Sunday, July 26, 2009

While waiting

According to an article that I came across yesterday (I googled too much, not so good you know?):

"The gestation sac size in pregnancies resulting from in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer have been compared with those in spontaneous pregnancies. Small-for-dates gestational sac sizes were found in 36% of the IVF pregnancies. This proportion held for both singleton and multiple pregnancies. With increasing gestation beyond 8 weeks the gestation sac volume increasingly approached normal. In contrast to spontaneous conceptions, IVF pregnancies had a low rate of pregnancy loss once fetal heart movements were demonstrated, when the gestation sac size was small-for-dates. Small sac size in an IVF pregnancy may lead to the misdiagnosis of a failed pregnancy."

Source: here

Maknanya:
  1. it is common for IVF pregnancies to have small sac sizes, and
  2. they do tend to catch up after the 8th week, and
  3. the risk of pregnancy loss due solely to a small sac size is greatly decreased once heart activity is visualized.
Saya google hanya looking for success stories of cases with similar situation to me. Ini lag i baguskan dari saya susah hati sementara menunggu next scan.

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