I got back home from work to the most wonderful welcome – a fire in the fireplace, most of the house unpacked (thanks to Tommy!) and tons of hugs and kisses from my little guy who I missed TERRIBLY.
This morning it was back to reality and a visit to my RE's office for an ultrasound and blood-work. I knew the second the image came up that there was more than one.
WHAT? Yep, two sacs.
Nurse Dana looked a little surprised, she stopped for second to look at my chart again and then back at the screen. Baby A was measuring perfectly, one day ahead actually at 6 weeks 5 days and we immediately spotted and then heard the heard the heartbeat -it was a little loud at first for Jackson's taste (he covered his ears!) but when I told him what it was he thought it was pretty cool.
Baby B is more than an empty sac, there is a yolk sac (not sure about a fetal pole) but there was no heartbeat. I'm not sure what the odds are at this point that Baby B will be viable, but I DO know that at 6 weeks 5 days a heartbeat should be at the very least visible if not audible, so my guess is that it's more of a longshot than anything. It didn't look SO much smaller than Baby A, but I'm certain that it did implant later or we would have most likely seen it at the first scan so I guess there is a small chance it could pull through – of course we have to wait another long nail-biting week to know for sure!
I do know that my HCG levels are pretty sky high, 52,775 at the equivalent of 32 dpo (29days post 3 day transfer) and I've been experiencing much worse morning sickness than I did with Jackson.
Dana, who called me with the HCG levels, told me I could decrease my progesterone level to half what I've been injecting. Half the dosage, not half the shots unfortunately. She also told me I need to start thinking about what OB I'll be using so they can transfer my records as I'll likely get discharged next week from the clinic!
Of course I'm totally unprepared for that, I haven't really thought about whether I want to stay with the hospital where Jackson was born. It doesn't have a NICU and I wasn't happy at ALL with the postpartum and pediatric care I received there even though the labor & delivery team is amazing. If it's twins of course I'll be looking for a hospital with a high level NICU and that will change my pool of possible OBs or midwives completely.
So much to think about.. on so many levels.
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