Ok, now you've noticed the post title "A heartbeat" and yes that is singular. Baby A is now measurable. It's crown rump length is 5.67 mm and it measured 6 weeks 2 days. We're currently 6 weeks 6 days, but a few days off is not a big deal. (A week or more at this early stage could be a big deal.) It's definitely progressed nicely since 6 days ago when we last saw it. And we saw that fluttering, flickering heartbeat on the screen - oh god, that was beautiful! DH and I were both smiling ear to ear! In fact, if a smile could wrap around one's head, that would have been us. The RE turned the sound on and tried to measure the heartbeat but we couldn't keep the u/s on the heartbeat long enough. But we did get to hear it, although briefly, before the audio would fade back out (at least the heartbeat on the screen wasn't fading out or I would have freaked.) By next week's visit we should be easily able to measure the heartbeat because the embryo should grow quite a bit in the next week so maybe we'll have a better chance of getting an audio clip for everyone (thanks for the suggestion Michelle!)
Now, onto Baby B. It really doesn't look like there's going to be a Baby B for much longer. Baby B has not progressed at all really since last week. The sac is much smaller than Baby A and there is no evidence of a fetus in the sac - no fetal pole or heartbeat. So chances are the sac will eventually just be reabsorbed by my body and we'll proceed with a singleton pregnancy. While it's definitely sad that Baby B didn't progress and most likely won't, a singleton pregnancy would be much less risky, especially with my questionable cervix. At this point we have the attitude that everything happens for a reason. All along we've wanted at least one happy, healthy baby and I tell you what - we are going to love this one baby like crazy!!
So here are some pics from today:
First pic is Baby A - fuzzy I know, but it was measurable this time and we did see the heartbeat - AWESOME!!!
Second pic is Baby B (on the right). The crosses through the sac for Baby B was where the doc was measuring and coming to the conclusion that the sac is measurably smaller than A (shown to the left of B) and there was no evidence of a baby in sac B.
Third pic is one from a distance - or in other words, not zoomed in on the sacs. This pic easily shows the size difference between A on the left and B on the right.
So next week I have 2 appointments on Wednesday. I meet my new OB/GYN Wednesday morning and we go see the RE again on Wednesday night. Can't wait to have another peek at the little one.
I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for being here for me all of these months and the fun will continue, I promise!
That is wonderful that you got to see the heart beat, it must have be a glorious moment. I am excited to read that you had 5 eggs retrieved because I am on my first round of IVF and I too have 5 eggs so far to retrieve. I was worried that, that was too few eggs but with your success I feel reassured. I hope you don't mind me asking but how did you and hubby come to the decision to transfer 3 embryos. I seem to change my mind on a daily basis as to how many we should transfer (if we have the choice).
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Hi KC! Congrats on your 5 eggs! I know how you feel about being worried that it's not enough. The embryologist recommended 2-3 based on my age and because they weren't perfect, so we had a better shot of 1 sticking if we transferred all 3. Our last reason for transferring all 3 is that our clinic generally recommends against freezing just 1 because there's a chance it may not survive the thaw. So we were a little nervous about triplets but decided to go with all 3. Let me know what you decide to (or decided) to go with and GOOD LUCK!!
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