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Been following! Hope the us went well

Well I am still in shock - ultrasound yesterday showed a perfect 7 week 1 day baby with a heartbeat of 136. Apparently I really am pregnant with a complete fluke of a miracle! How my husbands sperm survived 7 days, while I also ovulated a week early- is beyond me. And how this baby is sticking around without aspirin and progesterone is also a mystery . I’ve had 15 miscarriages so the odds were definitely not in my favor. I am completely shocked. We had cleared our schedules this week for a d&c assuming baby had stopped growing 2 weeks ago. Even my doctor is shocked given my history that this happened ! Now I’m just trying to mentally accept another pregnancy ????. My surro baby is only 10 months old - and I have a two year old! This will be my third baby in less than 3 years. Goodness! I hope my body has one last go left. I’m 36 years old and pretty worn out lol.

If you ovulated early then this is totally possible. Early ovulation and then implantation is usually 6-12 days after conception. Even if you ovulated a few days after intercourse you could’ve still conceived.

Thank you both for taking time to read and respond. This wait has almost killed me! I still have zero pregnancy symptoms . I should be 6w2d tomorrow and go in for an ultrasound at 8 am. I am not expecting there to be a baby in there. I was not tracking ovulation or trying to conceive so I’m really at a loss at to HOW and WHEN this happened! Again ainappreciate your feedback! I’ll update tomorrow!

Just got back from ultrasound and gestational sac measured 5w3d. Fetal pole and yolk sac also there. I just can’t make sense of these dates. I go back for another ultrasound in 10 days. If there is a heartbeat and viable baby in there someone can knock me over with a feather. I’m still hesitant to believe this is viable - I should be 6w2 days today so I just don’t know! Thanks to everyone who has corresponded it helps so much.

Oh my gosh are you serious? I just can’t even believe I ovulated on the 19th and somehow conceived from intercourse on the 12th. How how????? I am still weirdly symtpom free which is very abnormal so I still lean towards this not being viable. But I also have had 13 miscarriages so I tend to err on the side of caution! Thank you so much for commenting!

Good luck tomorrow! How are you feeling? Has morning sickness set in yet? I’m usually so so sick by now but I’m feeling totally great except a little bit tired . I go in again the 25th for another ultrasound and am trying to be prepared for news either way. It’s hard to feel like this is progressing when I’m not sick!

@cbeal all we saw on ultrasound was a tiny sac but it's too small to measure anything. We went over my dates and she thinks I'm closer to 4 weeks rather than 6 because even tho I got my LMP on 2/3 I didn't ovulate until 2/20. I'm going back in a week for another ultrasound to check again. I was thinking are you sure your period that you had at the beginning of February was your period or maybe it was implantation bleeding and you actually conceived early that you thought? That might explain the mystery of the super sperms...

I am 100% certain I had a full 7 day period! I really think if I ovulated early enough to get pregnant then I would be measuring a week further ahead- and I would be so so sick by now. I’ve been pregnant so many times that I think there’s no way this is viable. But I guess I’ll know next Monday.

Ugh. I’m so sorry your ultrasound was so confusing. Dates and such make this such a roller coaster . I am hoping hard that things look great at your next ultrasound and all this worry is for nothing!!!

I’m nearly 37 and considered “advanced maternal age” as well. I’m sorry for your fertility troubles - it has been a battle for me as well. I make crappy chromosomes but my body implants and hangs on to EVERYTHING ! it’s so annoying. But weirdly I can carry no problem and had the chance to be a surrogate for my college roommate recently! My surro baby is 10 months old now and he was frozen from her IVF cycles 9 years ago! So never give up and keep going despite the set backs - the result is so worth it even if you have to try all the crazy interventions. You can read the whole surrogacy story on Instagram if you want @miracle.grow . She has no idea I am currently pregnant again- she would laugh hysterically and die after seriously just having her baby last summer!

I really hope this little one sticks for you and that the dates are to blame. Keep me posted!!!!!

Thank you for your thoughts and words! This baby business is just so much drama isn’t it?! I cannot fathom a MM at 19 weeks - that is unbearable. I’m so sorry. My MM was at 10 weeks and it was rough so I truly cannot fathom. I opted to do cytotec at home and forever regretting not having a d&c . I’ve never experienced pain like that in my life.

I was so sick with my daughter from seriously conception until I was 20 weeks. My two boys I was sick by 5.5 weeks and threw up daily and felt sea sick 24/7 through about 13 weeks.
With my surro baby I had moments of nausea but generally felt pretty great ! Which is so interesting. I literally experienced my friend’s pregnancy and not my own! With this current pregnancy I have not had the crazy smell aversion, cravings, or sickness NEARLY as much. Every day I keep thinking it should hit but it hasn’t. My next ultrasound will be Monday the 25th and if there is a 7 weeker with a HB in there I will legit FAINT . ????????????