Missed miscarriage empty sac

[sweetbabyangel]

Hi, has anyone else experienced going to a scan and finding the gestational sac was empty? I am (thought I was) 11+ 3 and started getting spotting a few days ago. Initially I thought I’d wait until my scan next Wednesday, but when the bleeding got heavier, I went to the EPU and they scanned me, found a small gestational sac, but there was no foetus in it. They’ve told me the bleeding I am experiencing may be my body starting to realise the pregnancy has ended. Looking back, I was never sick, but had nausea, sore breasts and really felt pregnant all through the first 9ish weeks and my midwife just told me not everyone is sick and that it was nothing to worry about. My nausea and sore breasts improved a few weeks ago, but again I read that this can happen around weeks 9-10 so dismissed it as normal. I feel so confused. Can there really have been no actual baby inside me all this time? I feel like an idiot, particularly as, just this week, I told my close family and friends, figuring that, being so close to 12 weeks with no sign of problems, everything would probably be fine. Has anyone else been through this? Just hoping to feel less alone.

@sweetbabyangel So sorry this has happened to you. Unfortunately this seems to happen more often than tge NHS would have us believe. Sometimes, as in your case, there is nothing in the sac at all and sometimes, as I myself experienced, there is an embryo or fetus with no heartbeat. You conceived and the pregnancy started to develop but didnt continue to do so but your body hasnt quite got the message. There is still likely to be some HCG pregnancy hormone present which may cause some symptoms (I had all pregnancy symptoms at my 12 week scan but the embryo was only 6 weeks in size).
Whether the loss is a sac which is completely empty or a sac with a baby with no heartbeat it is always pretty horrific and my heart goes out to you.
You are absolutely not an idiot it is just one of those things that happens sometimes and frankly the NHS needs to do more to educate women about this.
We all know about miscarriages but missed miscarriages of the type you have suffered and the type I suffered are unheard of by many but they happen to a lot of women.
Sending you a virtual hug but come back if you have any more questions hun. X

@Objectiontime thank you so much for your message. I always imagined that I’d know if there was a problem, so to find out that I’ve felt pregnant for the last 12 weeks, without a foetus growing, has just been such a shock. I really appreciate you reaching out and sharing your experience. Thank you x

Yes, this happened to me too.

My first scan took place at 20 weeks, so I was half way through my pregnancy when the empty sack was found.

I had cravings, morning sickness, ‘ate for two’ and a ‘bump’.

We both cried following the scan.

I was sent home as the pregnancy test showed positive.
Once at home it seemed it took a couple of days for my mind/body/hormones to align and three days later I started to miscarry. As if, once I knew, my body sorted out my hormones.

The process took some accepting. My mum, especially, she kept saying that there must be a mistake, that babies don’t just disappear.

My pregnancy was a honeymoon baby, where I’d stopped my pill the day of our wedding. I’d taken Larium, an anti-malaria drug. The same happened to my friend. I’m not sure of the timing of her last pill, but she too had taken Larium.

Take care of yourself.

You're not an idiot.
This happened to me also. You're not alone.
Truly heartbreaking.
You've told your friends and family... So now you'll have support. I don't know why miscarriages is such a taboo subject. It helps massively when you have people to get you through it.
Sending hugs xxx

@ShareOfThePot I’m so sorry this happened to you. 20 weeks… I can’t imagine how hard that must have been. I’ve been thinking that, if I’m lucky enough to get pregnant again, I may try to get a private scan a little earlier than 12 weeks, just for peace of mind and to reassure me that the baby’s developing. I hope you are doing okay now. Sending hugs x

@MummaMummaMumma thank you so much. Hearing from others who've been through this is so helpful, and I’m sorry you too went through this utterly rubbish experience. X

Thank you. On the positive I’ve gone on to have two DC’s.

It took me about 7 months to be pregnant again. It seemed a really long time and I felt as if I saw ‘new babies and prams’ everywhere in that time. But in retrospect 7 months isn’t a long wait.

I’m so sorry you went through this. I went for a scan at 6 weeks 2 gestational sacs with a yolk sac no babies. I had the horrendous wait of 14 days to return and there was still nothing. They referred me to the hospital, which took another 7 days. It’s was the worst 3 weeks of my life. I would recommend not going for an early scan at 6 weeks if this is what you are planning to do. They are not professionals like the NHS. They couldn’t give me any answers. Maybe, wait at least 7/8. Of course, it’s up to you. You were pregnant from the moment you took the test. Do not feel like an idiot for grieving what could have been xx

you are very welcome and you will see from the other posts that it is absolutely a shared experience so don’t feel alone. Everyone in here understands the pain x