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Yas~ I had both v____al and abdominal done at 6.5 weeks. They did that one because I was spotting and my beta levels weren't quite doubling. It was an u/s tech and at that time they only saw an empty sac. Just one sac, and it measured for only 4 weeks. So they had me come in again 8 days later to check and make sure it was not a blighted ovum happening. When I came in that time my ob did a v____al u/s and saw a 6 week sac and a healthy baby. I had a gut feeling and asked her to make sure there is only one in there. She did a sweep around my uterus with the v____al and said "yes, there is only one". Now, before you all think the wrong thing...I never wanted more than one. So, I was not hoping, I was worried and wanted to be rea__sured. So, the next month went by mostly uneventful...but in my gut I was worried because I was feeling very pregnant, like a lot of pulling pains already and alot of discomfort in my pelvis and cervical area. My nausea kicked in about 8 weeks and it was pretty rough! By the 11th week I was feeling my uterus almost at my belly b___ton, odd for me that early on, I have had 3 other kids and am overweight, so I knew I had a larger than normal for me uterus going on. Well, at 12 weeks, after a long walk downtown and a 2 1/2 block walk uphill pushing my 40 lb toddler...I noticed cramping and spotting when I got home. So I called my ob, and she had me come right in to check the baby. She slapped the abdominal u/s on me...said the baby looked good, had a good hb and was growing fine. Then we both noticed that when the baby did it's whole body jerking move...you could see something behind it that was not moving. After a long awkward silence and a lot of trying to get a view behind it....there was another baby of the same size, not moving, laying directly behind the first and with a good hb as well...she just looked at me funny and said "you know you're having twins don't you?". Talk about being freaked out! They do have seperate sacs and the peak was visable suggesting two fusing placentas. That is what gets me when I see a poster say "they have to share the same sac to have one hiding behind the other" well I have to say "poo to that" I have living proof that it can to happen! :-) As for the v____al probe question, I have read some reports that uterine positioning like a "tilted uterus" can make it hard to properly see all the uterus area. At 12 weeks, I was measuring large and my ob says that they would have ordered an u/s anyway to check on why. I thought it was funny and ironic because I had just posted on this forum a question asking what the odds of missing a twin on u/s would be and less than a week later I was diagnosed with twins. :-) So, my advice to everyone out there wondering if there are more than one in there after u/s already done....it can happen but don't get so excited that you might be the rare case of missed twin...by 20 weeks you and your ob will typically have confirmed how many are in your womb accurately.

thanks so much for your input.....i am so pleased for you....i wonder if you would want to find out the s_xes? well..just a good example that things can happen out of the ordinary....i have a 12 week u/s in 3 weeks time and cannot wait to see my baby.....i had the exact same thing happen to me....at 4w 6d they hardly saw a sac almost nothing, at approx 5w 5 d they saw a sac but no baby with the possibility of another sac but that was never really confirmed...at 7w they saw a sac, a baby and a heartbeat (baby measuring 6w 4d) ...now i am 9 weeks (from LMP) baby probably 8w 4d and have uterous that has started to protrude through my lower abdomen when i lie down....part of me believes i may still be surprised but as we all know this is something unlikely to happen often....but then you never know....LOL imagine after all my confirmations i come back on here and surprise you all????LOL!!!i mean THAT would be funny....but to be honest am just going to happy to go through these next weeks uneventfully as i had a very rough start to begin with....and will see a healthy viable baby at 12 weeks....i have severe fatigue, very bad nausea and food aversions its hard for me to cook for my family...there is also the hope that i have succeeded in conceiving a girl this time...so if the clomid has not helped give me twins....i hope it at least will give me a girl...according to all the old wives tales, chinese gender charts and people's intuition i am told it will be...lol...if it is another boy......AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH....LOL..AHHHH bless him!!!wish all of yuou a happy, succcessful, healthy and uneventful pregnancy!!!love to you all!!!