Triplets and potential miscarriage.

KABurdie · February 2013

Hi all,

I've been posting about my story this last week on the 1st Trimester board, but I thought I'd put it here in attempt to get some insight from other moms of multiples. This is my first pregnancy, so I apologize if this is hard to follow. My head is still spinning!

This last Tuesday I went for my first OB appointment with my doctor. Based on my LMP, I should have been about 8 weeks 4 days. Long story short, she said that she was seeing development that was more like 5 weeks along. There was one gestational sac, and what appeared to be three different "somethings" inside the sac.

After that appointment, I was sent for a full blood panel and a quants test to check my HCG levels. The nurse called me later that day stating my HCG levels were EXTREMELY high (147,000) and that the OB was putting in a "stat" order for me to receive an ultrasound at my local hospital.

Yesterday was my 2nd ultrasound at the hospital, and the technician didn't see anything different from my first U/S. There was no heartbeat detected and no visible fetal pole, but she said that it's very possible that it's just too early to see anything yet.

My doctor called me last night and said that she and the radiologist agree that I am 100% pregnant with triplets, but they both think there should be heartbeats by now. She said it's not looking like the babies will survive, but that she's not willing to give up hope yet. I am now scheduled to return for another U/S on March 5th to see if there's any changes.

My husband and I are completely at a loss. I am in shock over triplets (we weren't using any kind of fertility treatments) and devastated we might lose them. I feel that 5 weeks along could be too soon to be able to see anything, so I'm not giving up hope.

I would imagine that a multiples pregnancy would be different than a singleton pregnancy, especially this early. Any other moms of multiples not see heartbeats and/or fetal poles until week 6 or 7?

tirsabel · February 2013

the earliest you see heartbeats typically is 6 weeks. Depending on the ultrasound machine even seeing a fetal pole can be very very difficult at 5 weeks. I would think there is still hope! we had fertility treatments and when we went in at 6 weeks they prepped us that there might not be heartbeats at all even at that point. fingers crossed for you!

caden · February 2013

My RE's office doesn't even typically do a 1st u/s until almost 7w because so much can change in weeks 5 and 6. I don't think it's unusual at all not to see a HB at 5w. GL to you!!

s0ulchicken · February 2013

If you read the details in my siggy, you will see that hb's were not found on my duo until 7 weeks. I actually had a DC scheduled when the tech found their little heart beats. I wish you the best of luck whatever your outcome may be.

Courtneyw04 · February 2013

We saw three heartbeats and a fourth sac at the six week ultrasound. There were four heartbeats at the eight week ultrasound.

Cleo421 · February 2013

We saw nothing but gestational sacs w/ yolk sacs at 5w2d. No fetal poles. At 7w2d, we saw babies and two strong heartbeats! Weird that your doc thinks you should have seen something at this point. T&P to you and that the days until 3/5 fly by quickly!

Reilly626 · February 2013

So sorry- I hope it's ok and the doctor is wrong.

angelfire02 · February 2013

I also hope that your dates are off, when I went in for my first u/s they moved my dd back a week from where I thought it was going to be. The size of babies is more accurate then your dates. I really hope they are wrong and things work out for you!

zombiemommy · February 2013

MrsLee04:
KABurdie:
I would imagine that a multiples pregnancy would be different than a singleton pregnancy, especially this early. Any other moms of multiples not see heartbeats and/or fetal poles until week 6 or 7?
A multiples pg is not different this early. Multiples don't develop faster or slower in the 1st trimester. The fact that you were expecting to be 8w along is concerning. If you truly are 5w, it is definitely too early to see heartbeats, so if your dates are off there is definitely hope. At 6w it can go either way (we saw 1 but not the other at this point), and at 7w you would definitely see them if they are viable. Good luck!!!

This. Good luck!

jessibel00 · February 2013

I'm confused. On the first tri board you posted that there was a heartbeat when you were measuring 5 weeks. Now no heartbeat. Was there or wasn't there one?

And you said on first tri there were three sacs and now one with three "something's" I really hope you're not making this up for attention.

tombomb84 · February 2013

No offense, but I think this is MUD. Someone was posting a similar story on the secondary IF board a couple of weeks ago, but they claimed to use fertility treatments and suspected that the one sac was from a previous cycle and the other two were from an IUI (which is highly unlikely and extremely rare) and that they saw three "areas" on the u/s. That person was also around 8 weeks along, but measuring only 5 weeks and didn't see a HB or fetal pole. They even used the "my head is spinning" line that you did. With that and your inconsistent story from the first tri board I don't buy it.

KABurdie · February 2013

Well, I don't know what MUD is but I can assure you this is really my life right now.

I am scared to death, so not sure why anyone would make something like this up for amusement. The best I've been able to research about this always comes up to message boards where people have posted about something similar years previously, so I thought I'd start my own thread and see what I got.

I appreciate the actual genuine responses I got here. Thank you.

Mrs. Alice · February 2013

jessibel00:
I'm confused. On the first tri board you posted that there was a heartbeat when you were measuring 5 weeks. Now no heartbeat. Was there or wasn't there one?
And you said on first tri there were three sacs and now one with three "something's" I really hope you're not making this up for attention.

I am pretty skeptical on this too. I read your previous posts on 1st tri and your story is all over the place which based on past history this board, all signs point to faker. If you are in fact not faking, I'm sorry. Please understand that this board has seem many fakers in the past so naturally people are skeptical especially when it seems your story doesn't add up. Otherwise I agree with the other responses.

KABurdie · February 2013

My OB originally said there was a heartbeat of 86 BPM at my first appointment. The technician at my second ultrasound said she wasn't picking one up. But, she also said she was only seeing 2 sacs, and the radiologist and OB said there's definitely 3. So, I don't know what any of that means, but it's the only "inconsistency" in my story.

I didn't know that people actually get online and make things like this up. This is truly what's been my experience this week, and I am a real person who's really been dealing with this. Not that I have anything to prove to strangers online. I'm not looking to gain anything but some insight.

Again, thank you to those who responded.

Mrs. Alice · February 2013

KABurdie:
My OB originally said there was a heartbeat of 86 BPM at my first appointment. The technician at my second ultrasound said she wasn't picking one up. But, she also said she was only seeing 2 sacs, and the radiologist and OB said there's definitely 3. So, I don't know what any of that means, but it's the only "inconsistency" in my story.
I didn't know that people actually get online and make things like this up. This is truly what's been my experience this week, and I am a real person who's really been dealing with this. Not that I have anything to prove to strangers online. I'm not looking to gain anything but some insight.
Again, thank you to those who responded.

At the beginning of this post you said they were all in one gestational sac, right? However they don't have fetal poles yet, it was just "somethings" you saw. If they were in the same gestational sac it would be highly unlikely that all 3 dividing membranes could be seen at only 5-6 weeks. In another post you said they looked like 3 little bubbles all next to each other. Again, that isn't what an early monochorionic pregnancy looks like. Doesn't make any sense to me.

KABurdie · February 2013

Well, I'm not a doctor but I'm going off what MY OB told me and what I see with my very own eyes. Sorry that's not believable enough for you, but I really don't know what else to say. There's one gestational sac and three bubbles inside it. Up until Friday, my OB was calling them "somethings". After my 2nd ultrasound Friday afternoon, the radiologist and my OB decided together that they believed it was triplets.

If someone would like to tell me how to upload pictures onto here, I'd gladly show you my most recent ultrasound.

Mrs. Alice · February 2013

KABurdie:
Well, I'm not a doctor but I'm going off what MY OB told me and what I see with my very own eyes. Sorry that's not believable enough for you, but I really don't know what else to say. There's one gestational sac and three bubbles inside it. Up until Friday, my OB was calling them "somethings". After my 2nd ultrasound Friday afternoon, the radiologist and my OB decided together that they believed it was triplets.If someone would like to tell me how to upload pictures onto here, I'd gladly show you my most recent ultrasound.nbsp;

It's just the fact that your info seems to change which is why the skepticism. If it's real, sorry this is so confusing and hopefully you get some good news soon. Not that long ago there was a triplet faker who had the whole board thinking and praying for her, thus why some of us are questioning you.

KABurdie · February 2013

Bad timing on my part, then. I understand the skepticism, but it hurts to be called a "troll" because this is very real for me. My husband and I have been trying for a little over a year and were thrilled for this pregnancy. It was a huge shock to learn all of this at what I thought was going to be a normal, happy 8 week appointment.

Anyway, I truly appreciate the thoughts and prayers.

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