Ultrasound at 13 weeks 6 days, confused by the u/s tech and wanting to know when I feel the baby move?

Question

Yesterday I went for my first ultrasound, I thought I was 14 weeks 6 days but I was off by one week. I'm confused though, if they use the average size to determine how far along you are then because my baby is 3 ounces and 13 cm long wouldn't I be about 16 weeks instead? I'm also a first timer at this and I think I've been feeling the baby move, it doesn't feel like flutters or gas bubbles but kinda like when your being tickled if you very ticklish someone only has to barely rub against you and you feel it, its kind of like that...it happens every once in a while for a few minutes, not very long though and its usually a while before I feel it again and I don't remember ever having this feeling before but the tech said its completely impossible. She said that the baby is remarkably active for a baby at 14 weeks. My baby was so active we kept getting blurry pictures, we ended up with very few good pictures, she also said she thought it was a girl, how can you tell this stuff and not be farther than 14 weeks? I have an appointment with my doctor again soon but its not soon enough to fix my curiosity. Another thing I found odd was we asked her if she could tell for sure that it was only one baby and she said yes until we told her identical twins run in every generation in my family and often in my husband's then she said if the case is identical twins then she can't say for sure until my 20 week ultrasound because one baby could hide behind the other and their heartbeats could be in synce and not be able to tell, but I don't understand how that changes later and how she can tell everything else now? Any help?

Answer 1

Yeah, you probably won't be feeling anything at 14 weeks. I thought I was feeling something then, too. It felt like the shadow of a movement or something, but at 19 I still haven't felt anything for certain and those shadowy movements have stopped. My baby is very active, too.They comment about it at every ultrasound...but I sit there and watch the baby move around and I don't feel anything, so I know that I'm not feeling anything yet.



They can tell if you have a boy or a girl at 14 weeks, but you may not want to buy anything based on that until you get a later ultrasound.



I would say that she changed her mind about the twins because it is very unlikely that you are having twins. How likely is it that one is hiding and the heartbeats are in sync? I am sure the chances are tiny which is why she told you no twins, but since you have a history of twins that tiny chance just got a little bit bigger.

Answer 2

13 Weeks 4 Days Pregnant Ultrasound

Answer 3

Ultrasound 13 Weeks

Answer 4

Identical twins don't run in families. Identical twins happen spontaneously. Fraternal twins however, can run in the family, but ONLY on the mother's maternal side.

It is normal for measurements to ne off ny a week or two, with this child my measurements said i was 19 weeks when i was 20, and now my uterus measures 2 weeks ahead. It is very hard to find the sex of the baby at 14 weeks, let alone 13 weeks, so maybe she meant you were farther along? It sure doesn't sound like 13 weeks. Or maybe they need a new tech, she really doesn't seem to make any sense.



Let's get one thing straight....I seriously mean that identical twins do NOT run in families! They ARE COMPLETELY SPONTANEOUS. I have had medical professionals tell me this, remember,I have identical twins, I have gone through this already, you haven't. I am not mistaken, when I was pregnant I had to go to professionals who deal with high risk patients (that includes multiple fetuses). Obviously your medical professional isn't very good if they can't even give you straight answers.

Also, I have included websites to back my claims, i have done my research and asked my doctors questions, you obviously haven't.



http://multiples.about.com/od/pregnancy/a/familytwin.htm

http://multiples.about.com/od/funfacts/a/identicaltwins.htm

http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id=86

http://www.dadsguidetotwins.com/do-twins-run-in-families/

http://twinstwice.com/twins.html

http://www.babycenter.com/404_is-it-true-that-giving-birth-to-twins-runs-in-families_10323566.bc



Sorry sweetheart, but identical twins in your family is just coincidence, and your odds of having identical twins is the same as EVERYONE else who gets pregnant.

Answer 5

14 weeks is too early to feel movement but you should be feeling some in the next few weeks.