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Please help, so confused, supposed to be 7w6d baby measures 5w4d?

Hello Ladies,

I had an US today and they saw a gestational sac, yolk sac and fetal pole starting. US person said it all looked good like everything was progressing. It made me feel better but i am very confused and i honestly have no idea what to think. On June 27th i went to the ER and they found nothing in my uterus other than a thickened uterine lining and corpus leutem cyst and HCG was 334. Two days later i went to my doctor for follow up and she did an internal and said i "felt to be around 6 weeks". which would have been correct since on the saturday before i should have been 6 weeks pregnant. They also did my HCG again that day (June 29th) and said it had gone up to 734 or 774, i cant remember. So based on all of this i should have been 8 weeks tomorrow, at my U/S today she said the baby measured 5wks 4days and that i probably ovulated late since my cycles are soo screwed up. (4 periods last year, 2 this year).

My problem is that i got a positive pregnancy test on june 24th. pregnology.com said that based on the new due date the US person gave today i would be due March 7th and i would have ovulated June 15th and implantation would have taken place June 24th. The same day i got a positive pregnancy test the baby was supposedly implanting???? I'm sure i'll get another US soon to see if things continue to progress i go back to my doc on monday and i will hopefully figure out whats going on then. She said the due date could change once they see/hear the heartbeat.. i wonder how seeing/hearing the heartbeat can change my due date?

And when i went to my doctor and she did the internal exam and said i "felt to be around 6 weeks" based on what the U/S person said today i would have only been 4 weeks when my doc did the exam. so why would it feel to be 6 weeks if i was only 4 weeks?

ahh im sooooo confused. the late implantation makes sense to me but im really nervous that this pregnancy is not going to progress. obviously alot showed up from last week to this week the ges sac, yolk sac and start of the fetal pole but im scared. i go back to doc on monday..

any thoughts on any of this??
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1273074 tn?1310634736
why dont you get the hcg levels repeated on the third day itself. in viable pregnancy it should double in 2- 3days.
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thanks for responding, Infact we have done hcg level testing today and will be doing it once again after 1 week with one more US...

Thanks again....
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187316 tn?1386356682
If the baby didn't grow at all it sounds to me like a missed miscarriage. I am so sorry that your wife is having to go through this. I went though a missed miscarriage with my first pregnancy and it is heartbreaking. If you want to be absolutely sure though have them take her hcg levels and than retest them again 48-72 hours later. If they are dropping or not doubling within 72 hours than it is a miscarriage. If they do double than get another ultrasound and see if there is any growth.
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Hi all,
I am really looking for your suggestions if you have any from your past experience. We are trying for baby naturally for last 5 years with no success and then decided to do IVF. I am 33 years old and my wife is 30. After 3 embryo transfers and 2 weeks wait time, we had smile on our face when doctor said hcg level is +ve.
Then RE called us for ultrasound at 7th week, we saw one sac but fetus was measuring at 5 weeks 2 days and no heart beats, doctor concluded implantation took place late.
And RE called us again after 10 days for 2nd ultrasound. With 2nd ultrasound, also we did not see any heartbeat nor fetus was grown from the last measurement, Doctor broke our heart by saying its not viable pregnancy and we should go for D&E. I am very upset and can’t see my wife crying all night since then. Please help us and let me know your suggestions. Thanks!!

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1278876 tn?1304908319
I agree with alaysha, especially since your cycles are so irregular, the dates the websites gave you wouldnt be accurate. They arent perfectly accurate to begin with and they are based on average times most womans periods last and when its average for most woman to ovulate. I'm guessing that since your periods are so irregular that your ovulation times compared to a woman with the average cycle of 28-32 days wouldnt be the same. Im sure your OB would be more than happy to explain the best she can. And her doing the internal and feeling your uterus is just a guesstimate. its definitely not accurate. Congrats on your pregnancy and since at your u/s everything looked fine and normal i wouldnt worry too much
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187316 tn?1386356682
Well first off pressing on your stomach and guesstimating how far along you are in early pregnancy is NOT an accurate thing and I wouldn't be surprised if its off at all. Second I would guess that you are only just barely 6 weeks which would correlate well with your ultrasound. Also its possible that you implanted late or got an early result with a pregnancy test. Your levels are doubling which indicate a normal healthy pregnancy and you have had two ultrasounds which show positive growth. I wouldn't worry too much at this point. Your next ultrasound should be able to give you more information.
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