My daughter has done three positive pregnancy tests herself and also the doctors "official" pregnancy test. She had her last period starting on Nov 23rd but she was on the pill and took the pill continuously over the Christmas period so that she didn?t bleed whilst her partner was home on leave.
However, just before Christmas, she had that bug and was really ill with it, both sickness and diarrhoea lasting around 4 or 5 days, which I assume meant the pill didn?t work.
Although the baby wasn?t exactly planned, it IS wanted and as she had a miscarriage a couple of years ago, both she and her partner (and I!) would be devastated if she lost it.
She has seen the doctor today for her first antenatal appointment and the doctor can?t find a heartbeat. She?s using a sound device, not an ultra scan and so the doctor says it must be because her dates are off with her carrying on with the pill and actually she?s probably only about 9 weeks not 14 as her last period would indicate.
This is what she told me when she came out of the doctors as I didn?t go with them and I must admit she didn?t seem worried about it but of course now I?M imagining all sorts of things and I don?t want to quiz her too closely in case SHE starts worrying when there might be no reason to.
They?ve told her she?ll get her first scan in about 4 weeks but I don?t know if I can wait that long to find out if everything is ok! If I paid for a private dating scan, would it be able to determine if everything is ok?
Can anyone tell me if this sounds normal?