8 Weeks And Only See a Yolk

Does anybody know anything about this?

I'm sorry but it sounds like a pregnancy that didn't take. I know I had an u/s @ 5 weeks and you could see something and I had another one at 9 weeks and could already see the baby forming.

Sometimes with miscarriages , there are no symptoms or it could gave just been a preg that didn't take.

Good luck and please keep us posted.

Ah the 2 week discrepency that we're all confused about!! When your Dr. Says you're 10 weeks pregnant, that means 10 weeks ago was the first day of your last period. They don't count from the day of conception because that's always harder to figure out. I've also asked why they calculate like this, and they say it's easier to determine due date. So in theory when you're baby is born, he/she is really 2 weeks younger than what you're told.

A normal pregnancy lasts 40 weeks (38 weeks if you count from the day of conception)

If the ultrasound machine doesn't go deep enough, they won't be able to measure such a small embryo but typically they should be able to at this point. I think the embryo is visible by most ultrasound machines around the 6th - 7th week.

There's a chance the gestational sac is empty (meaning the embro never formed). Also, don't get confused with gestational sac and yolk sac. The gestational sac is what houses the formations, then a yolk sac appears, then an embryo. Within days of the yolk sac appearing, the embryo should also appear.

Well I had the same thing last time I was pregnant and had my 7 weeks ultrasound.
They done an ultrasound and couldn't see the baby.

Then they done an internal ultrasound and they saw the baby just fine

Thanks for all the replies. I did have an internal ultrasound so if there was anything there I would have thought they'd have been able to see it. I think it's sounding more like it stopped forming. Whatever way, I won't know for sure till thursday so i'll just have to keep my fingers crossed. Other than that, I feel fine so far so don't know when signs of a miscarriage would show if that is what's happening.

Thanks for all the replies and keep them coming. I'm interested to hear from anyone else who has had the same experiences.

If you had an irregular cycle you might be alot less then 10 weeks along. Ie: if your last period was june 1 then you'd be almost 5 weeks along and if you had a normal cylce you'd have concieved between the 12-20th of june. So if you had cycles that are like 40 days it would be really hard to tell when you concieved. I wouldn't worry to much yet. They are probably going to draw your blood to check if you hcg is doubling every 2 days. If it is you should get a heartbeat when your hcg is about 6000. Keep us posted, and good luck

My cycle is about every 40 days or at least that's the average I took over the last 3 months. Hopefully this does mean that I am much earlier on than we think although my lmp was 19 april so I calculate that I should be around 9 weeks by now.

According to the calendar you would be about 9 weeks now, but if you ovulated later, you could have ovulated as late as 15 days before you got a positive on the hpt. That would make you earlier on in the pregnancy, and may be the reason you can't see a fetus yet. Have they drawn your blood and told you what you levels of hcg are?

I did have blood drawn before I went for the ultrasound. I don't know what the levels were though.

You should ask your Dr. Immediately, and find out how they are climbing. They should double every 2 days. Ask them to check you levels for at least a week before anything is done.

I hope everything works out for you when you see the dr again. I don't want to sound negative, but with my first pregnancy, this is what happened. They (it was twins) stopped developing at about 5 weeks but I didnt actually begin to miscarry until 11 weeks, which is when I found out I was miscarrying. It is called a missed miscarriage and they say it is quite uncommon, although I know many people who have experienced it. Hopefully this is not what is happening to you. On the brighter side, I got pregnant again 2 months later and am now almost 9 weeks and everything seems to be going well. Good luck and keep us posted. :)

I am 9 week 5 days pregnant. I had an intervaginal u/s last week @ 8 weeks 3 days, we saw the heart beat and the form of the baby. When I went for an u/s at 6 weeks 3 days all we saw was the yolk.
I assume if you had the same u/s at 8 weeks you should see the heart beat too. My last preggancy (6 months go) was a partial molar pregnancy, it was half baby , half tumor. It showed it not growing past 6 weeks when I should have been 10 weeks.

If the u/s and not your doctor showed you should be 8 weeks, then it doesn't sound good to just see yolk. I wish you all the luck in the world. Please get back to us!!

I had my follow up ultra sound today. Things are looking a bit better. They were able to measure the baby inside the yolk and say that I am actually 6 weeks and 2 days pregnant and not 8-10 weeks as first though. This looks good since there was nothing to measure last week. They couldn't detect a heartbeat today so I have to go back on monday to see if they can see that then. They say it may be that it's just too early right now.

Wow congrats!!!
Sounds like it was just a case of early stages. I'm so happy for you!! Keep us posted on monday.

Camoback1

congratulations....Glad they were able to see your 'lil baby this time and not just an empty sac....I felt really bad when I read your first post then after reading your last one I thought good things are starting to look up for her. So that's great. I will be 3 months 1 week from this sunday.

Well bad news, I was back for a 3rd ultrasound today since they couldn't detect the heartbeat last time. There was still no hearbeat and the dr's say that I am about to miscarry since the yolk sac is now beginning to fold in and is no longer round. I feel sad about it all. I've only known I was pregnant for just over 2 weeks now but already I have built my mind up to everything and it's so disappointing for both me and my husband now that this has happened. What makes things worse is that I still feel fine.

They told me about the 3 options, waiting for natural miscarriage, the d&c or taking some pills(?) to progress the miscarriage. I said i'd probably rather just wait for natural miscarriage so they are going to have me come in once a week for the next 3 weeks to check how things are progressing. If nothing happens by then they recommend d&c.

I spoke with my mum on the phone today about this. She had a miscarriage before and opted for the d&c at the time. Friends had told her that having a natural miscarriage can mean severe stomach cramps and really heavy bleeding. Now i'm not sure whether I should have just opted for this and then it would all be over and done with much quicker and painlessly. Does anyone have any experience or advice on either option?

Hmm.

Well, i'm sorry if anyones response freaked you out. I was 8 weeks when I found out I was pregnant, and they didn't do an ultrasound at that point because they wouldn't get much from it. Since you're only 6 weeks, that's probably why.

Was your first ultrasound and internal vaginal though or just the normal ultrasound done on your stomach?