Re: 5w5d, high hcg and no yolk in growing sac...UPDATE

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After two weeks and four ultrasounds, they finally found the baby today!!! Everything looks wonderful and the heartbeat was 160. Looks like I've got my second miracle baby.

Thanks again everybody

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At Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Kris wrote: ------------------------------------------- >

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>Just got a call from the doctor and my hcg levels have doubled in two
>day and are now 14,000 also the gestational sac is now measuring at
>5weeks exactly, still no yolk though.
>
>What does this mean?
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>At Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Kris wrote:
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>>Two days ago I had a vaginal ultrasound and they checked my hcg levels.
>>I was at 5w 3d.  It's possible to be off a couple days since we don't
>>know when sperm and egg connected, but because I left town for a week
>>and a half, I know that I conceived on either 9/20 or 9/21.
>>Anyhow, they just found the sac with nothing in it so they took my hcg
>>levels and they came back at 7000.  The doctor and staff don't seem
>>overly optomistic and while reading on the internet, I found a site that
>>said the gestational sac should be seen at 2000 (hcg) which it is and
>>the yolk at 3000 or 4000 (hcg).
>>
>>Today I went back and the ultrasound showed that the sac had grown to
>>11mm, but still nothing inside.  I'll get my hcg's back this afternoon
>>and will update this when I get them.
>>
>>Do you think this is a blighted ovum? Is there any hope?
>> The waiting is tearing me apart.

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