Ok – I guess you are thinking after having the positive HPT, what next?
As this is an IVF treatment, what happens next?
Treatment has been completed, the rather wanted and eagerly anticipated positive HPT has been received and phoned through as per the clinic procedures to the Oxford clinic. So now, what next?

First we rang the Oxford clinic with the good news – they congratulated us on the results and wished us all the best for the incredible journey ahead. We were then asked to call the Rosie Maternity Unit as our preferred maternity unit to have our 7 week scan booked.
We did this and the scan was booked.

It is difficult to quantify the level of anxiety we had/experienced as we waited for the 7 week ultrasound scan appointment date to roll by. Having had the MC in what was in reality week 2/3 but in the LMP measure counts as week 4/5, the two weeks preceding the scan dates were torture in themselves. I spent an incredible amount of my “free” time in the bathroom checking and checking again that there was not a hint of blood anywhere near my person. I am not sure how I would have coped or dealt with another MC. I guess in reality I would have probably taken it in as one of those things and moved on to the next cycle or treatment. But in the moment, it is never that easy to surmise what one’s feelings may or may not be.
MDH and I tried as much as possible to be positive thinkers, though I am unsure how helpful this was in the long run.

So the 7th week scan rolled by and the appointment day was upon us. And ee went to our appointment.
I do not think I had any real expectations of the day and was not looking forward to bonding with the baby. It was not that I was not excited. But having gone through the excitement of the first positive test and the horrible experience of the MC, I did not want to bond with the baby until we were past certain very significant milestones.
I was certain of one thing though – that MDH on seeing the scan would tear up!And yep he did too! I think he was overawed by the reality on the ultrasound modality screen – he was soo teary. Bless him!
It was a wonderful feeling to see the little heartbeat thumping away quite strongly on the screen. It was a wonderful thing to see – and the words really are inadequate in describing that feeling – seeing the little heartbeat and the yolk sac confirming a viable pregnancy was underway. However I was a little disappointed that there was only one heartbeat. I had hoped that we would see two heartbeats and know that hopefully at the end of nine months, our family would be complete.
Thus ended our first ultrasound visit.

With the successful first ultrasound visit, we were then discharged into the care of our local GP, who advised that now that a viable pregnancy had been confirmed, we would be treated as any other standard pregnancy. This was good news of course, as it meant no more periodic visits to Rosie but more a controlled and managed visit pattern for standard pregnancies. Trying to get time off work to fit these appointments in are a huge challenge.
For our second scan, we hit a bit of bump or uncertainity with the NHS information system. Our GP advised that as we had already had a 7 week scan even though we were IVF, in his opinion this counted as the dating scan and our next scan ergo would be at the 21 weeks. While we had understood that the dating scan would be at 12 weeks and needed to be booked in. That left us disappointed that we had such a long length of wait time before we could see our little precious Fred again on screen. This lack of clarity was thankfully resolved after our first Midwife appointment where the Midwife confirmed that they would indeed be another scan at 12 weeks – the dating scan! And she wrote to the Rosie as our preferred maternity hospital to have them book the appointment for us.

Being as impatient as we are, we have ended up so far with five ultrasound scans in total even though we are only now 25 weeks and 5 days along.
The scans were spaced as follows:

• 7 week scan to confirm viability (the sonographer referred to him/her as Fred and the name has stuck somewhat with us). This scan was offered to us because of the IVF route.
• 10 week scan (done privately for our peace of mind) – MDH (perhaps myself more so than him) was incredibly teary as Fred showed us he could perform scissor kicks! I think it it was him/her trying to turn over at that stage – really lovely to see. The cost was £99. And it was with http://www.ultrasound-direct.com/ who are local to us. There are other private ultrasound providers out there of course. 
• 12 week scan – this is the standard NHS dating scan to which all pregnant females in the UK are entitled. This was free.
• 17 week scan (done privately, again for our peace of mind). This was called the wellbeing scan. Here we could have chosen to know the sex of the baby but decided that we wanted a surprise when Fred is born. We were in fact booked to have the Gender Scan and advised them at the appointment that we did not care to know the sex of the baby. The scan was then changed to a well-being scan. The cost was £79. And it was with http://www.ultrasound-direct.com/ who are local to us. There are other private ultrasound providers out there of course. 
• 21 week scan – this is the standard NHS anomaly scan to which all pregnant females in the UK are entitled. This is free.  

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