7 wks Large yolk sac, 3mm fetal pole + hb

[AnxiousIVF]

Hey, I’m new posting here.
I’ve had a terrible time TTC our second and now we’re trying IVF which hasn’t made things any easier.

There have been a lot of spanners in the machine from day 1. But to get to the point, my day 9 hcg was only 68 which is apparently a bad sign. The repeat a week later was 1700 so we relaxed for a while.

At the 6 week scan (6+2) there was no heart beat and the fetal pole was only measuring at 5+2. Today was the 7 week scan (7+2) and I’m told there is now a heartbeat but the fetal pole is only 3mm - measuring at around 6 weeks. On top of that the yolk sac is “large” - they didn’t say how large but were quite pessimistic about what all this meant. When I was pregnant with my son, he was always small and behind on dates (and still is as a 4 year old!) I don’t know if this could just be how I make babies?

Has anyone gone through a similar thing? I’ve read other threads and the outcome never seems good. I don’t know what I want really. Just wanted to share. I will post the outcome incase it helps anyone else in the future. Just feeling really low now and a little defeated.

I didn’t get any responses but I just wanted to update this post incase anyone reads it.

Yesterday I started miscarrying, so it wasn’t a good outcome. I have done a lot of reading on CRL measurements and with IVF pregnancies in particular, being so far behind the expected measurements never seems to be a good sign, especially in combination with a large yolk sac. I would love to hear some positive stories but I struggled to find any.

We will try again next cycle with FET.

Hello there, this is very similar to me. I'm pregnant from IVF and went for my 7 week scan at my IVF clinic on Tuesday. The nurse said she could barely see a pregnancy and a tiny flicker of a heartbeat and told me it looked like an anembryonic pregnancy.

I was referred to the EPU, and had a scan there this morning. They measured the embryo at 2.5mm and with a strong looking heartbeat. They refused to give me any indication about our chances of a successful pregnancy. I just have to wait and see and go back in a week.

I'm not feeling very hopeful. I've been scouring mumsnet too! But I wanted to let you know you're not alone. I'm so sorry it was a bad outcome for you. We don't have any embryos in the freezer so will have to cycle again. It's absolutely rubbish and such a rollercoaster.

How are you feeling today?

Feeling awful tbh. Really really struggling. I passed the pregnancy at home yesterday so today we are going to do a burial.
we are fortunate to have embryos frozen so need to find the strength to try again.

i really hope and pray you have a good outcome. The week long waits are so difficult. Please let me know how it goes, I will be thinking of you x