7w1d ultrasound...

My ultrasound today had its ups and downs.  They took me very shortly after I arrived, which meant I didn't need to sit with a full bladder for so long.  The techs were really nice and answered my questions, showed me the screen, and printed me the photo that I asked for.  But...maybe they shouldn't have answered my questions...

I asked if there was anything there.  There was definitely SOMETHING in my uterus...so no worries about anything ectopic.  But then the tech said to me, "I'm sorry, it's only looking like it's one week along."  ONE WEEK?  There's no conception at one week.  I told them that it was okay I would still like a photo of the sac.

When I met with the RE, which took a little bit longer, he explained that although I am supposed to be 7w1d today I am measuring at 5w2d.  Strangely enough, this doesn't seem to rattle me.  It should b/c I was expecting the u/s to show me at 6w - one week behind.  But, really, it was over a week before my HCG started to rise again....and I remember the embryologist telling me before I conceived Scarlett, that even though my embryos were left to 5 days, they actually never left the preblastocyst stage...so, really, if I take that into consideration, I might be okay.

Or I could be doing everything I can to tell myself it's okay.

The thing is, I am pregnant...I have pregnancy symptoms - not as severe as 7w, but definitely there...the exhaustion and the nausea and the sore boobs.  So really, like 5w symptoms.  I know that maybe the baby really is no longer growing...but I really can't help but think that it still is...after all, this is The Little Embryo That Could.

They took HCG today and I will get the results tomorrow afternoon.  I'll have to figure out what an acceptable number would be from last week's HCG test of 1335.  I think it should be at least 5000 if it is doubling properly now.  I could be wrong.  For now I have to just relax and hope that my HCG comes back strong.  Then stick it out until next week and hope for the embryo to have grown by a week.  The RE said if there's no obvious growth then we will have to think that it's over, but for now we can be cautiously hopeful.

If this little miracle embryo becomes a baby I'll certainly have to find a name that really suits this fighter!

*****an afterthought - added about an hour after the first post:

Upon visiting the misdiagnosed miscarriage site again, I came across all of the stories about women with tilted uteruses....I don't know if you remember that I mentioned that at my "review" my RE said that I had a tilted uterus.  I asked him if it was there before I conceived Scarlett and he said it was.  I asked what it could mean and he said "miscarriage."

But, according to what I've been reading, a tilted uterus often leads to a misdiagnosed miscarriage.  Often b/c the u/s can show the embryo a week or two behind schedule leading the doctor to believe it isn't a viable pregnancy.  I will keep this in mind at my next u/s and remind my RE about him telling me my uterus is tilted (if necessary).

I will still post tomorrow after finding out my HCG levels.