The first ultrasound is tomorrow morning and I'm scared witless. So many things to think about, yet so many things I have absolutely no control over. Being a control freak, this poses big problems for me.We may or may not see a heartbeat. We may or may not hear a heartbeat. At 7 weeks, it's an unknown. But I do know that if there is a heartbeat and if everything measures correctly, we will have a 17% chance of miscarrying again, which is better odds than I began with. That's because I have a history of miscarriage and I'm ancient, apparently. For young lithe fertile women, chances drop to 3%.
The embryo should measure about 8mm at 7 weeks and be about the size of a blueberry.
If everything goes as planned, we'll be taking pictures of the ultrasound screen like Japanese tourists.
If not, I probably won't be posting for a while. My head will be buried in a hole for about a week until I recover.
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