I had a miscarriage scare today... I started bleeding this morning (more than normal spotting), so my midwife told me to go to the ER to get everything checked out. After an exam, some blood work and an ultra sound, turned out that the blood was "old" blood (whatever that means), and surprise... I'm pregnant with twins. 
I'm completely excited about the news of twins, but am also really worried. I am at 7 weeks tomorrow (saturday), but the embryos showed up as 6 weeks and 5 weeks, 6 days. Although I was told that its normal for twins to develop slower than an average embryo, the ultrasound was only able to pick up one, very faint heartbeat. I was told not to worry as that's "normal" and to come back in 3-4 days to have another ultrasound.
This has me really concerned because I thought that the heartbeat was supposed to be detectable after 4 weeks. Am I wrong?
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I'm completely excited about the news of twins, but am also really worried. I am at 7 weeks tomorrow (saturday), but the embryos showed up as 6 weeks and 5 weeks, 6 days. Although I was told that its normal for twins to develop slower than an average embryo, the ultrasound was only able to pick up one, very faint heartbeat. I was told not to worry as that's "normal" and to come back in 3-4 days to have another ultrasound.This has me really concerned because I thought that the heartbeat was supposed to be detectable after 4 weeks. Am I wrong?
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I wouldn't worry either, HBs are noticeable after 6 weeks. The difference could be just one growing slower or eggs released on different days, so actually being different ages. And you are armed with the knowledge of growing two early, start eating like mad! The weight gain goal is one pound for every week (including those two weeks we weren't actually pregnant). Unless you were underweight to begin with then 1.5-2 Lbs a week!
