Early scan detected pregnancy stopped at 5 weeks

[Amymil]

Just been told this afternoon that I have potentially had a miscarriage/eptioic pregnancy. I should be 7 weeks 2 days but the sack measures 5 weeks with no yolk visible. I've been told theres a possibility of an ectopic pregnancy. I've had no pains or bleeding. I don't have any symptoms of pregnancy other than slightly sore ish boobs. I've had other pregnancies and always had the typical symptoms which is what raised alarm bells with this one. The epu have been informed and booked me in for an internal scan a week today. Had anyone else experienced anything like this?? I'm upset i have to wait a week when the pregnancy has clearly ended. Ps I paid for a private scan today which is why i know I've potentially miscarried. I'm really upset. Thanks x

So sorry to hear this OP. Having to wait a week must be awful. I had a mmc 4 weeks ago where an internal scan showed no heartbeat. A week is a long time to wait but you may find that nature takes its course over that time and your body figures out that somethings wrong. It really is a horrible situation to be in not knowing.

Hi darling.
So sorry your going through this.
But are you sure of your dates? Is there no way you could have ovulated later?

I hate that I’m asking this because the same thing happened to me and I was certain of my dates too but there is always the possibility.

I don’t think that it could be ectopic If they have found a sac in your uterus so please don’t worry too much about that.
The reason they tell you this is because there was no yolk sac or fetal pole visible in the sac. There is a risk that what they think is the sac could actually be something else (that’s what the nurse at the EPU told me anyway) so they can’t rule ectopic out completely unless there are signs of life in the sac.

I was measuring 5 weeks too when I should have been 7 and unfortunately it didn’t turn out good for me but don’t give up hope yet.

I was told I had to wait 2 weeks before I could go back for another scan to confirm the pregnancy had ended and I was so angry. I didn’t want to wait that long. It felt like a lifetime.
But it went very quick and In that time I came to terms with what was happening and gave myself time to grieve.

It was also to give my body a chance to miscarry naturally without any medical or surgical procedures (which believe me is the kindest way) and if you do miscarry naturally then you know 100% that there was nothing you could have dontto prevent it x

Hi both thank you for your kind words. I had a scan at epu this morning which confirmed I have had a missed miscarriage at 5.5 weeks and i should be 8 weeks today. I had come to terms with this over the weekend anyway. I need to go back a week today for yet another scan but today I've had more spotting so hopefully it will come away naturally xx

I’m so sorry.
It’s such a horrible time.
If you need any advice abit your options then just ask.
Be kind to yourself. Thinking of you x x