Re: 5w 6d u/s vs. 6w 1d u/s

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At Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Sabrena wrote: >
>I had an original u/s done at 5w2d which showed 2 gestational sacs, one
>of which for sure had a yolk sac and the other could not get a look at
>because of the exam being uncomfortable. I work in L&D and one of the
>residents did a quick look see on me today at 5w6d and again saw 2
>gestational sacs and for sure 1 yolk. I believe that there will more
>than likely be a vanished twin with this pregnancy. The yolk sac in the
>other appeared bigger that the previous u/s. I am concerned because
>there was not yet a fetal pole or heartbeat. My next u/s will be 6 w
>1d, should I expect to see a pole and heartbeat then or not since it is
>still a twin gestation? I am worried that out of the 2 I will not have a
>viable pregnancy. These have all been transvaginal. Just for history
>my betas were as follows:
>
>11dpo-51.56
>21dpo-308.42 (slow progression or lab error I think)
>23dpo-7005.4
>24dpo- 2 sacs and 1 definite yolk seen, baby B questionable
>
>Thank you so much!
>
>--
>Sabrena Nguyen
>

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James Wang, M.D.
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Tufts University School of Medicine

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