Saturday, November 11, 2006
It's always something
Yesterday morning, C and I went in for our 2nd sonogram. The "blob" that we were worried about is probably a blood clot, and the doctor didn't seem concerned about it.
We also saw the heartbeat!
BUT, the doctor said the "yolk sac" (which I never even heard of) seems like it might be disproportionately large, and that this might indicate that something is wrong with the fetus (embryo? whatever). And that I might have a miscarriage.
Well, we were SO upset afterwards. We both had big work days afterwards (well, I was being observed teaching and C had a billion meetings) and it was hard to concentrate on anything. Maybe we overreacted but I just feel like we just keep having to wait and see what happens.
Because my numbers (the hcg levels) didn't quite double between the 1st and the 2nd pregnancy test (113 to 180), they're worried something's wrong and I might miscarry (even though the numbers more than doubled after that, going up to 680 and then 1470).
Because of that weird blob hanging out in my uterus, the doctor said something might be wrong, and I might miscarry.
And now, because the yolk sac looks bigger than normal, something might be wrong and I might miscarry.
We had to give a pep talk to my belly yesterday to encourage Avery/Nora to grow grow grow!
I ended up telling my parents yesterday night, and they were pretty encouraging. They also sent me this: A very large yolk sac may exist in normal pregnancy. When embryonic heartbeats exist, the poor quality and early regression of a yolk sac are more specific than the large size of a yolk sac in predicting pregnancy loss. When an embryo is undetectable, a relatively large yolk sac, even of normal shape, may be an indicator of miscarriage.
This is a good thing to keep in mind; after all, we saw the heartbeat and that seems important. and the yolk sac did not seem to be "of poor quality."
On the 21st, we'll go in for another sonogram with our regular RE, and hopefully he'll have good news for us.
We also saw the heartbeat!
BUT, the doctor said the "yolk sac" (which I never even heard of) seems like it might be disproportionately large, and that this might indicate that something is wrong with the fetus (embryo? whatever). And that I might have a miscarriage.
Well, we were SO upset afterwards. We both had big work days afterwards (well, I was being observed teaching and C had a billion meetings) and it was hard to concentrate on anything. Maybe we overreacted but I just feel like we just keep having to wait and see what happens.
Because my numbers (the hcg levels) didn't quite double between the 1st and the 2nd pregnancy test (113 to 180), they're worried something's wrong and I might miscarry (even though the numbers more than doubled after that, going up to 680 and then 1470).
Because of that weird blob hanging out in my uterus, the doctor said something might be wrong, and I might miscarry.
And now, because the yolk sac looks bigger than normal, something might be wrong and I might miscarry.
We had to give a pep talk to my belly yesterday to encourage Avery/Nora to grow grow grow!
I ended up telling my parents yesterday night, and they were pretty encouraging. They also sent me this: A very large yolk sac may exist in normal pregnancy. When embryonic heartbeats exist, the poor quality and early regression of a yolk sac are more specific than the large size of a yolk sac in predicting pregnancy loss. When an embryo is undetectable, a relatively large yolk sac, even of normal shape, may be an indicator of miscarriage.
This is a good thing to keep in mind; after all, we saw the heartbeat and that seems important. and the yolk sac did not seem to be "of poor quality."
On the 21st, we'll go in for another sonogram with our regular RE, and hopefully he'll have good news for us.
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That's good to hear that a large yolk sac isn't always a bad thing. Also, your little tyke is an embryo up through 8 weeks, then a fetus after that (it's about 2-3" long at that point).
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