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No FP at 5+6

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justchecking1 · 15/11/2019 12:43

I got a BFP on CD19. Scan yesterday at 5+6 with a gestational and yolk sac but no feral pole. I know this is potentially normal at this stage but given my very early BFP I would have expected more. I've got a repeat scan in 2 weeks, which will be the longest 2 weeks of my life, but I'm not even remotely hopeful.

This will be my third MC this year. I don't know if I can bring myself to even try again. The previous MCs plus my age will put at something like a 70% risk of further MC.

It's not even remotely comforting to think I can at least get pregnant when I keep having to go through medical and surgical management each time.

Not sure what I'm really after here, but I haven't told anyone in RL except my partner and although he's hugely supportive I can't help trying to shield him from most of it. I haven't even told him about yesterday's scan.

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APD1981 · 15/11/2019 14:52

I had a scan at 5+6 too and there was only a yolk sac, no pole. Sonographer said it wasn't unusual for an early pregnancy scan. I had to go to EPU as I'd had a little, light bleed. I had another little bleed a week or so later and so had another EPU scan on 7+2 and saw a proper little baby with a heartbeat. I'm 10+6 now and have had a private scan at 9+1 and all is well. I'm also an older FTM at 38. Try not to worry about there not being a pole. I don't think it's a sign of anything sinister yet.

Lots of luck x

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justchecking1 · 15/11/2019 15:58

Thank you, I really hope you're right.

Congratulations on your little one

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itwasalovelydreamwhileitlasted · 15/11/2019 16:33

Do you know when you ovulated if you got a BFP at cycle day 19?

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justchecking1 · 15/11/2019 16:36

Yes I ovulated on CD13 according to OPKs, but I don't temp so I guess it could have been earlier. I didn't start doing the OPKs until CD10

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itwasalovelydreamwhileitlasted · 15/11/2019 16:41

It's very unusual to get a BFP only 6 DPO - I'm guessing it was a FRER test? Sometimes you get a surge of hcg when the embryo starts to implant but then it can actually be a couple of days before implantation completes so not seeing the FP can be normal at 5+6 x

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justchecking1 · 15/11/2019 18:33

Weirdly it was a couple of pro matris IC tests that gave the positive. The FRER was negative for a few more days!

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