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Posted: 05-10-08 11:35am

krystineM wrote:

the only reason why she changed it was because of the first ultrasound that i had a 6 weeks and the u/s tech said she could not see a heart beat, said i looked more like 3-4 weeks but that my uterus was looking good.

You've had two ultrasounds since the first one. They should know exactly how far along you are.

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Posted: 05-10-08 16:24pm

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See, I think its more likely that your baby isn't developing as fast because how in the world would you get a positive test so early on?

Doesn't add up at all.

but they would have seen how far along the baby is developing through the 2nd u/s that i had. And would have told me as well.
When we got the u/s results back we were told by our family doctor, that everything is going good, baby is developing good, and everything looks great.
My family doctor has been the one who has done measurements, ultrasounds, and he has said everything looks good. Im measuring right and the baby looks good.
My OB is the one who changed the due date because of the u/s that i had a 6 weeks.
Everytime im measured, it measures to where i should be. The ultrasounds have said the baby is fine and growing/developing fine.
I would have been 2weeks when i found out through a pregnancy test and a blood test that im pregnant.

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Posted: 05-10-08 16:30pm


That is the part that doesn't make sense. You cannot be 2 weeks pregnant. You are ovulating when you are 2 weeks 'pregnant'. It doesn't exist. When you find out you are pregnant (via a missed period usually), you are 4 weeks pregnant. There is no 2 weeks pregnant.

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Posted: 05-10-08 17:14pm


sorry mistake. I was 5days late when i tested and had a blood test. Therefore, would i not have been 4weeks pregnant? And not have found out so early due to the fact that i was 4weeks pregnant?

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Posted: 05-10-08 23:28pm


How can the US tech say it looked more like 3-4 weeks pregnant when you were 6 weeks pregnant? That looks like NOTHINGGGGG.. I smell something..

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Posted: 05-11-08 12:08pm


Another inconsistency in stories. Oh gosh.

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Posted: 05-11-08 12:47pm


Wow....when I have children I certainly hope that my pregnancies are not this confusing!

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Posted: 05-11-08 12:54pm


Its NOT that confusing, thats the thing.

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Posted: 05-11-08 13:25pm


Yeah, I was being sacastic, becuse it seems like nothing with her pregnancy ever adds up.

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Posted: 05-12-08 10:45am


you guys are unbelieveable on here! i went for a u/s at 6 weeks. they said they could not see the heart beat, but things look like their going on, and that i look more like 3-4 weeks. i went for another at 18weeks, and they saw everything head, hands, toes, legs, arms, they checked for spinal bifida, downsyndrome, all that stuff, it all came back good. THEN i went to see my OB for the first time last Tuesday, and she went over things with us, what hospital i would be delivering at and such, told us the sex of the baby, and then asked about the 6week u/s and then said well when they extimate your due date its never sure [obvious] plus you dont ovulate on your period. So she moved it over a little to when i would be ovulating, and that is how she got the due date now at 22weeks. Nothing "fishy" is going on here, this is ALL word for word what my OB has told me.

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Posted: 05-12-08 12:50pm


No they would never say that an ultrasound looked 3-4 weeks. Ever, no exceptions. It's impossible. You and your story are the only unbelievable ones.

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Posted: 05-12-08 13:50pm


They said i looked like 3-4 weeks because they saw no heart beat. That is exactaly what the nurse said to me.

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Posted: 05-12-08 14:51pm

manuftw82 wrote:

No they would never say that an ultrasound looked 3-4 weeks. Ever, no exceptions. It's impossible. You and your story are the only unbelievable ones.

they do when they ultrasound at abortion clinics?

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Posted: 05-12-08 15:07pm


...i was not at an abortion clinic. it was a walk in doctors office before i found a family doctor.

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Posted: 05-12-08 15:23pm

krystineM wrote:

They said i looked like 3-4 weeks because they saw no heart beat.
That is exactaly what the nurse said to me.

See, but you said you were 6 weeks along when you went for the ultrasound. There is where the difference is. A 3 week difference.

It has been the same inconsistency since December. No one can quite understand why your due date changed. How you could have found out you were pregnant before you were actually pregnant -

stop. Don't overreact. Think about this from our point of view. You tested and found out you were pregnant which would have meant you were 4 weeks pregnant, but when you were 6 weeks pregnant your ultrasound (was it vaginal?) said you were 3/4 weeks pregnant. This is why it is iffy to the reader and feels like you are not 'telling the truth'.

Now, over 1/2 way into your pregnancy, your due date changed by a week due to this original ultrasound? That also seems fishy - considering that ultrasound dates your pregnancy up to 3 weeks, not 1 week, 'off'.

I think that this is why everyone feels a little confused by your story, Krystine.

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Posted: 05-12-08 16:00pm

jessamyn wrote:

manuftw82 wrote:

No they would never say that an ultrasound looked 3-4 weeks. Ever, no exceptions. It's impossible. You and your story are the only unbelievable ones.

they do when they ultrasound at abortion clinics?

A baby may not even have implanted yet at 3 weeks..I don't think they do them there either since you can't have an abortion if its too early to know your pregnant.

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Posted: 05-12-08 21:48pm


I agree with Ingi, your story seems a littly confusing, Krystine.

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Posted: 05-13-08 12:41pm

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krystineM wrote:

They said i looked like 3-4 weeks because they saw no heart beat.
That is exactaly what the nurse said to me.

I tested with a digital read home pregnancy test on Dec.9th, and went to the doctors the next day[Dec.10th] to clarify my pregnancy, they did a urine test and blood test, and they both came back positive for pregnancy.
So i don't understand how i could have found out i was earlier, when i would have been 4weeks along... And i am telling the truth. Everything here is the truth.
When i went for the first one, yes i was 6weeks, but the nurse said she could not see the heartbeat or the embryo attached to my uterus. She said my uterus looks good..but that i look like 3-4weeks, and said she should be able to see a heartbeat. She first scanned my tummy, then did a vaginal u/s to see if she would see something better.
Now im 25weeks and4days pregnant, my OB changed my due date because of what we told her about the first u/s, and said im a week off from my original due date.
Im not sure why they could not see anything at 6 weeks, i found that odd as well, but ever since that u/s things have gone smoothly, and my baby is looking good. Don't ultrasounds tell you exactally how far along you are anyways though?
I told them my last period, Nov.8th, and my OB had moved the due date as well explaining that i would not concieve on my period, so moved it over a couple days to when i would be ovulating, and got the due date now which is aug.22nd.
This is all truth, im not lying about any of this.
This is all word for word what i was told by the u/s nurse, and my OB.

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Posted: 05-13-08 17:58pm

manuftw82 wrote:

jessamyn wrote:

manuftw82 wrote:

No they would never say that an ultrasound looked 3-4 weeks. Ever, no exceptions. It's impossible. You and your story are the only unbelievable ones.

they do when they ultrasound at abortion clinics?

A baby may not even have implanted yet at 3 weeks..I don't think they do them there either since you can't have an abortion if its too early to know your pregnant.

Krystine I never stated that you were I was just simply stating that so that it is possible

Manuftw82 I cant 100% say 3 weeks but yes definetly at 4

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Posted: 05-13-08 18:02pm

jessamyn wrote:

manuftw82 wrote:

jessamyn wrote:

manuftw82 wrote:

No they would never say that an ultrasound looked 3-4 weeks. Ever, no exceptions. It's impossible. You and your story are the only unbelievable ones.

they do when they ultrasound at abortion clinics?

A baby may not even have implanted yet at 3 weeks..I don't think they do them there either since you can't have an abortion if its too early to know your pregnant.

Krystine I never stated that you were I was just simply stating that so that it is possible

Manuftw82 I cant 100% say 3 weeks but yes definetly at 4

Yea but it won't be seen on an U/S at 4 weeks anyway. I'm a nursing student and we just learned about this in Developmental Biology. When the baby implants it is a blastocyst...about the size of a pinhead. Not possible to see on an ultrasound.