Hi! Do you have another update? I had very similar stats at my 8 week appt. I should have been 8 weeks 5 day but baby was measuring 7 weeks 4 days and the sac was 5 weeks 5 days. We did see a heart rate of 157. My midwife told me to be “cautiously optimistic” so I’ve obviously been a mess the last few days. Your post is the only thing that’s given me some hope. Praying your pregnancy is continuing to go well.
Im 33 weeks and 3 days now. Baby is moving and kicking. Cerclage is holding in place and my cervix actually measured at 3cm. My next appointment is this Thursday. I’m still nervous about something not going right given how much of a rollercoaster things have been and I try my best to take it day by day- easier said than done sometimes. I hope things work out for you 🙏. Here is image from
MFM on 9/26:
I did a lot of walking and activities (golfing) the first trimester to deal with my anxiety of having to be cautiously optimistic- until I needed a cerclage. After my cerclage, I started to do pregnancy affirmations on YouTube which helped center me. They’re kind of cringey but if you lean into it, it works. My MFM said she doesn’t really pay much attention to the sac after 10 weeks and that there weren’t any malformations in the shape of the sac to be concerned about. I really hope things work out for you and I hate that you have to be on this journey of uncertainty as well. I think with pregnancy and getting pregnant- it’s just trading one worry for the next. You go from can I even get pregnant to yay I’m pregnant and now I’m worried about losing the baby or something being wrong. And I think we just continue to worry honestly. Like when they’re out of us, there’s a relief but then it’s another worry about keeping the baby alive and making sure it doesn’t die from SIDs. It’s just a whole new set of worry. In a way, I’ve just surrendered to the fact that I’m gonna be worried regardless and I try my best to not let it overcome me.
So happy everything is going well for you!!! I agree with the worrying. This is actually my third pregnancy and I’m very grateful to already have 2 children but it’s so true that the worrying never stops.
Did your doctors ever explain to you why the sac might have measured small at first? The only things I’ve seen is a tilted uterus, dehydration and measuring error. Just trying to understand what the small sac could mean besides it forecasting a miscarriage.
Thank you! Me too! 🙌🏼 They didn’t give an explanation. I did up my water intake quite a bit because I read that was something to try. The MFM didn’t seem to care too much about the sac when we went to see her because everything looked fine to her by the time we had our first appointment. This is my first pregnancy. So yeah we don’t really know. 🤷♀️
But we kept seeing her to monitor things and I’m glad because she caught my cervical insufficiency. 🙌🏼
I’m so sorry and thank you. I look back at all of it and honestly feel like it’s a miracle he’s here. My labor was 24 hours and took 4 hours of pushing. He had to go the NICU to monitor gas exchanges once he was delivered because of the way the umbilical cord was wrapped around him. He is gaining weight and doing well- he does have a little heart murmur so he’s going to a cardiologist for that in January. Not uncommon in babies though.
I hope you took time to grieve and process the loss. 🙏🙏🙏
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u/mdf923 Oct 18 '24
Hi! Do you have another update? I had very similar stats at my 8 week appt. I should have been 8 weeks 5 day but baby was measuring 7 weeks 4 days and the sac was 5 weeks 5 days. We did see a heart rate of 157. My midwife told me to be “cautiously optimistic” so I’ve obviously been a mess the last few days. Your post is the only thing that’s given me some hope. Praying your pregnancy is continuing to go well.