I had some spotting over the weekend, it was mostly brown then went off but on wednesday i had a small bleed.
I spoke to epau and had a scan yesterday, had to have internal as was so small. They could see a sac and baby measuring 3mm.
According to online calculators i am 9 weeks pregnant but by my dates i think i could be 6. what showed on the scan could have passed for a 6 week scan from what ive seen online.
The doctor who scanned me implied that it could go either way however the other nurse / doctor in the room intervened and said she did not want to give false hope and that i should book 2 weeks off work and expect to micarry and to cancel my booking in appointment. I am going back in 2 weeks for a follow up scan.
has anybody else experienced similar? they did say the sac was large and they would expect to see a bigger baby with a sac that size but i dont know if theyre basing it all on the fact they think i should be 9 weeks.
any advice appreciated, i am prepared for the worst but until it happens i can hope cant i?
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Impending mc - anyone else had similar?
gingerbreadmam · 07/11/2014 14:15
Firstly, to clear up the confusion inherent in dating pregnancy from LMP. The hospital dating from LMP are assuming you ovulated and conceived 2 weeks after your LMP, 7 weeks ago and are therefore 9 weeks pregnant. You think you ovulated as late as 5 weeks into your cycle, 4 weeks ago and therefore could be 6 weeks pregnant. When did you get a BFP? The earliest is usually 10-14 dpo or '4 weeks pregnant' ( though just to confuse things further that is clearblue's 1-2 weeks from ovulation)
The discrepancy between the size of sac and size of foetal pole doesn't sound positive. Often in a missed miscarriage the foetus stops growing around the 5-6 week mark but the sac keeps growing. I think it's common for losses due to genetic defects to happen at c. 6weeks
That said, if you could be just about 6 weeks it might be fine. That uncertainty is why they rescan. Bloody tough on you dealing with the limbo though. You get through it however you can, optimism and pessimism equally valid because the truth is they just don't know which way it will go. Mumsnet will be here for you whatever the outcome. 
thankyou ladies. going by bakingtins information im guessing its a no go which is what one of the nurses implied so guess i just have to wait for it to pass.
my last lmp was 4 or 6 september. my app said i was due to ovulate around 20 september. i did a clearblue digital on 10 october which said 2-3 weeks. i was therefore thinking from 10 october to now plus 2 weeks as indicated on the clearblue could make me only 6 weeks although that cant be right going on the info you have kindly shared there.
sounds like i really should be 9 weeks then and as the baby measured 3mm (about right for a 6 wk pregnancy) im guessing it just stopped growing at around 6 weeks
especially as the sak was said to be big.
this is an awful wait not helped by the fact i still feel so pregnant e.g. sore boobs and waves of nausea. thank you for responding though i really appreciate it 
so sorry to hear your sade news evelyn. hope you are managing ok and my thoughts go out to you.
sounds like a similar thing, i havent even had my booking in. was due wednesday just gone but they had to re-arrange to next week as midwife was ill and the nurse who scanned me advised me to cancel it.
thank you for coming to offer me some advice as i know u must be going through a really hard time still. i am doing the same as you, waiting for the worst whilst still maintaining a little bit of hope.
thank you rachie
Ginger I'm sorry the hospital weren't better, you're not moaning on at all, it's scary when you don't know what's going to happen. I know they are dealing with tons of these situations but I found i really appreciated it when they took the time to say ' I'm really sorry it's not good news' etc., though still hoping it will be for you.
I think each experience can be v different if the worst happens but the best you can do is wear a pad & plan what you'd do each day if the situation arises. I took some & spare underwear & pads in my bag just in case & had a hospital bag ready. I told my parents as I may have needed to drop the children off with them at any time.
Write a list of your concerns & call the epu on Monday & ask the questions, & see if they can check on you sooner. When you're feeling up to it have a read of the 3 options if it's a missed miscarriage-there's waiting for it to pass naturally, medical management & surgery. There is a big thread on here about mmcs, although some of it may make you more worried & perhaps unnecessarily but at least if you want to there's a lot of info from various peoples experiences.
I've found myself going through the cycle of emotions from denial, acceptance, grief & sadness to random anger at the moment since 2 weeks ago. Each stage has been exhausting. Try to talk to someone IRL & don't do anything too demanding. I'm happy to try to answer anything from my experience if it helps-I think I find it helpful to talk about it. I think the big thing in assessing the risk of mc is how different your measurements seems to your expected dates & how sure of your dates you are. By 7 weeks from LMP I believe there should be a heartbeat, or 8 weeks at most.
Thinking of you
Thank you LIG i know these are sensitive questions and i hope you are ok. Your answers are helping greatly.
i suppose as it is so.up in the air at the moment, if my body does hold onto it, at the rescan if nothing has changed i can be sure if thats makes sense and more accepting.
i just realised how thankful i am that people are kind enough to share something so personal and distressing and i just want to say again i cant thank you all enough. thanks so much and hope you are being kind to yourselves
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