Ghost? Anyone? IVF identical twins no heartbeat 7 weeks

[dk]

Ghost, I'm thinking this could be a question for you but I'd love to hear any encouraging thoughts or stories ...

Today I am 7 weeks exactly--our third IVF attempt--and we had the ultrasound. The doctor told me I am pregnant with identical twins. One looks really small. The other has the beginnings of a fetal pole. But no heartbeat on either.

They want to check again for a heartbeat in five days. He said my chances of either surviving are 50/50. I'm beyond sad.

Is there any chance this could work out? The doctor said they could be developing more slowly--that this happens when they share the same placenta? Is that common?

Has anyone else had a heartbeat show up after 7 weeks?

Thanks so much for any insights you can give.

About me:
1 MC trisomy
1 MC blighted ovum
2 IVF attempts BFN

[Ghost]

Ghost, I'm thinking this could be a question for you but I'd love to hear any encouraging thoughts or stories ...

Today I am 7 weeks exactly--our third IVF attempt--and we had the ultrasound. The doctor told me I am pregnant with identical twins. One looks really small. The other has the beginnings of a fetal pole. But no heartbeat on either.

They want to check again for a heartbeat in five days. He said my chances of either surviving are 50/50. I'm beyond sad.

Is there any chance this could work out? The doctor said they could be developing more slowly--that this happens when they share the same placenta? Is that common?

Has anyone else had a heartbeat show up after 7 weeks?

Thanks so much for any insights you can give.

About me:
1 MC trisomy
1 MC blighted ovum
2 IVF attempts BFN

I think he's right to check again.

To be completely open and honest, I can't recall a case where a heartbeat was absent at 7 weeks but showed up later. But maybe monozygotics are different, and are merely slowed a bit by the split? I don't know.