Hello, I’m new here and was wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar and has any answers as to what happened and why.
I apologise in advance for the long story, but here goes..
So I found out I was pregnant at 4weeks since LMP. My partner and I were over the moon and too excited to wait until regular 12 week scan. We decided at 6 weeks gestation (since LMP) to book a private scan for some reassurance. During the scan (abdominal & transvaginal) we were told nothing was to be seen not even the Gestational Sac, although the endometrium lining was at a thickness of 15mm so it’s showing pregnancy but we may be earlier than expected or possibly ectopic.
The day after EPU arranged for us to have a scan and some blood work taken.
Of course nothing was seen on their scan either and my bloods were only 820HCG.
they scheduled more bloods 48 hours later and they had only risen to 850HCG.
I was then booked in for another scan 10 days later and in the meantime to look out for symptoms of ectopic.
5 days later I started bleeding, started out with spotting and progressed to heavy bleeding with clots and very painful cramps.
I called EPU and they seen me the following day. (At this point I was 7w 4days) The scan again showed nothing not even a sac and my HCG had halved (400). They confirmed that I had miscarried which was very upsetting for us.
Later that day at home the bleeding and pain got worse and as I went to the toilet the Gestational sac was in my underwear. It was no doubt it was the sac, it was the size of a large grape with a placenta attached. At this point I broke down. I was so confused as to what to do with it, but also why it was never seen on any of the 3 scans I had.
So my question is, has anyone had this before? Does anyone know why it was never seen? And how does one deal with something like this?