I called the nurse first thing this morning and was able to schedule an ultrasound for this afternoon. Light spotting mixed with endometrin continued all day, but thankfully, for now, I was proven wrong. Mostly.
Good news is always tempered with concerns. The good news: There is still a heartbeat measuring on track at 163 bpm. The second sac is shrinking. There is no blood around the attachment site or in between the sac and my cervix. And my cervix is closed. The CRL is measuring slightly behind but not too far at this point to cause much concern.
The concerns, however, are whoppers. There is something else in the sac pumping blood (I don't know if I am accurately describing what is happening or using the correct terms, to be honest I am confused about what I was told). Apparently, it is too early and difficult to identify, but it could be blood clot in or near the umbilical cord, it could be an identical twin, it could be an abnormality of the umbilical cord or it could be one of those things that looks weird early on and then resolves itself in a week.
So I go back in a week. I think I've used up all of my worries these past few days and I don't have any left tonight to sort through what all of this could mean. I do know that a blood clot would be fatal. An identical twin would present many complications. I don't know how likely it is that what we saw today is just nothing and everything is fine. Has anyone else experienced something like this?
For tonight I am content with having heard the heartbeat after thinking this pregnancy was over. I am just so tired.
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I am so sorry you are experiencing so much stress and worry. I wish there was something I could say to ease your fears. Sending prayers for you and your baby! (((HUGS)))
What! Umm. never heard of that. Is it anohter heart? heartbeat? if it is another twin, maybe that twin is "vanishing" as it is called. hmmm..
XOXOXO
First, so happy about the strong heartbeat. Beyond that, I don't even know. I just hope you can have a strong week of waiting, although I know that may not be possible.
I am so sorry. You deserve to get good and EASY results. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you. An identical twin poses problems but there is a lot of very good medical info about them to keep them and you as safe as possible. xoxoxoxo
I'm sorry this is rough. Hang in there. Try to not to stress because it doesn't help. I'm one to say that. LOL One day at a time!
I'm so glad you heard the heartbeat again. I hate that there is still so much uncertainty and stress! I had a ton of heavy bleeding up until about 11 weeks with my pregnancy but it was diagnosed as SCH. There was, however, a weird 'sac thing' that the doctor saw near one of the twins that he thought might have been a vanishing identical twin and causing some if the bleeding as well. I don't know if that is similar to what is going on here. I hope so much that this is one of those 'everything is fine in a week' cases.
I'm sorry you got scary news along with the good news.
That heart beat is fantastic for 7w5d - and I am going to hold onto that as a good sign for you!
I can't comment on the "other thing" in the sac because I've never experienced that. But I will hope that it resolves itself.
Hang in there.
Happy to read that you heard the heartbeat. Sorry that there are still so many complications. Hoping all will smooth out soon.
Oh my goodness! Will the suspense ever end? Hope you can focus right now on the strong heart beat and not worry about the unknowns (easy for me to say, I know). But when there are unknowns, might as well not let them stress you out!
Oh wow, what a rollercoaster! but still, the heartbeat is superb, no idea what the other thing might be, I'm hoping for one of those resolving themselves at the next scan!
It is incredibly hard and exhausting to wait through this. At a certain point through our vanishing twin issues I felt so TIRED of the constant worry, that it pushed me over to kind of a numb period. Suddenly I realized the best I could do is to keep a hope and have super positive thoughts for that little guy in there with the heartbeat. And things got a bit easier.
I am glad you are offered a follow up for monitoring. Hopefully, that appointment will deliver more answers and they will be good and re-assuring. I am sorry you have to go through this. I am having super positive thoughts for you.
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