Re: Gestational sac too small for viability?

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At Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Julie wrote: >
>Hi. I'm a 32-year-old IVF patient who had a single embryo transferred
>on 2/26/03. My beta levels have been positive since 3/10 but have not
>doubled as they should:
>
>12dpt: 129
>14dpt: 226
>16dpt: 269
>20dpt: 713
>23dpt: 1,564
>
>At Friday's ultrasound (5w5d pregnant) we saw a gestational sac, but my
>doctor said it was measuring far behind what it should have been -- it
>was only 5mm. He said he would be shocked if this pregnancy did not
>fail.
>
>I didn't ask what the size should have been. Can you please tell me?
>And I'm assuming there's really no chance it will catch up to where it
>should be at this point, and that I should just wait for a miscarriage
>-- is this a realistic conclusion? Is there any possibility at all,
>really, that this is a viable pregnancy?
>
>Thanks for your help.

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