Hello all! I've been awake since half four so thought I'd say hi to you all via the trusty iPhone, despite the fact that typing on this thing makes me want to dunk it in my bedside glass of water!
Chance, such good news about your scan! Wow. A boy. Must make it feel even more real to know what brand of creature you're going to meet!
Aly, fingers crossed for your test. So glad it's good news so far. Hope it's ok at work, must be tough in that environment to have to bow out. I'm a crier too, mostly when I'm angry. I can see this would not play well in an adversarial situation!
When I'm on a proper pc I have to look at these cakes, they sound amazing. I'm hoping if this child works out, it will basically be stewie griffin. But without wanting to kill me. I think I should prepare myself for disappointment.
Bunny, if you're feeling good then ignore the comments. You'll lose it all later as you run around after LO and do healthy outdoorsy Australian things.
Pixie, I laughed a lot at your accurate uterus! It's a careful, bespectacled organ! An arcuate uterus, on the other hand, is one that has a dip in top rather than being straight across. The deeper the dip, the more trouble it can cause, as the baby may not have enough space to grow, and may not be able to turn, leading to breech presentation. The good news however is that at my appointment the consultant said she thought mine looked pretty normal. She said the radiologist who did the hsg was right to report it, but it was so mild she wasn't worried. But she has sent me for an early scan today just in case, as there are some nooks and crannies that Gizmo could have implanted in that would be less good than others, as my uterus also has long spindly arms.
So I guess that's why I can't sleep. I'm scared they'll see an empty sac. Or no heartbeat. Or that it will all be inconclusive as I also have a uterus that leans backwards rather than forwards, so they always have difficulty with ultrasounds anyway. Fingers crossed!
On a side note, thank goodness I finally got to see the organ grinder on Wednesday. First off I saw her registrar, who was useless. She didn't know how to access the films of the scan I'd had, so just started discussing the report, which said I had an arcuate uterus. Though in fact she didn't even read that properly, and said I had a bicornuate uterus, which is really bad news. Once I'd looked over her shoulder at the report and we'd established it actually said arcuate, even thehe'she couldn't grasp that the whole issue was about the degree of it. With no consideration, she calmly told me this meant I may well lose the baby in the second trimester and would probably have to have a Caesarian. Thank god I had researched all that before I went in or I would have been a mess. I let her finish and then calmly (I think!) suggested she should get someone who did know how we could view and discuss the films, as this had been a very painful procedure and I wasn't leaving until I had discussed the actual visual results with someone (else). So then I saw the consultant who said it all looked fine to her. Can you believe it? Imagine if I'd just listened to the registrar what a state I'd be in. Sorry to describe at such length, but it did remind me how bad medicine can be when it's bad.