Please help! Unsure of viability

[Rainbowbaby11]

Good afternoon. Just needing some advice and others opinions who may have been in this situation before. Pregnant with our rainbow baby after miscarrying in March and this is going to be our last attempt as I've recently turned 45 ( i understand my age is a huge factor for so many reasons) We had an early scan due to last miscarriage which placed us at 5+5 around a week behind where I thought which showed gestational sac, yolk sac, and foetal pole with crl measuring 2.4mm. Another scan just under 2 weeks later have them now questioning viability due to no heartbeat seen and not the growth they expected, crl was measuring 5.4mm. I know we're clutching at straws here and what will be will be but holding onto some slim hope that the next ultrasound ..which I've decided to delay a while in the hopes it may show something positive if further along in weeks, may surprise us. I've so far had no cramping or bleeding of any sorts and still have all my pregnancy symptoms and as of today last ultrasound was 10 days ago. Im familiar with mmc so I understand that could very well be the case here just hopelessly hopeful 😔. I've attached to scan pics from separate scans..It looks like there has been significant growth to me but then again I may be wrong. Thanks for taking the time to read 🌈

I’m no expert but would take it as a positive that there has been growth and no bleeding or cramping. I really hope you get a happy outcome

I really hope it's good news, OP, but no no heartbeat found two weeks from the 5.5-week scan and the lack of growth does sound worrying. I think you should prepare yourself for bad news, but I really hope you don't get it

Sorry OP, by 7 weeks a private scan would be able to detect a heartbeat. I had a private scan at 6 weeks on the dot and saw a heartbeat, also had an NHS one at 7+5 and I saw a HB. It doesn’t sound good, I’d prepare for the worst .

When I was pregnant with final child I had scan and no heartbeat found. I got appointment to go back a week later. Still no heartbeat or growth. No bleeding either though. Sadly they told me it was a missed miscarriage. In the end I had to go in 10 days later for final scan I insisted upon, but still no heartbeat or growth so I was given drug to induce miscarriage. I hope you are luckier than I was. I was 42 at the time and my second DH has no children of his own so I was desparate to give him a child as he was so good with my children from first marriage. In the end we became foster parents and have been fostering a child for over 10 years, and he feels like our own child we had together, even though he is not.

Things might pan out differently but, from bitter experience, I don't think it's a good sign that there's no visible heartbeat and less growth than expected 2 weeks after the 5.5 week scan. I'm really sorry, I wish I could give you a positive story here.