Ghost...or anyone,plz advice
Ghost...or anyone,plz advice
Hi, u were a lot of help for me when I was going thru OHSS after ET. My ET was on the 24 may, it was a day 3 transfer. Can u tell me how many weeks I should be. The U/S on monday shows 5 + weeks but the doc did see a heart beat and has called me after 1 week. I am really concerned as he kept saying that lets wait and see what happens. My HCG done about a week earlier was 7500. Plz reply soon as I am very worried.
Me: 35 yr, PCOS, single tube, cervical incomp.
DH: 43 yr, low motility
June 2001: natural pregnancy, DS born
Several clomid attempts later....
Dec 2007: First IVF: sneezed it out
Nov 2008: FET: chemical pregnancy
May/June 2009: Second IVF attempt
DH: 43 yr, low motility
June 2001: natural pregnancy, DS born
Several clomid attempts later....
Dec 2007: First IVF: sneezed it out
Nov 2008: FET: chemical pregnancy
May/June 2009: Second IVF attempt
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to_have_fun08
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Add 2 weeks to your ER date and that will be how many weeks you are. So if your ET was May 24, ER was May 21. You should be 7w5d or around there. Which would make since since usually you don't see a HB till at least 6 weeks.
Hope this helps.
Chris
Hope this helps.
Chris
Chris 40- DH 41
6 IVFs Cycles - BFN's
DE Cycle 2/2011 -BFP Jacob born 11/11/11
FET 7/2012 - BFP - Kaylee due 4/3/13
6 IVFs Cycles - BFN's
DE Cycle 2/2011 -BFP Jacob born 11/11/11
FET 7/2012 - BFP - Kaylee due 4/3/13
Re: Ghost...or anyone,plz advice
That's over 7 weeks by the dates. You should see a heartbeat at that point.sara73 wrote:Hi, u were a lot of help for me when I was going thru OHSS after ET. My ET was on the 24 may, it was a day 3 transfer. Can u tell me how many weeks I should be. The U/S on monday shows 5 + weeks but the doc did see a heart beat and has called me after 1 week. I am really concerned as he kept saying that lets wait and see what happens. My HCG done about a week earlier was 7500. Plz reply soon as I am very worried.
At 5 weeks, there is no heartbeat to see.
Keep in mind, gestational ages are traditionally measured from last menstrual period (because that was all they had to go by, long ago). This means little in IVF cycles, but to be consistent with the standard conventions, gestational age starts 2 weeks before retrieval, about when menses would normally have occurred.
Thanx for the reply Ghost and to-have-fun, my U/S is on monday when they will check the progress. Since they did see a HB, so it should be at week 6 +. But I was wondering, is this normal? to have a difference in the developmental age and the estimated gestational age? and how common is it? what r the usual outcomes? I mean how does the pregnancy usually progress? Anyone have any answers? thanx and baby dust to all.
Me: 35 yr, PCOS, single tube, cervical incomp.
DH: 43 yr, low motility
June 2001: natural pregnancy, DS born
Several clomid attempts later....
Dec 2007: First IVF: sneezed it out
Nov 2008: FET: chemical pregnancy
May/June 2009: Second IVF attempt
DH: 43 yr, low motility
June 2001: natural pregnancy, DS born
Several clomid attempts later....
Dec 2007: First IVF: sneezed it out
Nov 2008: FET: chemical pregnancy
May/June 2009: Second IVF attempt
I'm not sure there is a difference.sara73 wrote:Thanx for the reply Ghost and to-have-fun, my U/S is on monday when they will check the progress. Since they did see a HB, so it should be at week 6 +. But I was wondering, is this normal? to have a difference in the developmental age and the estimated gestational age? and how common is it? what r the usual outcomes? I mean how does the pregnancy usually progress? Anyone have any answers? thanx and baby dust to all.
They wrote "5+". They saw a heartbeat. They know, or should know, that heartbeats are not consistent with 5 weeks, but with 6 or more weeks.
My clinic never uses notations like 5+. But since 7 weeks is greater than 5, it meets the definition of 5+. So perhaps there is no contradiction, just vague imprecision.