Blighted ovum?

[anotheronettc]

Hey ladies. So last Monday (I thought I was around 6-8 weeks pregnant but not sure as this was a surprise and I have super irregular periods), I’m also a year post partum. Anyway, last Monday I started spotting red blood. This continued all day and in the evening I went to the hospital. They scanned me and said there was no baby in the sac. I was rescanned the next day and they confirmed but dated me at 5-6 weeks. And to come back in two weeks for scan. But said it’s most likely miscarriage. Bleeding picked up, to heavy period level. I had two clots the size of £2 coins. It’s been a week since the bleeding started, it’s pretty much stopping now. This was my pregnancy test today. It’s really messed with my head. I still have all pregnancy symptoms. Can someone help me, I think I’m trying to convince myself I’m still pregnant.

It’s a tricky one, it’s not at all unusual that should you have miscarried, that your test would still show a strong positive. Pregnancy hormones don’t disappear overnight and some people still get positives several weeks after a confirmed loss.

When they scanned you the second time , was there any heartbeat detected?

I don’t think it at all unreasonable to hope that this pregnancy is still viable, but it would be pragmatic, and realistic, to know that it’s highly plausible you have miscarried. Waiting is horrid, but once they’ve scanned you again, you will at least know for sure.

Thanks @MyUmberSealand there was no baby in the gestational sac at all. Not even a yolk sac. In my head I thought well if I am 5 weeks 2 days (which I think I was), then maybe it’s just too early to see anything. I know deep down it’s gone, but my mind is really playing tricks on me making me doubt myself.