Well, its not a tubal pregnancy. So, that's the good news. The tech looked all around in there and did not see any type of mass that would indicate a tubal, so I can cross that off my list of worries.
Here is the interesting, weird, confusing, befuddling part of it all:
There is NO sign of a baby!! ANYWHERE!!! Not only did they not see a baby, a heart beat or any movement, but not even a definite gestational sac could be confirmed. The u/s tech said a time or two, "that area looks like where a gestational sac *may* have started....", but it was nothing that she could confirm.
We are all very confused. I think even the doctor is. I spoke to him on the phone immediately after the u/s was done. He said he believes the pregnancy has developed abnormally. I said, "No, you think?"....trying to keep the mood light (I'd rather laugh than cry). He then told me a story to give me a glimmer of hope:
When he was practicing in Las Vegas, there was a lady with very similar circumstances to mine. He couldn't see a baby via u/s when he should have been able to. He recommended her to have a D&C, but she waited because she had to leave town. 10 days later she was back in his office, ready to have the D&C. He took one final look on the u/s, just to be sure. Lo and behold, there was a baby!! So, I guess it is possible for it to happen. My sister has a neighbor who also had a very similar thing to her, and she went on to have a healthy baby girl.
The only thing I can think of, if there is indeed a baby, is that perhaps it was hiding behind the largish fibroid I found out I have today. Is that possible?
So, I wait. Again. Unless I have a definite m/c in the meantime, I have another u/s scheduled for February 11, and then I see the doc the next day. If there is still no sign of a baby and I haven't m/c, I will undergo a D&C at that time to rid my body of tissues that never turned into a baby. Of course, I hope I have a baby that was just playing hide and seek today.
My body is definitely still pregnant, as evidenced by all the hormone blood tests and my changing body. I told my DH that he's fathered a ghost.
(again trying to keep the mood light so I don't get down and depressed)
I'm going to make a list of to-do's this weekend of little projects around the house I'd like to get done, to give me a distraction for the next week and a half. Of course they'll be little things and not strenuous, as I think I should rest as much as possible.
Well, I guess that's about it. I thought I'd have some kind of answer and closure by this time today, but it seems all I got was more puzzling confusion. Keep me in your thoughts and prayers, okay?
Here is the interesting, weird, confusing, befuddling part of it all:
There is NO sign of a baby!! ANYWHERE!!! Not only did they not see a baby, a heart beat or any movement, but not even a definite gestational sac could be confirmed. The u/s tech said a time or two, "that area looks like where a gestational sac *may* have started....", but it was nothing that she could confirm.
We are all very confused. I think even the doctor is. I spoke to him on the phone immediately after the u/s was done. He said he believes the pregnancy has developed abnormally. I said, "No, you think?"....trying to keep the mood light (I'd rather laugh than cry). He then told me a story to give me a glimmer of hope:
When he was practicing in Las Vegas, there was a lady with very similar circumstances to mine. He couldn't see a baby via u/s when he should have been able to. He recommended her to have a D&C, but she waited because she had to leave town. 10 days later she was back in his office, ready to have the D&C. He took one final look on the u/s, just to be sure. Lo and behold, there was a baby!! So, I guess it is possible for it to happen. My sister has a neighbor who also had a very similar thing to her, and she went on to have a healthy baby girl.
The only thing I can think of, if there is indeed a baby, is that perhaps it was hiding behind the largish fibroid I found out I have today. Is that possible?
So, I wait. Again. Unless I have a definite m/c in the meantime, I have another u/s scheduled for February 11, and then I see the doc the next day. If there is still no sign of a baby and I haven't m/c, I will undergo a D&C at that time to rid my body of tissues that never turned into a baby. Of course, I hope I have a baby that was just playing hide and seek today.
My body is definitely still pregnant, as evidenced by all the hormone blood tests and my changing body. I told my DH that he's fathered a ghost.
(again trying to keep the mood light so I don't get down and depressed)I'm going to make a list of to-do's this weekend of little projects around the house I'd like to get done, to give me a distraction for the next week and a half. Of course they'll be little things and not strenuous, as I think I should rest as much as possible.
Well, I guess that's about it. I thought I'd have some kind of answer and closure by this time today, but it seems all I got was more puzzling confusion. Keep me in your thoughts and prayers, okay?
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