Hello. This is my first pregnancy. At my 12 week scan last week the sonographer told me that the embryo had no heartbeat and measured only 8 weeks 4 days, and that I would miscarry. I chose expectant management, but a lot of reading over the weekend convinced me that the chances of the miscarriage starting spontaneously any time soon are very low (I've had no signs of miscarriage, no cramps or bleeding at all). So I asked for surgical management instead, and the hospital have offered me a slot tomorrow.
I'm now (irrationally, I know) terrified that the sonographer made a mistake, that maybe my dates were wrong, and that the consultant is going to terminate a healthy foetus. I've asked for a reassurance scan beforehand, and the nurses were sympathetic to my request, but I don't think that they will be able to fit me in.
The NICE clinical guidelines (www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/14000/61854/61854.pdf) seem to suggest that the proper procedure for diagnosis of a miscarriage should include more than just one scan, or at least more than one opinion. This is from the guidelines:
"1.4.4 Inform women that the diagnosis of miscarriage using 1 ultrasound scan cannot be guaranteed to be 100% accurate and there is a small chance that the diagnosis may be incorrect, particularly at very early gestational ages."
I know I'm clutching at straws, and I'm sure the sonographer knows what she's doing, but I just wish I could have some reassurance. If you have gone through this, were you offered a second scan, or some other confirmation?
Thank you.
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KingOfLizards · 22/05/2013 10:43
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