Have another scan in 2ish weeks for the nt, I am now 10 weeks! If you feel a message or content violates these standards and would like to request its removal please submit the following information and our moderating team will respond shortly. We'll see I guess My RE also told me that +- 5 days this early on was fairly normal. THey just tell me its a strong heartbeat. We are so confused, hurt and frustrated. All rights reserved. But I was worried because I had only one BD and dates seemed strange. Preg #2 - PTL @ 30.1 weeks - Kellen born @ 3 lbs. He has seen it go both ways and said its a grey area and to be cautiously optimistic. Hi everyone, hope I'm posting in the right place. Its an ivf baby. Or so we thought we are kinda in limbo right now. I want to say the sac doesnt matter as much as the crown to rump measurement. We had our scan last week and although there was a heartbeat, the baby was measuring very small, only 3mm which I believe is around 5 weeks, making it two weeks behind. A Group Owner is a member that has initiated the creation of a group to connect with other members to share their journey through the same pregnancy & baby stages. Also, so much mixed information out there! The last one being extremely traumatic. My IVF baby consistently measured about a week behind. I had an ultrasound at 6 weeks and the baby was measuring at 5 weeks. I hope you get the good outcome. From my continuous googling over the past two weeks it seems like a reasonable margin of error is +/- 5 or 7 days. I really appreciate hearing stories of this working out, it's making this 2WW much more bearable (at first all I could think about was it being dead inside me for 2 weeks .. now I have some hope it might be growing rapidly and ok). We had our first ultrasound yesterday Im suppose to be 6w4d yesterday. I was actually really surprised by the ultrasound because I'd been feeling consistently nauseous, I thought the little one must be thriving based on how bad I was feeling. ndo_waiting - Thanks for sharing - congrats on your DS and sorry for your loss and struggles. I had a FET June 9 (embryo was 4AA). There was a . Cookie Notice His reasoning was that you never know what day implantation happened. I just did some Google Maps comparisons. A Group Leader is a What to Expect community member who has been selected by our staff to help maintain a positive, supportive tone within a group. If I start feeling really crampy or bleeding I am going to go to the ER though. It was super scary for us as we didn't even have a fetal pole at our 6 week scan, so we promptly freaked out thinking this was our 4th MC in a row. All the best, I totally get the anxiety and stress of ivf, thank you for your reply! I do still feel symptoms - bloated (but maybe not as much), nauseous, and tired, my boobs have been sore since I started taking progesterone so I don't really consider that a pregnancy symptom. It's hard with IVF babies as we are very certain of dates. What do you guys think? There was a heartbeat she didnt tell me the rate but measured me 3 days behind. Anyone been in the same boat? Get weekly updates on baby and your body. One website told me that 3mm foetal pole would be 6w3d so not sure why she told me I'm under 6! For me, it's concerning that our baby looks almost squished in the GS. So my husband and I have been doing IVF for going on 2 years now this is our 3rd transfer and it finally worked! I am 7 wks, 2 days today (based on LMP) and I went in for my first ultrasound. If you feel a message or content violates these standards and would like to request its removal please submit the following information and our moderating team will respond shortly. Good luck at your next ultrasound!! Is there any hope? The nurse practitioner basically told me to expect to miscarry but scheduled a follow up for the following week. I can't even imagine. Ill definitely let u know how it went and please let me know for you as well. They were able to find a heartbeat which was at 111 BPM, but the nurse said it is lower than normal, but is in the range you would expect for 6 weeks. Meet other parents of October 2020 babies and share the joys and challenges as your children grow. The following week 8w1d, I actually had my first obappt and that tech who didnt make me feel too confident, babys heart rate was 103,105,106. You have given me hope today, thank you Hoping that your U/S next week goes well After reading everyone's posts, sounds like you have good things ahead of you and your baby as well . I hope that your upcoming IVF cycle is successful and that you have a healthy baby in your arms soon. Baby couldn't even be measured when I was supposed to be 7 weeks. Is it possible the measurements are off?I confirmed I was 7w5d on April 3rd and this ultrasound was on the 17th.I should mention too (which confuses me) I know for a 7w ultrasound - no hb and measuring behind. Whatever you are going through, you are not alone. My RE was fairly adamant that it be 2 weeks so he would get a really good idea of the development at that point. I lost a baby in June. Also an IVF pregnancy, but with a frozen day 5 blast. I go back in two weeks for another ultrasound, if . It's such small measurements, my dr says it can be up to a week out. I am hoping to have a D & C tomorrow if they can fit me in so this can be over - my body doesn't seem to be recognizing that there's a problem too quickly on its own. I thought I was 7w2d but she measured me around 5w5d which would be impossible with my dates and when I got my positive. They grow at 1mm per day, and when measuring when theyre so tiny, even the slightest movement from baby can alter the dating. My guess is you just ovulated at a different time. I had two embryos implanted and both took.. One split and have my twinnies and the other one only made it to 9 weeks but the point I am making is the one that didn't make it was a whole week behind the others two.. At our 7 week dating scan we were told by our fertility specialist that our baby was measuring too small and he couldnt see a heartbeat. I was expecting another m/c, so it was nice to move into a more normal range. Now I have to wait for 2 weeks for a follow up US. My RE (reproductive endocrinologist) seemed more optimistic and said there's a margin for the . I'm worried our baby won't have anywhere to grow. Meet people who are also expecting! Group Leaders communicate with staff moderators and escalate potential violations for review, but they dont moderate discussions. From A LOT of research I think that scans between 5-7 weeks can vary a lot. Exact same thing happened to me! Fingers crossed they just got the measurements wrong. Thanks Returnable - maybe I'll see you at Lakeridge one morning sometime. 10 days later, I was measuring 7w3d (so less of a gap), and heart rate 143. All rights reserved. At 7 weeks, your baby should be about 5 to 9 millimeters (mm) in size and the gestational sac will be about 18 to 24 mm. Sorry you're going through this too. I had my 7 week ultrasound today after transferring 3 day 3 embryos last month. The baby is measure at 1 week behind, or 6 weeks. The ultrasound tech found one baby measuring 6w3d. The educational health content on What To Expect is reviewed by our medical review board and team of experts to be up-to-date and in line with the latest evidence-based medical information and accepted health guidelines, including the medically reviewed What to Expect books by Heidi Murkoff. I went for an early scan yesterday when I was supposed to be 7w1-2d, but measures 6w5d with ultrasound CRL. Don't worry if the doctor said everything looked good. and therefore, when conception occurred. But the baby is healthy so far! Even though it's ivf it can still implant late. Learn more about, As a Single Mom, I Struggled to Accept Help During the 4th Trimester, Learn About What to Expect's Pregnancy & Baby App. She did it 3 times and she said maybe youre not as far along as you think. Let me know how you get on? Obviously, the journey to get this far has been long and stressful, and the stress just never ends. Just try to hold out until your next scan and not worry too much (I say whilst being super stressed myself! We use data about you for a number of purposes explained in the links below. But, I ovulated on cycle day 16, therefore my due date is pushed back two days, so I'm 6w 5d. Just wondered if anyone had heard if experienced this before? With my son I wasn't temping or doing OPK's and he was 6 days behind what I *thought* was my due date based on LMP. 1997-2023 BabyCenter, LLC, a Ziff Davis company. Currently measuring 7w5d at 8w2d. Some things Im reading are giving me hope . So quick history. sorry I had a SCH too on my first ultrasound but it went away by the second ultrasound two weeks later so I can't really give you any advice. Create an account or log in to participate. Then 2 days later (7w2d) we go to the UC and theres a heartbeat and baby is measuring 6w1d. For those of you who didn't have a positive outcome, were there any other indicators other than being 1 week behind? Im hoping all goes well for you as well! Had my FET on 22/7. Thanks for the tip! I had my first 6 week scan and measured 6+3. . I've posted a couple of boards and there have been some examples where baby measured small and then caught up with dates. She said that edd is based off a 28 day cycle with the average ovulation day 14. Im definitely finding mixed info as well its frustrating. Start by selecting which of these best describes you! I had a FET June 9 (embryo was 4AA). I had my first ultrasound last Friday at 7 weeks. And given that I've had an ectopic, and losses, and successes with rocky starts, it really is a true description. We know definite conception date because it's my first round of IVF! Subsequent ultrasound 2 weeks later confirmed that the baby had stopped growing and my wife had a D&C (ended up testing positive for Trisomy-16). Group Owners uphold the core values of the brand by reporting content that violates the community guidelines. When we went back for our second ultrasound at 9 weeks and 3 days, our baby is measuring at 8 weeks and 6 days. The waiting is just awful isn't it, every day feels like a month! TTC since August 2016, with RE since August 2017, We went through something similar in January - not the intermittent heartbeat but measuring behind and a lower heart rate- we also had a larger than normal yolk sac but we just had to take it appt by appt. Get weekly updates on baby and your body. I think it will be a miracle if it works out but who knows. I am 7 wks, 2 days today (based on LMP) and I went in for my first ultrasound. Just wanted to say thanks for the support to those who responded to my thread. I have to say, we have probably had the worst 48 hours of our entire IVF/Fertility Journey. If you temped then you would *know* when you ovulated based off your temp spike (you wouldn't be saying that you *think* you O'd 1-3 days after a pos OPK). So I'm measuring a week behind. There was a heartbeat but the dr didnt measure it for some reason. Another scan two weeks later and the baby had grown as required again, so it turns out my dates must have been later. It helps to see other ivf mamas in the same position and it working out, thank you Wishing you a healthy happy baby. We are just so confused and feeling very upset but also neutral at this point, just looking for maybe any possible signs of hope or whether just expecting the worst is best. Hes still growing, just smaller than expected. Though I didn't do IVF or IUI, I feel like I knew when I ovulated. ?All very confusing not to question the professionals based on Google but also praying I'm right! See if you can talk them into an earlier US. Now is the perfect time to start your Baby Registry! If my babies crl measurement is 6 weeks 2 days, the sac is only measuring 6 weeks, falling two days short. I went in thinking 7 weeks but baby m. I was really hoping to NEVER have to have another sono hopefully this will be the last one. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. I had a FET of a 5 day embryo on June 15 after 8 days of progesterone (long story short, I had 3 biopsies to determine that I needed more progesterone than average to have a receptive uterus).