6w6d U/S

Well, the good news is the baby has clearly grown, and is still alive. Heartbeat was 110. Just on seeing it on the screen, I felt better. The part where everything in  me just sank was when the RE did a CRL- the fetal pole measured 6w2d. I'm 6w6d today, or rather, I'm at the start of the 6th day of the 6th week, since this was around 9:30 am. By that token, it is measuring at least 3 days behind, if not 4.  If I compare this to my 2nd pregnancy, by 6w6d, my baby was measuring 6w5d and the heartbeat was 130.  So its looking crappier than the last time, which looked almost perfect at this point.

Current pregnancy 6w2d,
 apparently measuring 6w1d(really?) by CRL

The good news is  that it visually appears like there has been growth. Its highly likely that the first measurement (of 6w1d at 6w2d) was rubbish given we could barely see anything. In the second ultrasound, the embryo looks a little curved to the right of the yolk sac (do you see it?) and I wonder if that could mess up the CRL too. Impossible to say, but please, throw in your inputs.

 Current pregnancy, 6w6d, 
apparently measuring 6w2d by CRL

I did some googling for delayed growth at similar timepoints. The results are very mixed- I found  a couple of instances where miscarriage occurred within a few weeks, and quite a few instances where things turned out to be just fine. Its really impossible to say, all options remain on the table, with a probably slightly raised risk for a unfavorable outcome within the next few weeks. Apparently, trisomies are supposed to show delayed growths. I've been mostly relaxed (or so I thought) before my first ultrasound and in the gap between this one and the last.  But when I came home and burst into tears, and cried for a good half hour, I realized the stress I'm under. Its insane. Nobody should have to go through this.

I'll be fine by tomorrow and will probably remain comfortably numb (with that tantalizing, beautiful flicker of hope still thrown in) for the most part, till the next terrifying ultrasound rolls around, which should be in the middle of the next week. It will be with my RE again- no graduation to OB yet. After realizing that it was behind, he called me in for round 3, mostly I think to reassure me. This scared me a little though because the nurse had said that if the RE deemed it was a good U/S, I'd be released to the OB at that point.

I know this can go south, in any number of ways. I know this could end well. If any of you have any anecdotal stories to share about being behind at this point ending well, then please, share. I really could use the momentary reassurance.