[wanttobemommy]

Ok so I couldnt even try to type this earlier because the f'ing hospital had me sooo scared that miscarraige was inevitable I couldnt even breath. After the hospital loosing my orders for my ultrasound and then loosing my paper work and then decided to do an abdominal ultrasound instead of a vaginal. I finally went in for my ultrasound.

My bladder was so full I thought I was going to die! They obviously couldnt see what they needed to. They decided to do a transvaginal ultrasound. The lady was a total witch and wouldnt let me see anything she was looking at. I did ask her if she saw anything that looked like the baby was in my uterus to let me see. She turned the screen and told me that there was a gestational sac and a yolk sac. She then left the room to share the 100+ pics she took with the radiologist. She came back into the room and told me I could get dressed and that my dr ordered another ultrasound for a week from now (bad sign number 1.) My medical will NOT cover early ultrasounds unless coded as a medical emergency my dr will not fudge on anything!

Ok... So as I am walking out of the hospital I call the drs office to figure out what is going on. They tell me that they will call me back in a few minutes as the report was given directly to the dr (bad sign number 2) The lab always gives results to the nurse. They call me back and ask me to bring in my blood work results from the clinic when I confirmed my pregnancy and my BBT chart. They are trying to say I ovulated later. When they saw my chart they said that they agreed with how far along I am. My dr said to me that the ultrasound for next week was to confirm that the baby had stopped growing (bad sign number 3.)

Then I am bawling my eyes out angry as hell. The drs office calls me again this time for a Quantatative BETA. I went in for that and will go back again on Friday. I will get the full explaination of the ultrasound on Monday and the results from both Betas...

Ok so now here is my question. According to my dates I am due closer to the end of September and that would make me 5w1d today! Everything I have read says that the yolk sac forms at the end of the 4th week. So being that I saw a gestational sac and a yolk sac I would assume that everything is ok. The dr told me they were concerned that the gestational sac and yolk sac are only measuring 4 weeks. But that doesnt match up to anything that I have read. So I guess I am just really confused. I guess I will know more on Monday but that is going to make this week creep by. Has anyone ever heard of this?? I need any type of encouragement.

[staceyneale]

I am sorry you are going through so much. It sounds very emotionally draining and scary. I would probably have thrown a fit for someone to just give me answers right here right now. When you started cramping, was it like AF cramps or severe cramps? I hope your baby is doing okay. I will be praying for you.

[quagmire8]

ok, that doesnt sound so bad...a good friend was supposed to be 6 weeks along when she had a cyst rupture (she had been on clomid), and went to the ER for the pain. the ultrasound they did there had her measuring a week behind. she had to endure that week of uncertainty before she could have a second ultrasound. second ultrasound showed everything progressing normally. simple case of ovulating a week late. you have thought that the doctors due date was off by some bit, so it doesnt seem too far fetched that the baby would be measuring behind. i am so sorry you have to go through this....the waiting is the worst. i will be hoping, praying, wishing, and fingers/toes crossing that everything is ok!

[wanttobemommy]

the ultrasound tech said I was only measuring 4 weeks not 5 and my dates put me at 5w
1d. I am just worried that something is wrong. I am the one who metioned the BETA and my dr said no. Then called me back and agreed to it. Today was the day that I started having symptoms I actually got sick today and my BBs are really tender. I am hoping that everything is ok. I dont know if I should go in for an ultrasound in a week or if I should wait until the 9th so I would be a bit further along.

[KR258]

I don't have the answer for you. I thought that the yolk sac formed earlier than that but can only be seen at the 4th week but I may have just misunderstood things. I wish I could find a definite answer for you...I'm just not sure. I will pray for you and your bean though. I hope everything is okay and I'm sorry you're going through this.

[wanna be a young mother]

First off I hate early u/s! Same crap happened to me. The nurse said both baby A&B were measuring 5 weeks 1 day and I was OVER 6 weeks along(I did IVF so I knew how far along I was exactly). All they saw was the sac and no HB which should have shown up. I went back the next week and baby A was measuring 6 weeks 4 days (I was exactly 7 weeks) and baby B was 5 weeks 1 day. There was a HB for baby A but not B and well you know what happened with that. The point is I was freaked that I lost both babies but even though Nevy measured behind she was still fine. Early u/s just make women nuts which is why most Dr.'s wont do them. I have to say when your Dr. gave you your due date and I looked at your chart I was like ok that seems WAY OFF to me! I agree that you should be 5 weeks and 1day. Since the HB wont show until after 6-7 weeks you should be fine with only the sac showing. The fact that you have a sac (even though it is measuring behind) is a good sign. If the baby implanted later or is a slow starter (which was the case with Nevy) then that explains why its a little behind. I was told the sac measuring up to a week behind was normal and not to worry. So as hard as that seems Kristin try not to worry. The next u/s should show that everything is fine and they are just off on their numbers. I will be praying for you and your little bean. I really hope those dumb Dr.'s are wrong!

Also dont worry to much if the BETA doesn't totally double. Mine didn't the first time but then it did the second time. It is VERY normal to have the baby measure behind and be a slow starter. If you search the internet you will see many stories of this happening to women. I really think your Dr. jumped the gun in sending you for an u/s this early. They should have waited another week and then that way you would have been farther along and been able to see the HB.

Here are some 5 & 6 week u/s so you can see the difference that one week makes. So your Dr. being off even a few days can mean the difference between a sac and a baby.

http://www.advancedfertility.com/ultraso1.htm


Here is post from a pregnancy question site (if you want the link pm me )

Q-I'm concerned because my 5 week 4 day ultrasound just showed the sac with no heartbeat. Should I be concerned? I recently had miscarriage!


A-I am an ultrasound tech and here is what you see weeks 4-6 .

Week 4 you will most likely just have a thick endo with no gest sac, some see a very small sac late in week 4

Week 5 this is the week you see the gestational sac and also the yolk sac at about 5 and a half weeks. Very rare to see a fetal pole (baby) at even 5 weeks 6 days.

6 weeks is when you can see the baby (transvaginally). Usually as soon as you see the baby you see the heart beat. So needless to say perfectly normal! And even if your lmp says you are six weeks and there is no baby yet....A lot of women dont measure exactly right on due to their ovulation being off of the norm.

So the fact that you have a sac shows that you have to be close to 5 weeks pregnant which you are. So I say your tech was a dumb a** and that you are ok since you have a sac.

[wanttobemommy]

thanks jennifer i have been freaking out all day. i knew the dates were off and tried to fight it with them but i did see a gestational sac and a yolk sac. i am hoping that everything is ok

[wanttobemommy]

this is what I got from Wikipedia.

In humans
It is the first element seen in the gestational sac during pregnancy, usually at 5 weeks gestation. It is a critical landmark, identifying a true gestation sac. It is reliably seen early in human pregnancy using ultrasound.

The yolk-sac is situated on the ventral aspect of the embryo; it is lined by extra-embyronic endoderm, outside of which is a layer of extra-embryonic mesenchyme, derived from the mesoderm.

Blood is conveyed to the wall of the sac by the primitive aorta, and after circulating through a wide-meshed capillary plexus, is returned by the vitelline veins to the tubular heart of the embryo. This constitutes the vitelline circulation, and by means of it nutritive material is absorbed from the yolk-sac and conveyed to the embryo.

At the end of the fourth week the yolk-sac presents the appearance of a small pear-shaped vesicle (umbilical vesicle) opening into the digestive tube by a long narrow tube, the vitelline duct.

The vesicle can be seen in the after-birth as a small, somewhat oval-shaped body whose diameter varies from 1 mm. to 5 mm.; it is situated between the amnion and the chorion and may lie on or at a varying distance from the placenta.

As a rule the duct undergoes complete obliteration during the seventh week, but in about two percent of cases its proximal part persists as a diverticulum from the small intestine, Meckel's diverticulum, which is situated about 60cm proximal to the ileocecal valve, and may be attached by a fibrous cord to the abdominal wall at the umbilicus.

Sometimes a narrowing of the lumen of the ileum is seen opposite the site of attachment of the duct.

[wanna be a young mother]

Sorry I just added to the post with some new links and quotes. I should have just posted a new post since my response was alreay a mile long. I think your tech needs to go back to school b/c if you have a sac then you have to be at least 5 weeks since a sac wont show up at 4 weeks. Maybe you measured like 4 weeks 6 days or something and your chart has the Dr.'s date of 6 weeks so she figured you m/c but since you really are only 5 weeks that puts you right where you should be. You know what I'm trying to say? ( sorry I'm tired)

[wanna be a young mother]

Yes see that article said what I was trying to say lol! You cant have a sac that measures 4 weeks b/c you cant see the sac until 5 weeks!