I am 8 weeks pg right now. At my first u/s at 5 weeks, only one embryo was found. At my 6 week u/s my RE found a second embryo but it was significantly smaller than the other one, my RE said that there were developmental issues with the smaller one and that I would likely miscarry the "little guy" and my body would just absorb him (a vanishing twin). I started bleeding heavily at my 7 week u/s and my RE could not find the second embryo. My RE believed that I had simply miscarried the little guy. Well, I have my 8 week u/s today and they found the second embryo was still there (apparantly he was so small that they missed him on the u/s last week). He was only measuring 5 weeks but they could detect a faint heartbeat. So, my RE now believes the bleeding was from a hemmorage (pretty scary) and I need to stay off my feet for a bit. It may be related to problems with the placenta of the smaller embryo. Also, my RE is, to quote him "extremely concerned" about the second embryo. He wants to closely monitor me and increase my u/s to every few days. He also wants me to get CVS testing as soon as possible to see if there are chromosonal abnormalities, and mentioned the possibility of aborting the second embryo in case there are severe problems. He also said that for thew next few months I will likely have few, if any, definitive answers. I am extremely worried - worried about the health of the little embryo, worried that the testing will indicate problems, worried this will hurt the larger embryo, worried about the volume of testing I'll need to go through.I went through so much to get pg, why on earth can't I just have a normal healthy pregnancy. We are telling family and friends the good news about our pregnancy this weekend and I feel like this is just a black cloud over everything.
The good news in all of this is that the larger embryo is doing great.
Has anyone else experienced this? I really need some inspirational stories right now.
Re: Prayers needed... u/s showed twin with developmental problems
I'm so sorry you're going through this. After IF no one should have to deal with all of these pregnancy issues.
I'll be thinking of you and your babies.
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