Hi ladies...
I am currently pregnant for the 6th time (no living children); however we were basically given no hope that this pregnancy was viable at our 6w1d scan. I did DE IVF in CZ and they transferred 3 8+cell embies on day 3. Here are my hCG results:
12dp3dt - 97
14dp3dt - 158
16dp3dt - 372
25dp3dt - 5125
All results were in the range of acceptable, but clearly on the low end. At my 6w1d u/s, they found a gestational sac and a yolk sac. DH thought he heard the ultrasonographer say the sac was measuring around 5w, but I didn't hear that. My perinatologist basically said it didn't look good and told me to come back in a week if I had not started bleeding. My CZ doc told me to go ahead and stop my meds (though I don't know if he realized there was a yolk sac or not).
However, now people have been telling me that it could be a late implanter and that often there isn't a fetal pole at 6w. I am having a hard time believing that and am not feeling much hope. I did have a tiny bit of spotting at 12dp3dt, but nothing since. Isn't that too late for implantation? I do have cramps, too.
Unfortunately, I stopped my meds and now am feeling guilty about that. I've been thru 2 m/c, 1 ectopic, 4 IVF cycles, 2 DE cycles (+ a 3rd cancelled DE cycle) and lost triplets at 21+ weeks, so I have a hard time really engaging lots of hope and faith into the process. I have not given up, but I am just more cautious about it. I'd appreciate any thoughts.