Dear Midwife,
I am about 5 - 6 weeks pregnant and went to the doctor today and they found no fetal pole on the ultrasound.. I'm worried. They called me and told me my hcg level doubled as normal... But shouldn't they be able to find the fetal pole at this time?? PLEASE HELP ME!?
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Not necessarily. As long as your hcg is doubling--or even going up--it is too soon to worry. Not all babies do things according to the book, as they are too little to read :-).
I went through this last week after I had a small bleed but after having 2 blood tests done I was told my hcg had nearly tripled in 48 hours. I've got to go back for another scan next week but I'm sure everything will be fine as I've spoke to a few people who have had the same thing.
Submitted by lvnmmyhood on Fri, 11/28/2008 - 13:52.
I went through this with my first pregnancy.
It's okay! And very common from what I understand. I was in tears for the next two weeks as they told my I could me miscarrying. But my next ultrasound was completely normal and now have a wonderful three year old!!!
The reasoning they gave me was that I ovulated late and there for was not as far a long as they had thought! Take a deep breath and relax,chances are everything is just fine!
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I went through this last week
I went through this last week after I had a small bleed but after having 2 blood tests done I was told my hcg had nearly tripled in 48 hours. I've got to go back for another scan next week but I'm sure everything will be fine as I've spoke to a few people who have had the same thing.
Jo
I went through this with my
I went through this with my first pregnancy.
It's okay! And very common from what I understand. I was in tears for the next two weeks as they told my I could me miscarrying. But my next ultrasound was completely normal and now have a wonderful three year old!!!
The reasoning they gave me was that I ovulated late and there for was not as far a long as they had thought! Take a deep breath and relax,chances are everything is just fine!
April