I had really painful cramps today so I
went the healthcare clinic to make sure
everything was okay. They did an
ultrasound and said the baby was 6 weeks
and 5 days old and .74 cm long. And i'm
like what?? I thought I was like 8 weeks
along. And they said that it was 6 weeks
and 5 days from conception which puts me
at ovulating/concieving on november 12th.
My first day of my period was november
5th. I ovulated only a week after my
period started?! I was so sure I ovulated
on nov 17th becuase I had ovulation
cramps. So now i'm sooo confused. How
far along does that make me? Everytime I
go look up fetal development, should I say
i'm almost 7 weeks(fetal age) or almost 8
weeks (from first day of lmp) becuase if I
look up that i'm 8 weeks long..The fetal
development doesn't match up at all (it
should be roughly an inch big and they
should see/hear a heartbeat and my baby's
not even a cm and it was too small to see
a heartbeat) and if I look up that i'm
almost 7 weeks along, in brackets it says
(5 weeks fetal age) but that's not right
for me..7 weeks is my fetal age
did I confuse everyone?
Anyway..They did bloodwork to test my hcg
levels and they call with results
tonight..I hope everythings ok
Hmm ive never had an ultrasound that early
on. I always went by my period, I never
could understand the whole ovulation
thing, but I know the dates of my periods
to a t now but eh I was only sure of my
dates this time becuase of when my period
ended and hubby was only visiting for 2
weeks when I got pregnant, id continue to
assumeby your lmp until later on like if u
get an u.S anytime after 12 weeks, good
luck with the dr
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arcadia
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Posted: 12-29-06 19:40pm
Hm. That's really confusing. I don't
want to scare you, but with my first
pregnancy, .I was bleeding &having
cramps, so .I went in &had an
ultrasound, &.I should've been about
7wks pregnant, &they did an
ultrasound, &the ultrasound showed
that .I was only 5wks pregnant. Turns out
.I had a miscarriage &the embryo
hadn't passed yet. I really hope that
isn't the case with you. .Let
us know what happens, ok?
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 12-29-06 19:41pm
They're probably telling you his/her
*gestational* age. Not conception age.
Sarah
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nadia19
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Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 170
Posted: 12-29-06 20:09pm
Well that's why I was so scared at first.
Becuase I was cramping a lot so I thought
something happened. But I haven't been
bleeding at all so that's a good sign.
They called with my hcg results and said I
was at 21, 000 and I looked it up and here
are the "guideline" numbers
mine seem a little low for 6 weeks and 5
days but the doc said the results looked
pretty good..So I dunno what to think
right now. I'm worried. I have my actual
first ob oppointment on the 2nd and
they're doing an ultrasound and testing my
levels. Hopefully they rise and my baby
grows
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BREEZY
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Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 48 Location: Toronto
// Posted: 12-30-06 00:35am
I had cramping at 6 weeks and past that as
well. Im sure your perfectly fine! As
long as theres no bleeding.
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AlliE_18
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Joined: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 2129 Location: uk
Posted: 12-30-06 04:57am
Goodluck at your appt, hope everythings
ok!
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 12-30-06 09:44am
If the baby is 6w 5d then you are 8w 5d
preggo. You add 2 weeks to the
gestational age. And your levels are
good for that, so you were both right!
.Let
us know what happens, ok?
