Mmc body didn't MC naturally.. any ideas why?

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Just wondering if anyone knows why there body holds on way past the point of losing a baby? My baby MC at 6 weeks but even at 11 weeks there was no bleeding... Sore boobs had gone etc but nothing else. Does anyone know how or why the body holds on... Has it anything to do with vitamins/ nutrients or particular hormones? Just curious really.

So sorry for your loss. From my own experience of five miscarriages at 11-13 weeks and reading so many stories from other women here, it seems that if anything it's more common than not for a natural miscarriage to take about four weeks after the heartbeat stops. I think it gives the hormones time to go down. After all, our bodies take a month to go through the monthly cycle of period, ovulation and back to period again and a pregnancy is much more significant.

I'm following this thread.

Excellent questions because it certainly 'feels' as though MMC is more common than MC. Whether that's true or not.

I've been wondering the same thing. My body held on to my baby as well and I was into the second trimester, post 12 weeks scan and everything was supposedly ok.

I've heard of people absorbing the baby, although I get the feeling this is in the very early days?

I haven't looked into it, it's too painful but I'd love to hear snippets of theories or facts.

Yeah, I had to have an eprc but that was over 5 weeks later...(Christmas time). TTC again and I suppose there's something reassuring that baby held on and my body supported the baby regardless and then on the other side... My body didn't let me know that baby wasnt ok 😳 just curious. Hormones makes sense but it seems a long time after heartbeat stopping.

my first pregnancy was an mmc discovered at 9 weeks after a very small bleed.

pregnancy ended about 5 weeks which would explain why i never felt pregnant. i was still carrying the pregnancy at 14 weeks.

next pregnancy i got to 27 weeks but baby had died around about 24 weeks. i had no signs at all and even still felt movement albeit slightly different to the flutters i had had earlier.

third pregnancy was an mmc at 14+2. i had had spotting and bleeds from 6 weeks but 3 good scans including the dating scan looked to be fine. Had to go back for screening at 14+2 where the hb had stopped a couple of days before.

I like to think my body is good at being pregnant or at least i hope that is the case.

So sorry for everyone affected by pregnancy loss. such a sad and horrible thing to go through especially when it is so drawn out.

So sorry gingerbread to hear of all your losses. I hope from your screen name that you've now had a successful pregnancy.

not yet fent picked the username when pregnant and due to my second pregnancy being so complex i stuck with the name as i frequented the ante natal boards a lot and then the bereavement boards.

How about you?

The hospital don't think i have any fertility problems so have not had any investigations as of yet which i can only take as a good thing and hope that the next time i will be fine. I've been doing my research and am going to go down the b12 and b3 route i think see if it makes any difference. My stillborn son had pffd and my most recent pregnancy was a girl with triploidy so i am a bit concerned why getting these problems.

Oh gingerbread that must have been heartbreaking for you. I really hope you have a success with your next pregnancy. I haven't had any children yet either, only losses.
Thank you for the tip about B vitamins. I've recently ordered lots of bioavailable folate after reading that it's much better than high dose folic acid.
Good luck!

oh i've never heard of that i shall have to look into it.

me too and the same for you!

Mmc is so cruel. Mine was discovered at dating scan. I still felt pregnant but the sac was empty. They think the baby was reabsorbed before 6 weeks and yet my body held on to the pregnancy and I literally had no idea. Mine was medically managed so not sure how long it would've taken for my body to catch up.

that happened to my friend and is truely devastating especially when as you say there are no warning signs. sorry for your loss.

Hope you have had or go on to have a hapoy succesful pregnancy.

This happened to me. I only found out at what would've been my 12 week scan where they told me I had a large sac but no baby.
Had a previous miscarriage where I bled at 6/7 weeks and although they have both been devastating this one hurt the most cos I had no idea.

Apparently my hormones were so strong that my body still thought I was pregnant, so still having positive pregnancy tests but not really any symptoms.
I was told to wait 3 weeks to miscarriage naturally but it still didn't happen so went onto the surgical removal when I would've been about 15/16 weeks.
There's no explanation for it and it doesn't make anything easier I just hope everything works out for everyone the way they want it to xxx