'Just a dot' on 7 weeks vaginal ultrasound

[Sophia1984]

Hi everyone, I just got back from the EPAU as I had some spotting yesterday and it's bad news. I was feeling hopeful this morning as I hadn't bled since yesterday lunchtime.

I had thought I was 7 +2, but on the scan all they could see was 'a dot' - they didn't even say if it was a sac or a yolk or an embryo or anything. They couldn't see anything on the external ultrasound as I have a retroverted uterus, and then on the vaginal one there was a fully lined uterus with a small black dot. They said it could just be very early, but I got the feeling it's just not developed at all. They couldn't tell me how many weeks it looked in size. I don't really know how long my cycles are as I recently came off pill, but the one before I got pregnant was 26 days. Is there any chance I could have ovulated/implanted later than I thought? I was apparently still pregnant according to urine test, though it was a faint line (they said maybe cause urine diluted), but they've done a blood test and will call with results this afternoon. If it's very low they said I just need to do a home pregnancy test in a couple of days to confirm the levels have gone down; if it's high then I need to do another blood test in another couple of days.

The only positives are that at least I trusted my instinct and went for a scan and found out now rather than at 12 weeks, and that hopefully the fact that it's so small means there won't be too much blood to pass if I do miscarry.

Has anyone else been through this? I feel so lost and can't stop crying. I hadn't expected to get pregnant so quickly but was so excited and now it feels like everything has changed. Partner is supportive but I don't think he can understand properly as he hasn't been having all the changes to his body for nothing. I had only told one friend, so feel like I have no one to talk to about this. I'm also worried that this, and having a retroverted uterus, means I won't be able to carry a pregnancy again, or that I'm having an ectopic pregnancy, or that my uterus is like that because of undiagnosed endometriosis.

So sorry you're going through this Sophia. I hope they were kind and supportive at the EPAU and that you have people to help you/take care of you at home.

Sadly mc is all too common, but it doesn't mean you wont get preganat again and go on to have a happy healthy pregnancy next time. I misscarried in april and am now pregnant again, although worrying constantly.

Having a retroverted uterus is fairly common - about 20% of women have one (including myself) and it is not thought to have any bearing on one's ability to conceive, carry or birth and baby....i hope this is some comfort for you.

Thanks 5hell So glad to hear you're expecting again :-)

. It just feels so strange that a month ago we didn't even know I was pregnant but I had filled up the last 3 weeks with so many hopes and expectations, and it's really hard to let them go. I had been planning to tell my mum at her 60th birthday, so I now I feel like the occasion is going to be spoiled; I was wondering whether to do the Great North Run or not, and had eased off the training, and now I will be able to do it, but it will be with so much sadness. I don't think my partner understands at all :-(

I'm also worried about what happens next? Although the nurses at the EPAU were lovely, the ultrasound wouldn't/couldn't tell me anything beyond 'there's just a dot' with no indication as to what that meant. I'm worried it could be an ectopic pregnancy and I'll have to go through lots of medical treatment.