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Heartbeat Present & Everything Grown Except Embryo !?

5 posts on this thread and the last post was on May 21st, 2009 8:08 AM
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cheyne - May 15th, 2009 4:30 PM
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Hi there, my gestational sac has grown nicely and is measuring 26mm (mean sac diameter). There is a fetal pole present with a heartbeat. Yet the fetal pole has not grown for the past week and is measuring just 3.7mm. I have had no spotting or pains. My HCG level is at a good level and doubling. Heartbeat is present and has been present for the past 2 weeks. According to my own dates i should be 8 weeks. At scan 1 I had just the yolk sac present. At scan 2 fetal pole and heart pulsations were present. At scan 3 fetal pole and heartbeat was present. The scans were spaced at weekly intervals. The sac has grown 11 mm in the past week to a mean sac diameter of 27mm, and heartbeat is present, but fetal pole does not appear to have grown since last week. Is this pregnancy still viable? Help!?

cheyne - May 17th, 2009 10:56 AM

Wow, 3 days and not one answer. Caring bunch aren't you...

DownbutnotOUT - May 17th, 2009 9:35 PM

How slow is the babies heartbeat?

cheyne - May 18th, 2009 12:24 PM

Hi there, thanks for responding to my message. The sonographer did not tell me what the number of beats per minute were. However, it wasn't a 'flutter', but a solid, regular heartbeat - just 'slow', she said.


DownbutnotOUT - May 19th, 2009 6:56 PM

Hmm that's kind of tough because she just said slow even though it's solid. Has anything new happened? Are you getting a new u/s soon?

cheyne - May 21st, 2009 8:08 AM

Hi there, I have just been to my ultrasound and discovered that the heart has now stopped. Sadly my little one did not make it. She was a fighter though - her heart continued beating for three weeks after she stopped growing. I'm glad she is now at peace. Thanks so much for your kind support. All best wishes to you and yours, Cheyne xx