I got my 3rd beta (hCG) and u/sWhen the technician took me in the room, she sounded kinda annoyed with me and kept on mumbling that she has no clue why the heck we are doing this ultrasound because I am only 4 weeks and 5 days today and there is absolutely nothing there to see...
She was wrong....
They failed to establish the reason for my bleeding but they found two gestational sacs in my uterus. I am not sure if we are having twins for sure just yet because I have heard of many girls who have gone through IVF and had vanishing twin (see below). I am also way to early to even know if both gestational sacs will have a baby or not. Conclusion will be drawn at 7 week u/s with heartbeats, I guess.
Needless to say, the ultrasound tech was extremely surprised to even see anything. I did not even expect to see anything but again, I did some research online and all websites say that a transvaginal ultrasound should be able to see at least a gestational sac once the hCG levels have reached between 1,000 - 2,000mIU/ml.
I was very excited, but to tell you the truth, me and my husband are so freaked out by my bleeding that we almost try to imagine that I am not pregnant just in case something happens. I feel like I have this mood switched on, for self-preservation. I am scared to think I am pregnant because i am scared to death that if I loose it I will not know how to deal with the pain.
One gestational sac is measuring at 4 weeks and 1 day
Second gestational sac is measuring at 4 weeks and 0 days
Beta (19DPO)(14dp5dt) is 2,073
More than doubled again. I guess statistically everything is ok, just this annoying bleeding is bothering me so much. I am so scared I feel like this is just a sweet dream that I will eventually wake up from.
What is vanishing twin?
Once a twin pregnancy has been diagnosed by an very early ultrasound, about 1 in 5 of these will subsequently disappear before 12 weeks. When one of a twin conception fails to survive at this early stage, the remaining twin continues to develop normally and hormone levels stay high which prevents a miscarriage, though sometimes there is some vaginal bleeding. As the remaining twin grows, its sac spreads to fill the uterus and the contents of the other sac are absorbed.
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Hooray!! Good for you for going to check out your sacs and not taking no for an answer momma bear! way to go! Don;t worry about your spotting. I'm 6 weeks and 3 days pregnant and had spotting for two weeks starting at 11dp3dt. It finally stopped last Saturday and my betas are fine. I tried to get in for an us early but they said that they will not take me until I'm at least 7 weeks. I was originally scheduled for an 8 week us but they moved me up a week after all of my kicking and screaming. LOL
Your spotting will stop. There are so many theories on it. Old blood gathering at your cervix and gravity getting rid of it. Why? Due to all of the progesterone that an IVF patient takes to thicken the lining. It gets too thick and mother nature takes care of it. It is old and can't hurt baby. It is actually considered a great sign that you have given baby more than enough soil to grow. If it is implantation bleeding, than it happens earlier and then stops after a few days. Also a good sign. If it is your body saying "oh yeah..I kinda get that I don't need a period this month...but it will take more HCG to convince me since I'm hard wired to have a period every month". lol Again, not harmful, just your body beign slow on the take. lol
Enjoy your wonderful pregnancy girl, this ride is terrible. If I could be a poster child for IVF, my slogan would be "Hurry up and wait". lol Everything is a wait as we rush to the finish, convincing ourselves along the way that our BFP is too good to be real as a self defense mechanism. Damn I wish I had gotten knocked up after a good drunkin night with my DH when we were not even prepared for it! LOL
YOU ARE PROBABLY HAVING TWINS!!! Imagine that? lol Remember, by getting excited, you will not run the risk of a potential bigger let down. That is not true. If we are let down, it will have the same intensity because of what we have invested emotionally, physically, and financially anyway so you may as well enjoy and get pumped!! Good vibes will be good for your twins anyway.
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