Is it REALLY possible that there were three sacs?

officerswife07

I am second guessing the u/s now.... I know I just need to be patient and wait until Friday to see heartbeats, but I just keep thinking about it! Is it really possible for one of our embryos to have split into two seperate sacs? We only put two embryos in, but the tech was pretty positive there were three sacs, and she said the one had split.

Is this all possible?

FaeryStarGazer

It's very possible  for identicals to happen. I think one of the girls here as a set of identical girls and another fraternal girl. They are older and for the life of me, I can't remember who... I think the girls names are Anna something else with an A and Morgan?

My one embryo split into two and I didn't 'put' any in :-P'

mommyof4boys

Very possible.  I have a friend that put back 3 embies and one split giving her quads.

officerswife07

I guess I am wondering if it's really possible that there were 3 sacs. I mean don't identicals have to spilt pretty early to have separate sacs? I was thinking they would not have their own gestational sac unless it split before our 5 day transfer...

 

sweater

are you talking about gestational sacs or amnio sacs? they "should" all have their own amnio sac.

officerswife07

Gestational sacs.... the u/s was done at 5w2d and there were three black spots (the gestational sacs right?) and the two were right next to each other and one was a bit further away

mommyof4boys

My SIL's identicals were in different sacs.  They saw 2 sacs at her first u/s around 7 weeks.

SNL0605

sure is possible...I conceived TRIPLETS spontaneously...

the "think" it was a set of identicals and a fraternal (at 6w2d)...

but unfortunatly for us at 10w or so we lost baby C

but sweetie it is VERY possible. I wish you all the blessings in the world!

Keep us posted

pea-kay

definitely! ask rachael (rmgandjas) or susanb. or lots and lots of other triplet moms. everafterinmi, too.  (i'm guessing they've already replied to this, though.)

pea-kay

and regarding the number of gestational sacs - since two of yours are close together, maybe they split right after they were transferred?

you could post on tripletconnection.com - you'd get lots of good info there.

officerswife07

Thanks everyone! You all make wonderful points I can't wait until Friday!!

gingergrl

See the two girls in my signature pic?  They were from one embryo that was put back.  My son was from the other.  So YES it's definitely possible.

SaucySarie

My girls are identical- they technically shared a sac but there was a thin membrane inbetween them so on a u/s it looked like 2 sacs- especially in very early u/s's.  I am guessing that I had 2 eggs and one split for me to have the id girls and then the other egg was my boy!

 

Congrats-  triplets are soo much fun!

FaeryStarGazer

Susan B!! I think that's who I was thinking of. And my ideticals were in different sacs. I thought they were fraternal until we did the DNA test at 11m!

officerswife07

Thank you ladies All of your stories are very incredible! I think that multiples are just such a miracle and I am truly amazed at the possibility of three babies!

 

roswellgahokie

Yes. We did a 5 day 2 embryo transfer and initially had sacs...I'm 35 weeks along with twins - one of the sacs didn't get a heartbeat, which - sounds awful - but we were relieved about.