this point.. I'm just wondering if I should base things off of that and get you ladies experiences with your OBs..is it the tech's job to do the perfect pics and the docs to analyze and know what they are looking at or should the OB know both things? HELP! :'(

I was crabby still when we arrived at my MILS to visit..but later on actually the end of the visit I was telling her how water makes me just nauseous and I have to drink lots of lemonade.. and she blurted out
"It's a girl.. I know it is" 'I had a dream...." and I said " Wait, what you didn't tell me that.. WHEN?" "About a week ago" and I was just SO happy... ( I told you all she has premonitional dreams and has seen every baby before it's born into the family) She said.. I then checked to make sure nobody else was pregnant..and nobody is .. so she must be yours! I said "I really do feel that It's a girl."
So I think that was my confirmation... But DH won't buy it until he sees the U/S.

I will say this though... when I was looking at my sweet little baby I did feel it was my DD... it was just a different feeling.. I didn't feel I was looking at a boy. So I am going to beg DH to get a private scan and give him the little money I have for it. He said okay... We will go home and look at things.

So that was my day ladies.. and I said I would update

[BeadinMom]

Aww...that SUCKS!! If it makes you feel any better, I've only had one ultrasound during any of my pregnancies by a doctor and he was a perinatalologist...every other one has been by a tech.
Wish you could've gotten a better look, but glad you got to have that experience with your MIL!
Hope you get your true confirmation soon, so you can relax!!! Good luck!! Xx

[Mochagirl]

What a frustrating day! I hope you get your private scan!

[coocoobananas]

That sucks butterfly hope your mil turns out to be right

[sweetsister]

Oh nooo.i was so excited for you today things never turn out as you plan do they!I also had a few bumps in the road getting to my gender scan...i hope you can book a private scan for some peace of mind though Hang in there

[*ruby*]

Oh Butterfly that sucks that your doc didn't know what he was doing. An obs should def be able to do a basic u/s, not sure where you are but in Aus they are often required to do them later in preg to check fluid levels, bubs position etc. So yes, he def should have known what's what. Earlier in preg it should actually be easier for them as baby is so small and therefore it's easier get good profile shots etc. Did you get any photos?

I private scan sounds like a good idea if you really want to know gender, and yay about MIL's dream!

[Butterfly Spirit]

Okay after yesterday I am going nuts...I think I want a private immediately... My calculations say 15 weeks today...

Can you ladies tell me that it's a good idea to go in now or wait one week? Has anyone here that's been here awhile had a scan at 15 weeks and it was just fine and accurate and not wrong? I was thinking I would call a place and say if i'm not 15 weeks could I take a raincheck for 1 week...

Today looks like an exciting day. I am craving a good U/S now!

Thanks for the love and support and concern from all of you! I APPRECIATE IT!

[dloui128]

Where I live they do gender determination scans at private places at 14 weeks, and that is when I went. That stinks that your dr had no idea what he was doing with the sono machine.

[auroara78]

I think you'd be OK with a private place now...lots of women on here had gender confirmed at around 15 weeks, tho that is considered early...I would def. elect for a private place, because you pay them money, they do what you wnat them to do!! I agree that it's odd for an OB not to be able to run an U/S machine...at my OB's office the techs do all the ultrasounds cuz it's a huge practice,so I'm not even sure how good my OB would be at it since he's never done it!

Oh and the premotion your MIL had is fantastic!

[Butterfly Spirit]

Here's my update for now

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