ultrasound #2
I had my second ultrasound on Monday at 5w4d! Pretty fast, huh?
The gestational sac is much bigger. You can see the yolk sac and the embryo inside it (the yolk sac is higher up, the arrow is pointing to the baby). The doctor could see the fetal pole, but you can't see it in the picture. She said that everything looked good!
Next ultrasound is this Friday (two per week until we see a hearbeat, then one per week).
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posted by Jena @ 2:10 PM
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Wow--your second ultrasound already? I'm so jealous! Glad things are looking good.
Do you get confused at all with how the progress of the embryo is dated/measured? I'm so lost. For example, I saw heartbeats when I was technically 6w2d along, but the sacs only measured 5w4d. Since you're literally at 5w4d, did they they measure the sacs and tell you how far along they were measuring?
It was especially weird to me because I thought the embryos (and I) would have to be further along to see heartbeats, say 7 weeks. I did sorta ask the doctor but basically worded it as--is this normal? The simple answer that everything measured was in the range of normal didn't really help explain it.
Hi Emmie -
She didn't say what it measured, but the sac was noticeably larger on the second scan.
We're hoping to see a heartbeat on Friday or early next week. I think that seeing a heartbeat at 6 weeks is normal, but only visable by internal ultrasound.
I'll be sure to ask her about the measurements on Friday.... but I'm wondering, since they're really just measuring the sac, not the embryo, maybe that's why measuring a little bit small doesn't matter right now?
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