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Miscarriage advice please

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user1491403410 · 06/05/2017 16:36

Important dates - 23/03/17 was my last period
Did a pregnancy test on 20/04/17 which was positive and made me exactly 4 weeks.
Did a clear blue digital test which said 1-2 weeks pregnant

Fast forward to Thursday and have some light bleeding.

Midwife referred me for a scan yesterday as bleeding had continued. I will of been 6+1 weeks

Scan showed absolutely nothing. She couldn't see anything, even on an internal scan. Only thing she could see was my womb was quite thick which is an indicator of early pregnancy. She seemed to think I was in very very early pregnancy.

I've had absolutely no symptoms in this pregnancy, however the last couple of days my boobs are and continue to be sore.

The dr suggested I keep doing pregnancy tests and if it still says pregnant in 2 weeks then I need to come back to be re scanned. If it doesn't then we are to assume to have miscarried.

I've done a pregnancy test today which still says positive. The bleeding is still there although not heavy. Probably about the size of a tea light is the amount I've lost today.

I'm assuming I've miscarried. I don't see how my dates could be wrong.

Could there really be a chance that I've had 2 positive tests 2 weeks ago yet it still shows nothing on my scan because it's early?

I just don't see it :-( I don't know how to feel

Anyone experienced anything like this before?

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Polly99 · 06/05/2017 16:45

Did they take blood to check your HCG level?

This needs to be done ASAP as if you really are 6 weeks pregnant and there appears to be no pregnancy in your uterus they need to be in the lookout for an ectopic pregnancy. If your HCG hits about 1500 and there is still nothing on screen they need to assume its ectopic and treat accordingly.

Frankly I'm a little shocked at the advice you have been given. Was this at an early pregnancy unit in the U.K.?

user1491403410 · 07/05/2017 11:48

They checked on the scan that is wasn't ectopic and they were pretty sure it wasn't.

They didn't check my HCG levels which I thought they might of but I just wanted to get home at that point.

I now know for definite I'm miscarrying as I'm losing too much blood not to be

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MissBel12 · 07/05/2017 21:59

Hi I'm so sorry for your loss. I went through the exact same last thing last month. At exactly 6 weeks, had cramps and was bleeding, went to hospital, got positive pregnancy test through urine test, but scan showed nothing. However after that, the advice was quite different, as nothing showed in scan, they assumed miscarriage, took blood test for HCG, and then repeated blood test 3 days later which showed drop in HCG to confirm miscarriage. I'm not sure why they'd tell you to keep testing yourself, but maybe that's just the same as them doing bloodtests

Shiva83 · 08/05/2017 20:18

Its really difficult to say, it's possible your dates are wrong and you're a lot earlier than you think - scan dates are usually based on ovulation, but there is also a strong possibility that you have miscarried. I have experienced both - my first scan with my little boy I didn't see anything and two weeks later a baby but also I've had 3 miscarriages where dates were out by a week or two, one last week sadly. How is the blood? Has it died down or increased? Fingers crossed for you

Shiva83 · 11/05/2017 19:32

How was the blood test? Hope you're okay

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