Confusion

Sometimes dealing with Indian clinics on the other side of the world can be really difficult. It is so hard to wait with baited breath each time you log into your email and pray and hope for news. When you add on the cultural differences and business of the clinics it can be an emotional landmine.

Today, Brian and I received our doctor's email with the ultrasounds. It contained an attached ultrasound image but unfortunately none of the details we were craving such as if a fetal pole was present which means we have no idea of if there is a CRL that responds to the correct gestational age. The email was short and stated:

- There is a single pregnancy.
- The small black hollow between the two arrow marks is the gestational sac.
- The pregnancy is now 5 weeks.
- We shall check in about 10 days for the appearance of a heart beat.

Brian and I both have a lot of questions about the doctor's email because according to our calculations we should be 6 weeks 3 days along (The transfer was done on March 22nd). Since we don't have the size details associated with the ultrasound scan we don't know if the doctor was telling us that the developmental size corresponds to 5 weeks or if there is a miscommunication somewhere. If the developmental size is truly 5 weeks, then it is likely this is a non-viable pregnancy.

We were expecting to hear results on 4/16 and didn't get this news until 4/19. But it may still be too early. We can't tell when the ultrasound was done, it could be 4/12 or 4/17. On the JPG where it has the date printed, we can't be sure if we're looking at a two or a seven. Obviously if this is a very early ultrasound from 4/12, the lack of a heartbeat isn't the worst thing... but we don't know!

When we read that there was no heartbeat we immediately assumed that it meant the worst. So there have been the emotional brick walls hit (not simultaneously) and now we're uncertain, because this is probably inconclusive. So stay tuned!