Today I have an early pregnancy scan to see what was happening with my double transferred day 6 blastocysts which are 7 weeks 2 days old. Last night I had mild cramping and spotting in the night and I haven't had much in the way of pregnancy symptoms. Shockingly I'm expecting twins but she said they are a lot smaller than they ought to be, measuring in at 3mm each when they should be 7mm. Both had heartbeats but they were too small for her to work out the rate of their hearts. Everything else looked normal and I'm not currently miscarrying but she did say she's more pessimistic than optimistic about our potential outcome. I was wondering whether anyone else had been in a similar position??? The only thing we can do is scan again in a week and pray for growth. I feel so traumatised right now, I went in expecting no baby, I have two and she thinks I stand a good chance of both not surviving. I really respected her honesty and I did push for her opinion but I do not know how I am going to manage this next week. She said it could still go either way but that they are "very small".
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***Sensitive*** Inconclusive scan at 7 weeks 2 days
I don’t have any advice but I wanted to send you a big hug xxx
Thank you. I pride myself on being mentally very resilient but this is testing me quite a lot xx
Ohhhhh 💐 my heart is torn for you, I really hope they keep growing and thrive for you xxx
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* Did they say if each twin had their own placenta (I. E. Both implanted) or if one embryo split and they share a placenta?
* It could be worth posting on the sister site for pregnancy, others may have happy stories for twins measuring small.
I'm rooting for you, finding out you have twins are magical, but I'm also gutted the sonographer wasn't hopeful 😭❤️🤞🙏💐
They both implanted. How do I access the sister site? Xx
Oh congratulations both ❤️🙏🤞💐If you go to 'my hub' 9 dots in an equal square bottom left of your screen and search for Fertility Network UK - Pregnancy Support and ask to join xxx
Hi there.I had the same thing happen to me in March.Only measured 3mm when should have been 7mm.I was meant to be 7 weeks 3 days but only measured 6weeks 1 day.Natural pregnancy but knew my dates were not out by that much.Hearbeat was also present and continued to present for another 2 weeks but no growth.Did not end well in my case.Hoping for the best for you.x
I think it’s most likely game over. I’m sorry that this happened to you, it’s so brutal. Did you just wait for the miscarriage to happen or did they bring it on medically? I hope you don’t mind me asking that and that you’re doing as okay as you can xxx
Thank you and I'm sorry your going through this.I stopped the meds on the Monday and started bleeding on the Wednesday however I still ended up having to take 2 doses of medical management(1 wk apart) and then a d&c.This however is not the norm.x
I’m sorry you had to go through all of that 😞😞. I’m meant to be going on a cruise on the 22nd. I’m thinking we are probably not going to be going on that anymore. Whilst it’s good that they stuck at all as it proves that I can get pregnant I almost wish we got a bfn because I could have moved on already and now I am most likely just waiting for the worst to come. I read that losing both twins happens in 5-10% of twin pregnancies and I fear I’m in that group now.
Hi, so sorry you've got this horrible wait now. Not twins but I had a similar situation in May, an early scan said I was measuring a week behind and slow heart rate. The sonographer said it could go either way. Had the same awful wait but a week later they had 'caught up' and I'm now coming up to 21 weeks. I really hope yours are just slow starters too and you get good news at the next scan xxx
Thank you so much for this. They couldn’t determine the pace of their hearts because they were so tiddly. I am not feeling optimistic because they seem very far behind but I hope I have a miracle like you did 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
When I saw a different sonographer the week after they were actually shocked the one the week before had tried to measure the heart rate because it's hard to get a proper / accurate read so early, and could literally have started beating that day (I imagine even harder with twins!) The waiting is just torture, I spent the whole week reading the entire internet which didn't really help so I hope you've got some good podcasts on the go or series to watch to help distract you.
I'm sorry to hear this. I was thinking of you today after I read your previous post and hoping it was good news. Really hope there's still a positive outcome x
Thank you, I feel so unbelievably sad at the moment but even if it fails we never expected this transfer to work. For both to stick this long is arguably quite impressive so hopefully they are fighters xx
Hi lovely just wanted to say so sorry for what your going through and fingers crossed there is growth on your next scan online it says emybro should be between 5 mm and 9mm at 7 weeks if your 3mm it only 2 mm off so you never know could go either way still early days hope everything works out for you keep taking your meds and be good to yourself lovely xxx
My partners family have tiny babies in the family so maybe it’s genetic. He’s quite a tall guy but his mum and dad are small and they are Indian and his cousins baby’s were both really little and they did at one point think one had dwarfism. I also transferred blastocysts that became blasts on day 6 so I am praying they are just slow. She said if they are 7mm in a week this would be reasonable. Bless them both, I fear I already love them 😢.
Hi lovely that could be the case just slow growing they still have time to catch up Indian people can be tiny my niece is Indian and she a tiny little thing still at 21 yr olds my partner is British Pakistan and his mum was only tiny and he’s tall I was having twins and sometimes they was behind in size and sometimes they wasn’t I lost one at 9 weeks but have a 1 yr old son now so don’t give up lovely make sure your eating extra protein and nuts and if not on blood thinners get some beetroot juice . Ultrasounds a not always correct I had one yesterday been bleeding in between periods so there checking me and he said don’t you have a left ovary I said yes well I can not find it I felt like saying it’s had enough mate it’s fucked off lol so fingers crossed everything works out ok for you it’s still early don’t give up the person could of just been shit who scanned you could be much better next week wishing you all the luck in the world lovely xxx
Thanks so much this means an awful lot because I am struggling to be positive and you are giving me a glimmer of hope. She didn’t detect my ovarian cyst so maybe she wasn’t the best but she did seem well informed. I once had someone struggle to find my ovaries too 😂. I will eat as much protein as I can manage and am on blood thinners. Congratulations on having your baby ☺️, I hope he’s doing really well. I hope you’re doing okay and that your periods return to normal xx
Thank you lovely you take care off your self and every time I go for a ultrasound they say something different or can not find something so they can be informed but not all great lol you stay positive for the 2 your carrying good luck lovely xxxx
sending you a big hug and everything crossed for you 🤞🏻❤️xxx
Thank you xx
Hello, I just wanted to say that I’m thinking of you 🩷 & have everything crossed for a positive outcome. Big hugs to you x
Thank you so much xxx
Hi lovely, thinking of you and sending all the best thoughts and wishes. There is still hope and I've read sometimes that sometimes at this stage some can have a slight delay but they soon catchup up. So much happens in a week so am hoping for good news for you next week. We are not too far apart. I'm currently 6 weeks 5 days, am going for my scan on Tuesday. Had to have a last minute scan on Monday because I was feeling unwell and had brown spotting and cramping so my nurses wanted to check to make sure the pregnancy was in the right place. At first scan, the nurse could barely see anything so we feared the worst, she said something was there but she couldn't make out what it was. Anyway just before we left she decided to have a 2nd look to explain again but this time, the image was very clear and she was able to see the foetal pole which she measured and we saw the heartbeat on the screen. If she hadn't checked again we would have left with not much hope but because she scanned again, the results were different. Anyway really hoping for good news for you, stay hopeful, xx
Thank you so much. I hope your wonderful baby is loving its new home. Mine have always been slow burners so I will try to be optimistic. She also entirely missed my ovarian cyst so maybe the measurements were not totally accurate xx
I'm so sorry that you are going through this! I can imagine it must be incredibly hard to hear that they are so small and "it could go either way." I'm sending positive thoughts and hugs your way. Hoping you get good news at your next scan! In the meantime I would try to avoid googling any information because I've done that and it only adds to the anxiety and instead try to focus on things that are relaxing and help you feel better. Take care of yourself! Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping your little ones continue to keep growing and catch up at the next scan!
Thank you! I’ve already done a deep google and didn’t find anything overly hopeful but I have read of baby’s catching up so let’s wait and see 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Everything is so tiny at such an early stage it’s amazing they can see anything. Some of it also is down to the person scanning as with such tiny measurements I suspect 2 sonographer may get differing results.
I’m sending you a ton of positive energy. Positive energy attracts positive energy and vice versa so grab all the good stuff!
I’m feeling a bit more positive this morning because I think maybe they are just a bit slow. I had this very strong sense that it would work this time around and I never had that feeling with my previous transfers. If there’s a heartbeat there is surely a small chance 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Definitely! Seeing a heartbeat is a massive positive sign!!!
That’s the spirit, stay positive and I can tell you everything will be fine. I am praying for you and the little ones🙏
Thank you so much xxx
I agree, definitely a chance with a heartbeat. Stay strong and hopeful.xx
I know the next week will be a long one, thinking of you and hoping for a good outcome for you xx
Thank you xx
I really hope it'll work out for you. You will have your beautiful twins. Fingers crossed 🤞🤞🤞
Thank you so much xxxx
I’m really sorry that you’re going through this , I hope it all turns around positive for you , things are tiny at that stage hopefully you can see progress next week 🤞🏼 sending you strength and love xx
Sending lots of positive vibes. I’ve not experienced this situation so can’t advise but I understand the awfulness of being in limbo and fearing the worst. I truly hope it turns out okay. I agree with others who’ve said measurements are so subjective and sonographer dependent too. 🤞🏼❤️
Thank you. My friend had two scans on the same day the other day and one measured her baby as being 64mm and the other measured it as 72mm. I’m just hoping she got it wrong.
sending you lots of love and best wishes for your next scan! Keep the faith! Things can change really quickly early on so fingers crossed they’ll have had a little growth spurt xxx
Thanks very much xxxx
Scan at 6 weeks
no fetal pole at 7 weeks 
7week 2 days scan
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SENSITIVE!!! 7 week scan & Heartbeat following bleeding
