googie i hope that you are OK now and that you can get an appointment tomorrow to put your mind at rest. Perhaps if you turn on the water works and fret about your history of previous mc, they will give in. I've never been afraid to be emotional especially if I think it will get me something that I need. I found a http://www.brooksidepress.org/Products/Military_OBGYN/Ultrasound/1st_trimester_ultrasound_scannin.htm link that you can comfort yourself with. This is most helpful
In the presence of uterine bleeding, visualization of a gestational sac, a yolk sac, a fetal pole and fetal heart beat changes the risk of a threatened abortion leading to miscarriage from 50/50 to about 5%
moomin I'm so angry reading your post about how you were treated in the EPU. I had a traumatising time too in my visits there, and miscarriage is so hard, let alone going through appalling treatment like that. You should add your story to the MN miscarriage campaign to shame the NHS into ensuring that everyone going through the trauma is granted some dignity.
litlady welcome to you. We are here to support you. Like everyone else, I echo the sentiments about getting an early scan if you have had previous etopic pregnancies. I don't think it is an unreasonable request. I am a firm believer that you have to really manage your own care on the NHS. You have to push for what you want because it won't always be forthcoming.
stitch you aren't overreacting to the pain you are feeling if you have been in ICU after trying to tough it out. Before my miscarriages, I had a really bad period of illness and NHS Direct, and the GP kept telling me it was a 48 hour bug, but when I wasn't getting any better after 48 hours, and I felt that I would rather die than carry on like this, I went to the ER, they acknowledged that it wasn't because I was running a temperature and diagnosed a bladder infection. The doctor on call asked why I hadn't come in sooner. I explained that I tried to, but no one believed me that I was ill. I changed GP surgeries after that experience.
digi I empathise with your situation and not wanting to tell the woman about your situation, but you are definitely doing the right thing by avoiding risks. Everything does change when you are pg. You want to keep out of harm's way. It does seem like there is a long time between appointments once you've left the intensive hand-holding from monitoring in the first trimester. I'm interested to see that you don't have to be on steroids throughout the whole pg.
scarlett glad that you had a good scan, it sounds like you are low risk for Downs. I believe that the cut-off where they start to worry is 3.5mm. My hospital did give me the measurement which was 1.7mm at 12+2 and I have a 1 in 4300 chance of Downs, so with a measurement of 1.2mm, you are in good stead.
biscuits I had my MW appointment too today. I could have written the same post! The heartbeat was 140 bpm, which I'm led to believe is likely to indicate a boy! My urine sample was fine. They didn't weigh me this time. The MW didn't really seem that interested in all honesty as it was a different one this time. I was in an out in about 15 mins which was a bit surprising, considering I'm a "high risk" pregnancy because of past issues. I have a consultant appt tomorrow, so I'll see what she has to say. I've signed up to get the flu vaccine in a couple of weeks too as I'm trying to play it safe.
Waves to lime and lady