We had our six week scan two weeks ago. I am so grateful that they do this for IVF babies because I'm not sure I could have waited 8 weeks like most people have to! I was hopeful but a little nervous right before we set off, anxious to know that there was a real baby and that it wasn't ectopic. Having IVF I've had a lot of ultrasound scans (both internal and external) and have seen my uterus a number of times but this would be the first time that we'd see a baby there!
I was so relieved when we saw the pregnancy sack on the screen and saw the tiny heartbeat. I thought I'd be more suprised when the sonographer then showed us the second baby and tiny heartbeat! Twins! We had been praying for both embryos since we knew they existed so it didn't seem that suprising to find out that God had answered our prayers for them. The hospital staff however were suprised by this, UK advice is that only one embryo is replaced at the time both the doctor and embryologist were very happy to replace both, not expecting both to implant and grow!
The grey smudge at the bottom of the black space on the right we were told was the yolk sack and at the very bottom of the grey smudge is the baby. You can't see the second baby in this pic.
This is the giant file of notes we have managed to accumulate over the past four and a half years.
Now we just have to wait a couple of weeks to meet with our midwife.
