Had anatomy scan this morning!

[starburst604]

And she looks great. She was very feisty this morning and it took the tech a while to take all her measurements. Got visual confirmation that she is indeed a girl and she is measuring over a week ahead (she was on the NT scan too). All organs and measurments are normal, only thing that stood out is I have a low-lying placenta, about 1.7cm away from the cervical opening. A quick google read says it could still move as the uterus expands (I'm 18 weeks now), so I guess I won't worry about that for right now? I assume that means I'll probably have another ultrasound in a few weeks to recheck that.

[achi]

Glad to hear all is well! FX that your placenta stays out of the way!

[catscatscats]

Yay! Great news! I had a low lying placenta at 19 weeks, but by 29 weeks it had moved to the right place. Don't worry!

[tacocat]

Glad everything went well!

[starburst604]

Dec 15, 2014 12:29:34 GMT -5 catscatscats said:

Yay! Great news! I had a low lying placenta at 19 weeks, but by 29 weeks it had moved to the right place. Don't worry!

Did you have any restrictions in the meantime on sex, exercise etc?

[catscatscats]

Dec 15, 2014 12:59:54 GMT -5 starburst604 said:

Dec 15, 2014 12:29:34 GMT -5 catscatscats said:

Yay! Great news! I had a low lying placenta at 19 weeks, but by 29 weeks it had moved to the right place. Don't worry!

Did you have any restrictions in the meantime on sex, exercise etc?

Nope. My doctor sent me a really long email explaining it wasn't a previa and no restrictions were necessary. She also drew me a picture about how your uterus grows that showed it would likely move everything up.

It was still in the back of my mind, but everything's been fine. And the ultrasound at 29 week was amazing! So cool to see a fully formed, moving around baby. You will love it!

[noodleoo]

Dec 15, 2014 11:42:36 GMT -5 starburst604 said:

And she looks great. She was very feisty this morning and it took the tech a while to take all her measurements. Got visual confirmation that she is indeed a girl and she is measuring over a week ahead (she was on the NT scan too). All organs and measurments are normal, only thing that stood out is I have a low-lying placenta, about 1.7cm away from the cervical opening. A quick google read says it could still move as the uterus expands (I'm 18 weeks now), so I guess I won't worry about that for right now? I assume that means I'll probably have another ultrasound in a few weeks to recheck that.

Congrats!  Glad it went well and fx things stay on track with the placenta!  We have our scan on Friday.  How long did it take?  Trying to figure out how much work I'll miss.

[Deleted]

Based on what I know, the placenta will move up and away from the cervix, but that also means they're likely to go check on it again and you can see the baby

Congrats on a great scan starburst604

[estrellita]

I also had a low lying placenta that caused spotting (reason they did an u/s at 12 weeks). Mine "moved" by my a/s so it's higher now.

[starburst604]

noodleoo we were there just about an hour. I've heard it's not always that long but she was feisty so it took them a while to get all the shots they needed.

At one point when the tech had been prodding her for a while, she flipped right over and showed us her butt. She was like no more pics PUH-LEEZE!!

[hainesherway]

Congrats starburst604! I'm sure the placenta will move to the right place in the next few week.s

Just curious- is the anatomy scan done through a device on the stomach, or with the vag cam?

[starburst604]

hainesherway it was just the abdominal, not transvaginal. I only had the TV ones very early in my pregnancy.

[azurely]

Great news! Glad she is doing well

[dearprudence]

Congratulations on a great scan!

[Monica Geller]

Yay for a great scan! It's so much fun to see them moving and doing "baby" things on the inside!

[nextbigthing]

Great news! Congratulations!