Come Hell or High Water

Today I saw Dr. L and had an ultrasound.  ET looked great and measured 10w1d.  His/her heart rate was 153 bpm.  Of course the little stinker wouldn’t cooperate with the doppler, but since we had just seen the heartbeat 10 minutes earlier, Dr. L was unconcerned.  Besides, I listen to it every night.  It just takes patience and lots of time sometimes.  I confessed about the doppler and he said it was fine.  He doesn’t get excited about much but he is kind and patient and that is all that matters.  He said that our risk of miscarriage at this point was negligible, and my risk of Down’s/Trisomy 18 was 1 in 1,000.  Our next visit is on Feb 19th for the NT scan, and then we start biweekly monitoring for incompetent cervix on March 3rd.  I feel like I can finally breathe (at least for today anyway).