Question: I am somewhere between 5 and 6 weeks pregnant, at least for now. This is a spontaneous pregnancy after several failed rounds of IVF and I am 40.5 years old. I am not completely certain of LMP (believe to be December 10, 2013), and my cycles are typically 25 days. I am fairly confident that my conception date was December 26 2013. My first beta HCG test on 1/6 was 217 (I had some bleeding, more than spotting, that occurred for about 3 days following this) followed by 603 on 1/8, followed by 1302 on 1/10. I am on progesterone support based on the bleeding I had. I had an ultrasound due to lower left quadrant pain on XXXXXXX 17th, to rule out ectopic, which indicated the presence of a gestational sac with a diameter consistent with 6 weeks pregnant (the only information I was given), a yolk sac, but no fetal pole. HCG of 14,000. According to various calculations, I could have been anywhere between 5w2d to 6w at the time of that ultrasound. My doctor informed me today that with a gestational sac of that size, and with the high hcg level, most women have a visible fetus if the pregnancy is viable. She scheduled me for an ultrasound in 1 week. What do you suppose my chances for a viable pregnancy are? What might explain all the discrepancies? Just looking for any reason to have hope as opposed to just waiting for Wednesday to be told that I need a D&C.

What about the fact that my OB said with that gestational sac size that a fetus should be seen?