Testimonial: Viability ultrasound: a horrible name, but what an intense moment!

In a fertility clinic, when we are happy to get a positive test, we are scheduled to have a viability ultrasound between 6 and 6^E And the 7^E week of pregnancy, to make sure everything is beautiful.

Three weeks separated the announcement of my pregnancy and the viability ultrasound. This waiting time was the most nerve-wracking of my entire process, these weeks seemed like months. I didn't dare ask what to expect at this ultrasound, but with such a horrible name, my imagination went wild:

Maybe we'll find an empty pregnancy pouch;

Maybe we'll see a baby, but whose heart stops beating;

Maybe I'll have had a miscarriage by then;

In the meantime, to reassure myself, I did 2 homemade pregnancy tests, simply to help me believe in them.

The big day is finally coming, Chéri is with me, of course, I need him in case of disaster. I am not a girl who shows her emotions: I am preparing for the worst, but also for a great encounter, and I tell myself that in either case I will not cry. Not in front of the doctor, I just have to keep that for home.

The ultrasound starts.

The doctor describes to me what she sees: here it is your cervix, it is beautiful, there your endometrial wall begins, we see your ovaries, they have a normal size, there...

Silence.

She really leaves me in suspense for what seems like an eternity.

Me who no longer endures this silence (the worst has already invaded my brain): And now it's a baby??

...

She: In fact, there are 2!

...

How is that possible? I only had one embryo transferred! And now, the principle of identical twins comes to mind at the same time as a wave of emotions that I did not expect. I laugh, I cry. Chéri has his eyes on the screen (I no longer exist) he only repeats “Well let's see” while the doctor introduces us to our 2 babies. The embryo separated in utero after the transfer.

What a moment, the happiest day of my life!

But now, the suspicious in me resurfaces, and tints this magical moment with concern. The risk of miscarriage is higher in double pregnancies. What if a single baby's heart stopped beating? What are the dangers associated with a multiple pregnancy?

I leave the room in a mixture x2: happiness x2, but worry x2 as well.

What awaits us?

And now, I realize that the waiting and the anxiety will last for 8 more months...

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