Misdiagnosed Blighted Ovum?!

Question

So I’m hoping to hear some positive similar stories, but any comments even if they ended in miscarriage will help me feel less alone.

My DH and I have been TTC for 2 years. Started seeing our RE 7 months ago, we were diagnosed with male factor infertility (low morphology and motility). Dr. Suggested we go straight to

.

Did Stim cycle in December; 29 eggs collected, 16 mature, only 7 fertilized successfully with ICSI. 5 made it to blastocyst in day 6, 4 of those were PGS NORMAL.

We ended up freezing 2 5AA embryos and 2 5AB embryos.

1st FET in January (Dr. only does frozen transfers) resulted in BFN- lost 1 5AA male embryo.

2nd FET on March 6th transferee our last 5AA PGS normal embryo

(female)- got first BFP 5dpt! We were elated!

1st Beta 7dpt- 91.57

2nd Beta 14dpt-665 (Dr was happy with this)

3rd Beta 16dpt- 834 (dr is concerned but cautiously optimistic)

4th Beta 20dpt- 1,987 (beta percentage increased but still not doubling)

5th Beta 21dpt (and first ultrasound)- 2,233 and ultrasound measuring 5 days behind at 4 weeks 6 days. (Picture below is of first ultrasound)

6th Beta 24dpt- 3,567 and ultrasound still measuring 5 days behind at 5 weeks 2 days. (Happy baby’s gestational sac Grew as expected.)

7th Beta (today 4/3/18) about 4 days later- 5,678 and ultrasound still just showing gestational sac. No yolk seen. Still measuring under 6 weeks.

I have had pregnancy symptoms. Light headed, elevated BBT, elevated pulse rate, nauseous, headaches, sore boobs. I should be 6 weeks 3 days today based off of my

transfer dates.

Dr wants me to come back in 3 days to do another ultrasound (praying we see yolk sac Friday) but i have a bad feeling she’s going to diagnose us with blighted ovum and suggest a D&C...; does anyone have any positive, or otherwise, stories in a similar situation.

We’ve been trying for so long, i can’t believe we’re finally pregnant and now STAYING pregnant is also this hard... i feel so emotionally, mentally, physically and financially drained. And we told our immediate family last week 😔🙏🏻👶🏼

Answer

I’m so sorry you are in this position. The anxiety and the waiting is crushing. I had a missed miscarriage 6th November after around a month of scans to check development. On the first scan at 5weeks and 6 days there was a yolk sack but no baby visible. Then I had to wait 10 days for the next scan and it showed the fetal pole measuring at 5 weeks 1 day. It didn’t grow past that. My heart was absolutely broken. I still cry for that baby. I remember the the constant scanning on the internet for hope and pleading with the Gods and the universe for everything to be ok. It was the most painful experience of my life. It ended on the 6/11/17 with an erpc.  A date that is etched on my heart. I then had another fresh cycle which failed. I full expected my third and final cycle to fail but I’m 8 + 2 with a little rainbow that had a strong heartbeat. I’m not out of the woods and won’t be able to breath until I get past 12weeks but I’m keeping it all crossed. 
I hope beyond hope that this works out for you and I won’t give you platitudes about it. IVF is a hard journey. The emotional toll is high and the financial cost is crippling. I was naive enough to believe that once I got that positive pregnancy test all would be fine and it wasn’t which felt incredibly cruel. I know that if this one hadn’t worked I would have been saving hard for a few more years a buying a younger woman’s eggs! I’m 43. You need all the support you can get right now and if you need to talk feel free to message me. I sincerely wish you all the best and will be waiting for updates.

Answer

Our first round of Ivf we transfer 2 PGS embryos (5AA and 6AA). I got pregnant with one, but  unfortunately was diagnosed with a blighted ovum at around 7-8 weeks. My hcg never doubled as it should. I wish this was a more positive store that could give you some hope, but just know you’re not alone.
We did another round of IVF and transferred one embryo, and I’m now 6 months with my baby boy. Good luck!!

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