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I am 5weeks and 3days pregnant with a gestational sac and yolk sac but no fetal pole is visualize...does this mean i will have a blighted ovum?

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Blighted ovum?: The absence of a fetal pole in a 5+ week gestation is not good. Check your hCG and Progesterone levels, and repeat both in 48 hrs to monitor the pregnancy.

Answered 9/9/2014

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5 weeks today. US 4 days ago showed small sac, no yolk sac or fetal pole. Hcg 2 days ago was 2782, Hcg today, 2 days later is 6889. Should I be seeing more on an ultra sound with such a high hcg? Is it possible it's a blighted ovum?

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Im 5wks pregnant and the doc just finally seen the sac and yolk but not the fetal pole. Is this normal or could it be a blighted ovum?

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Gestation sac 12mm x 5mm x 12mm is this likely a blighted ovum no yolk sac present docters estimate 7 weeks by lmp my dates 5 weeks 4 days hcg increas?

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Am 10 weeks pregnant, saw gestation+yolk sac on us when iwas 5weeks , my uterus size is 10 weeks, do I still have the chance to have a blighted ovum?

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Im concerned about a blighted ovum. HCG levels doubling appropriately (every 48h). Current HCG 5386, progesterone 12.4, TVUS showed 16.3mm empty gestational sac. No yolk sac seen. Repeat US in 1 week. Any hope of viable pregnancy?

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