is there hope?

[stingray]

i had a missed miscarriage in jan 05 at 10 weeks.i recently discovered i am pregnant again.last week at 7 weeks pregnant i had a slight brown coloured discharge for a couple of days.i went to the doctor and was refered to the epu for a scan.the scan showed a five week pregnancy with no heartbeat.i have been told to return next thursday for a further scan.i am positive about my dates and did a pregnancy test three days before my period was due which was positive.if i was only five weeks pregnant now i would not have even been pregnant when i got the positive test result.apart from that i know exactly when i ovulated due to testing,and we only had sex at that time and at no other time since,so there is no chance whatsoever that it could be a five week pregnancy.i am completely devastated at this happening again and am struggling to cope,i dontunderstand what i am doing wrong as i am so careful regarding very very healthy eating no drinking of alchohol or caffeine,iwont even take an aspirin.i can only assume it is definately down to my age of 42.i am lucky enough to have had 3 perfect children all born at home after text book pregnancies.my husband is nine years younger than me,and only my youngest child of 7 is his,he comes from alarge family and is such a perfect dad we had hoped to have one last child together.i have such a longing to hold a baby in my arms and body again,i feel so empty.is there hope against hope that this baby inside me has survived and that a mistake has been made somewhere along the line?i also had blood taken to test my hcg level which indicated a 5.5 week pregnancy level.has anyone else had something like this happen and it turned out all right?

[PrettyCandles]

Oh stingray, I wish I could tell you it will all be fine, but there's just no way of knowing. This early it's really not about what you did or didn't eat or do, it is down to your age. But that doesn't mean that you will not have more children, just that the odds are not as good as for a younger woman.

Hugs to you, and hope and prayers.

[peepee]

stingray, I am so sorry. I have had this happen to me too. I have had 5 m/c and on several occassions was told that the pregnancy was very early. I had actually worked out that I was 11 weeks but the doctors were insisting i was 5 weeks. If this had been the case I would have m/c the day that I tested and just imagined all the sickness and sore boobs. They don't always know best. You know your body. It may be that they say what they say just to try and make us feel better.
I have a freind who is your age and has a baby so I don't think it has anything to do with age. By the sounds of it you are very careful and fit (more so than me) so just give yourself time and try again.