By the end of week four, the child is ten thousand times larger than the fertilized egg.
Week 5: Eyes, legs, and hands begin to develop.
Week 6: Brain waves are detectable; mouth and lips are present; fingernails are forming.
Week 7: Eyelids, and toes form, nose distinct. The baby is kicking and swimming.
Week 8: Every organ is in place, bones begin to replace cartilage, and fingerprints begin to form. By the 8th week the baby can begin to hear.
If you break embryonic and fetal development into thirds then when you are in your 28th week the baby begins its final third of development. (Gestation is 266 days or 38 weeks of development). So either way you look at it you are in your 3rd trimester!
Choroid plexus cysts (CPC) can be an isolated finding, which confers a 1% (variable based on population studied) risk of fetal aneuploidy. The risk of aneuploidy increases to 10.5-12% if other risk factors or ultrasound findings are noted. The particular size, bilaterality, disappearance/progression or the position of the CPC, do not have any effect on the risk of aneuploidy. 44-50% of Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18) cases will present with CPC, and 1.
She said that the gestational and yolk sacs were visible but I will need to make an appointment in a week to come back to see the fetal pole and heartbeat, that it is just too soon to tell. She never mentioned what the two white dots inside the gestational sac were. Was it my baby, more than one, the beginnings of the fetal pole? Anyone know, or is it too early to know? Do the dots indicate fetal matter? Would she have been able to see anything inside this early?
Because their profession (doctors, ultrasound techs, etc) is all about the money.
Try to hang in there hun, I know this waiting is SO hard! I also had an u/s at 6 weeks where all they saw was a gestational sac (no yolk sac or fetal pole) by around 7 weeks there was a yolk sac, fetal pole and heart beat!! I think there are even women on here that have had to wait till closer to 8 weeks to see anything. My Dr. was also on the negative side, I think they feel the need to prepare you for the worst. (((HUGS))) The fact that your levels almost tripled is great!
My last menstrual period was June 24th, 2017. I missed my period on July 24th and had a very bright positive pregnancy test that evening. Then I had two more positive tests the next two days. I went to my first prenatal appointment on July 31st which would have put me at 5 weeks 2 days. Pregnancy test showed positive attention visit. Then during the ultrasound they said the fetal pole and sac were both measuring 6 weeks 1 day.
I had an ultrasound done at what I thought was 5 weeks 5 days and a yolk sac was seen but no fetal heart or fetal pole seen, and a repeat ultrasound to be done 10 days from then. Is this normal to not see any fetal pole or heart at this stage? The ultrasound tech said she wouldnt put me at 5 weeks 5 days.
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Just went for another internal ultrasound today (friday) and they found a gestasional sac and yolk sac same as on Monday but still no fetal pole. They measured me at 6 weeks 1 day today.. They said the gest sac and yolk sac had grown accordingly since Monday so that was reassuring but told me to come back in a week to see if they can find fetal pole and hbeat. I've heard all sorts of variations on when they can find hbeat anything from 6 up to 8 weeks. What do you think?
t rise as quickly after 1200. I went from 33 to 996 in a week (doubling every 24 hours), then slowed and only went from 996 to 4000 in a week (doubling every 84 hours). So your levels may not have gone up as quickly as you think. I m bit surprised he would express concern without actually knowing what the levels are. Try not to worry...when is your next ultrasound?
OH HOW EXCITING. IM GOING FOR MY 7 WEEK ULTRASOUND ON WEDNESDAY, DONT KNOW ABOUT THE HEARTBEAT! GOOD LUCK!
I also booked an ultrasound for week 19 to look at the development of the baby to see if there are any problems they can see with the heart or other developmental issues. In my heart I know my baby is just fine, but its still scary!
What were the results of your first trimester screening?
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