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Miscarriage/pregnancy loss

Find support and share your experiences on our Miscarriage forum. See also legal rights and support after baby loss.

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U/S showed an empty gestational sac??? Dates wrong? Miscarriage?

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Cakeplease · 28/03/2012 16:52

Hi, I had some very light spotting Monday when I wiped. I was sent to EPU yesterday thinking I was 6+6 pregnant to have a scan . Scan showed a gestational sac only (no yolk sac or embryo) measuring 5+1. What does this mean? Am I miscarrying? I am confused. They took bloods to check HCG levels & nurse phoned to say they 'look good' at 2180. They will take more thursday to check levels doubling as they should. My LMP was 8th feb but we started ttc on 14th (very lucky to concieve quickly) so surely I could only be a max of 6 weeks anyway. I'm really trying to stay positive but it's so hard.

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Cakeplease · 28/03/2012 19:05

Anyone?

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kickmewhenimdown · 28/03/2012 19:55

To give you some positivity I can tell you what happened to me. I went for an early scan and they could only seen an empty sac too. I had some light bleeding and then passed a very large lump, which I can only explain as an early miscarriage. Had to wait all weekend before I could get a scan. But when i went to get scan lo & behold there was a proper little bean on the screen. Which is now a little toerag of toddler. Midwife thinks is was a twin pregnancy and only one progressed (which she said is not uncommon), but because my early scan was sooo early they could only see the empty sac. Fingers crossed for you x

Jollyb · 28/03/2012 20:01

Please try to stay positive - with the sac only measuring 5 weeks it may well be that your dates are wrong and that it's just too early to see anything else.
I expect they'll want to rescan you in a week or so.

I've recently been through a miscarriage with an empty gestational sac but my sac measured 8 weeks and so they could be confident it was a blighted ovum.

Good luck

MyLittleMiracle · 28/03/2012 21:58

At the 5 week stage i dont think they can really see much, they couldnt tell me at 5 weeks whether my baby had a heart beat, 10 days later though at 6weeks and 6 days they could detect a strong heartbeat.

Quite possibly the baby is just too little to see yet. And there may well be nothing wrong.

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Cakeplease · 28/03/2012 22:25

Thank you for your kind words. I'm still having a tiny bit of brown spotting when I wipe but no pain or red blood so I'm trying to stay positive. I guess the next step is tomorrows blood test. They will phone me with the results, fingers crossed they are higher! I guess we will know a bit more then. I don't feel very positive today. I know my LMP was 6+6 before the scan but because we only started trying 6 weeks before scan surely baby could only be a max of 6 weeks & 5+1 could be possible?? Could I be 5+1 from conception and not last period?? Or am I clutching at straws?

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MyLittleMiracle · 31/03/2012 09:02

Sorry if you think i am being nosy, but just wanted to ask how it went with your blood test? Do things look good? Hope everything is going well for you.

Best wishes
MLM

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Cakeplease · 31/03/2012 09:41

Hi, I'm afraid not. The second blood test showed the HCG had dropped to 1830 and I am having a repeat on Monday. They said that all indicated that the pregnancy was not viable and i should expect to miscarry.I suspected as much as by then the brown discharge was worse & then it turned bright red. I started bleeding heavily on Thursday & am still bleeding now although not as heavily. I passed a lot of clots Thursday night and had a good old cry. Still feel as if it's not really happening but know it is over. I am clinging onto the fact that the gestational sac was empty, baby never grew. That is making it easier to bear.

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MyLittleMiracle · 31/03/2012 18:31

It is so hard, i had two missed miscarriages, but mine stopped growing at between 8 and 9 weeks with both of them and the second one i saw his heartbeat at 6 weeks and 6 days. I do feel your pain.

mrsnesbit · 31/03/2012 18:39

So sorry this has happened to you. Blighted ovum is awful.
It is true that there was not a baby in there and like you, that has always made me feel slightly better.
Its still not fair because you had all of the hopes and expectations of someone at 6 weeks pregnant.
Big hugs to you

MyLittleMiracle · 31/03/2012 21:37

Bug hugs, its still a loss, whatever type of miscarriage, you still mentally adn emotionally lost a child, and it hurts like hell

stelabelle · 01/04/2012 17:31

Hi cakeplease, I'm so sorry you are going through this, I really am. I had a blighted ovum at 6wks but it didn't emerge until 10 wks and I've just had another early MC so I can sympathize, truly if there is anything I can help with, feel free to PM me, it's a hard time and you run the gamut of emotions bug I promise it does get better.

Estelle xx

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