Viability scan at 6 weeks (IVF) - miscarriage

[LJM83]

Hi all

I had a fresh transfer of a 5 day blastocyst on 24th April (my 4th transfer, 2nd cycle), I got a BFP and the line on the test continued to get darker throughout the 2 weeks before my scan today (6 weeks 1 day). There was a 'beautiful' embryo sac but no yolk sac or heart beat 😢. I have been told that I need to return for another scan in a week or two - why? I'd much rather stop the pessaries and start the process of the miscarriage so that I can move forward. Everything I have read (and speaking to the clinic) it is highly unlikely there'll be a positive outcome from this next scan - so I just don't see the point in it or continuing my medication. Has anyone else experienced this? TIA x

Hi @LJM83 I don't have any advice but I just want to say how sorry I am to hear this, I know when I started bleeding in my fresh cycle from 8dp5dt and the clinic told me I had to carry on injecting myself with progesterone how upsetting it was.

It must have been such a shock at the scan and I'm so sorry you're going through this.

We didn't see a heart beat until 8 weeks after our treatment xx

Thank you both for replying.

@Gardenlady543 - it's so difficult isn't it, it seems bizarre to continue to pump these drugs into our bodies when the side effects are unpleasant. I'm sorry you had to go through something similar - this is the 2nd time this has happened for us and I'm really losing the will! x

@sozzleb1983 unfortunately the embryo sac is completely empty, so not just the heart beat absent x

@LJM83 it is so hard, I've never had a BFP just the unsuccessful transfers, I couldn't imagine finally getting a positive and then this happening, it's just awful.

Have you asked to speak to the counsellor at your clinic, I've found that quite helpful. I hope you can be kind to yourself, it's ok to feel sad.

After my second unsuccessful transfer I had a lot of tests, you may not want to explore this at the moment, but I'm happy to discuss what might be helpful on here with you when you are. I'm not an expert in the field but feel like I've learned a lot over the last few months, I have recurrent implantation failure and there seems to be quite an overlap with miscarriages.

Hello there. I'm going through a similar experience. I went for my viability scan at 6 weeks 6 days (ivf: no mistake of dates) and they did not see a fetal pole and neither a heartbeat. I did have a gestational sac and yolk sac but they measured small. I also have a retroverted uterus, if that matters. I'm due for another scan in 2 weeks to check for viability again but wondering if there's any hope? Has anyone gone on to see an embryo after not seeing one at 7 weeks?

@sozzleb1983

That is wonderful. Were you ivf too? What happened in your 6/7 week scan?

@LJM83

I truly feel for what you're going through at the moment. I've also 'given up' subconsciously: I'm not making as much effort with the healthy eating that I was so pedantic about at the beginning. I get so angry thinking about how we've gone through so much to get to ivf, we go through the ordeal of injections, medications and egg retrieval and then you finally think you've made it and the rug is pulled under your feet once again. Keep us updated on how things go for you and I hope we get some positive news from others on here.

Yes we had IVF - a frozen embryo transfer as our fresh cycle failed nearly 4 years ago. We had the frozen cycle in 2019. When we had a scan at 8 weeks, we were able to see a heart beat and tiny outline of the baby.
Wishing you lots of luck with any treatment you have, I know how difficult and emotional it is. It's so so hard. I really wouldn't give up though as it really can work. We didn't think it would but we now have a 10 month old x

@Gardenlady543

Hi ya - I'm feeling a little bit better about things but certainly will look into counseling - it can't do any harm!

I'm certainly interested in hearing more about the tests you have had, my clinic have suggested our lack of success is due to embryo quality (probably caused by poor egg quality - age related) so I'm not sure there are many tests that can be done - but happy to be proven wrong! My implantation rate seems to be ok (50%) but it's just getting a positive result at a 6 week scan that is missing.

What is your situation now? Do you have another cycle planned? x

@EasterBunny7
I'm sorry to read that you are going through something similar - but it sounds like you might be in a better position to me, so fingers crossed for you. When I was told I had to wait another 2 weeks for a scan my reaction made it pretty clear that I thought it was going to be difficult to wait another 2 weeks - especially given all of the waiting to that point - they offered me a scan in a week. Therefore I have my second scan next Wednesday. I don't have any hope whatsoever and the symptoms I did have have disappeared.

I completely appreciate you shifting your mindset and the healthy eating bit - but perhaps a more laid back approach will help, or at least make the 2 weeks more bearable.

Is this your first cycle? x

Hi @LJM83 I posted about it on your other thread :)

Hi LJM83
What happened in the other scan? SO I had my first scan in week 4; no yolk sac just GS. Then I had one today, and again, no yolk sac :-(. I'm week 6.2 :-(. Do you think I need to think of miscarriage? I never had a miscarriage before and I'm also an IVF patient. Only one embriyo was transfered as the other one did not make it past day 2...