Still so nauseated

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I had a scan last week at 8 weeks exactly which showed baby was 8+4 but no heartbeat. I was booked for a D&C for a few days later but cancelled it because I wasn't ready. But I'm still so nauseated 24/7 that I've changed my mind and planning to rebook the D&C. I could tolerate the sickness when it had a purpose but this is just taking the piss. I dont have doubt that the scan was accurate but I can't shake that the baby is (or was at the time of the scan) the correct size. Previous losses and successful pregnancies have never been on dates, they always measure smaller. I feel as though another scan which would confirm 'no growth' in the mean time might help.

Hi, sorry to hear what you are going through. I've had 3 mmc and continued to have nausea each time, right up to the surgery when it vanished almost immediately. So sadly I don't think that nausea can be taken as a sign of anything.
However I would definitely want a second scan just to check. At my hospital they always said that anything measuring over 7 weeks without a heartbeat is considered a confirmed miscarriage. However they have always done a second scan a week later just to check, before surgery is completed. That way you can be sure and not always wonder if you did the right thing.

Can you tell them how you are feeling and ask for a second scan for the sake of your mental health? x

I'll ask re scan. Oh I'm not taking the nausea as a sign, more bemoaning how shitty our bodies are. I expect the placenta is still growing, hence my increasing nausea. Sorry for your losses. This is also my third.