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irishgirl0525
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2nd ultrasound this morning
irishgirl0525
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Went this morning for my 2nd ultrasound and I have mixed feelings. 1st gestational sac is showing a fetal pole, no heartbeat yet but that will probably be visible next week, it's still a bit early. 2nd sac is still empty, so I am sad about that, I was so sure there would be a yolk sac today.
What is bothering me the most is that last week they were both measuring 5 weeks 2 days, this week the 1st sac is measuring 5 weeks 6 days, so to me that seems like it's very slow. Hopefully I will feel better once I hear a good beta number this afternoon!
I know I should focus on the fact that fetal pole is visible, but I clearly have a problem where I need to worry about something. Side effect from this IF process I'm afraid. I apologize for the Debbie Downer tone to this post, I probably should have waited to post until a little later.
TTC since 3/2010. Me 41, DH-49. After 3 years, 6 IUIs and several IVFs we have finally have our beautiful baby girl, born on 11/7/13.
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Re: 2nd ultrasound this morning
Yes, this. Ultrasound is pretty accurate, but at this stage, 1 mm can make a big difference in the gestational age it calculates. I am sorry to hear that the second sac doesn't have a fetal pole. I suppose if you end up with just a singleton pregnancy, your betas might not accelerate as fast as they did before, but FX that you get a nice number. It is basically impossible not to worry and I feel for you!
Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.
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I've been there so I know how hard it is to NOT worry! But I didn't see much of anything at 5+ weeks, not even a fetal pole, but a week later everything was exactly as it should be, things change really really fast at that stage and sometimes the structures are literally just too small to pick up on the u/s. Try not to worry, or google!
Me 41 DH 46 Not actively ttc, surprise BFP on 1/6/11! 4/1/11 m/c our sunshine at 16wks after complications from CVS test. TTC #2 **5th cycle 12/6/11 BFP! Missed m/c at 9 weeks 1/21/12, trisomy 14. Two Chemical PG 3/12&7/12
** BFP 8/16/12 beta #1 148! beta#2 407 beta #3 4000 u/s 9.10 1 lovely hb 126, Baby Boy is due 04/28/13!!
Thank you so much for the support and the understanding. I really appreciate it. Crazy what a difference a millimeter can make!
I did hear back from my nurse and she set my mind at ease a bit about the measurement, plus my beta went up in a week from 3400 to 12,584. She also said my E2 was up from 108 to 604, and that although it's not a guarantee, if there was something seriously wrong, the E2 would have dropped. So all in all, I should stop worrying. That is until I go back next Wednesday
She also said that usually a heartbeat is visible once the beta reaches 15,000 so next week we should see that.
All of this. GL!
It's impossible not to worry. I didn't even get to see what was going on in an ultrasound until 7 weeks, since they could see the heartbeat by then. I just think it's really hard to tell much that early on.
Thinking of you and wishing you all the best!
me (36): Hypothyroid (on Levothroid), low vit. d, borderline/high fsh (day 3: between 7-10) (day 10: 13 during CCCT), AFC: 14
dh (31): awesome (minus one sample with agglutination)
Diagnosis:possible DOR and/or unexplained + elevated NK cells + MTHFR (C677T - one copy)
MAY 2011 - FEB 2012 - 3 injectable IUI's with numerous cancellations due to high TSH levels
MAY 2012 - onto IVF/ICSI (Antagonist Protocol) on BCP and Folgard (3 week delay - cyst - boooo) 5/21 start stims 5/30 ER 11R 8M 3F 6/2 3DT of 3 6/12 Beta #1 83 | 6/14 Beta #2 196 | 6/21 Beta #3 3818 | 6/28 Beta #4 22,213 | 7/2 1st U/S - 2 on board! 8/24 CVS reveals that we have a boy AND a girl on board!
Healthy baby boy and girl born in February, 2013 at 38 weeks and 2 days!
Me:40 AMA, DH:36 0% morph, TTC#1;
BFP#1 4/2011, MMC 6/2011 11wks Trisomy 13;
BFP#2 11/2011, CP
FSH: 17.9, AMH: 2.2
IVF#1 w/ICSI: ER 4/3: 5R,4M,4F
ET 4/6 All 4 (1-8A+, 2-8A-, 1-3A) BFP#3
Two weeks of beta hell = Blighted Ovum
IVF#2 Aug/Sept: ER 8/27: 4R,3M,3F
ET 8/30 (1-8A+, 1-6A+)
Beta#1 9/10: 350; Beta#2 9/12: 796; Beta#3 9/20: 9155
Expecting Boy/Girl Twins! My babies were born 4/23/13 at 36w1d!
This! I still worry and I am 32 weeks! Let us know about the beta!
BFP #1 - missed m/c 4.18.11 found @8w3d, d&c @13w
BFP #2 blighted ovum found 8.2011 @8w, misoprostol
BFP#3 - missed m/c 6.11.12 @ 9w3d, d&c revealed extra chromosome 15
BFP#4 8.10.12, DD born 4/26/13
Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.
TTC 10/11. IUI 2/12. BFP 3/8/12. 4/26/12 missed mc. RE consult 5/17/12. IVF #1 ER 7/13/12 53R, 41M ICSIed, 32F, 8 5d, 6 6d blasts - all PGD/frozen. PGD results 1 normal M and 1 normal F, 1 maybe M. FET 9/6, transferred 1 F embie. Beta 9/15 BFN. FET#2 planned for 11/2012 put off until 2013. Surprise BFP 11/21/12!! My son was born on 7/24/13!
Everything that pps said plus this:
Having a child means worrying for the rest of our lives about them. Just like not sleeping well during pregnancy is preparation for not sleeping well once the baby arrives, worrying now might as well be "practice" so that we'll be experts at it by the time they're born!
Hang in there and soon you'll be moving on to the next item about which to worry!
<br /> My Ovulation Chart</a>
6/20/11 mc @ 5wks
10/19/11 mc @ 17wks- Trisomy 18
IUI #1 4/26/12 BFN
Moving on to IVF in July
37 with DOR...fabulous
ER 7/14/12 6R 5F, ET 7/17 3 embies, beta #1 7/26: 147, beta #2 7/28: 326, beta#3 7/30: 422...ugh, beta#4 7/31: 607...hopeful, beta #5 8/2: 1280, beta #6 8/7: 7184 and u/s shows 1 possibly 2 sacs! 8/14 2 beautiful heartbeats! 9/24 we are TEAM BLUE!!!!!