Has anyone been told their pregnancy was not viable and they would miscarry, but didn't?

[Audra]

I would am 7 weeks pregnant. For the last two weeks I have bled (has just stopped) and at first scan I was told that the gestational sack was undersized and there was lots of fluid and signs were I was miscarrying. They did a blood test and found that the hormone they look for was very low and told me it was not good news. Next scan 1 week later "it" had doubled in size but told I would still miscarry and it was still undersized. Bleeding stopped, have not miscarried. Has this happened to anyone? what was outcome? also have had no symptoms like tingling breasts as with my daughter. Desperate 4 info. Drs are puzzled and can't tell me anything.

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I have read many stories of woman who have been advised the same and offered a d&c..but refused and waited for it to occur naturally and it ended up all being fine..
I magine how many women have taken such advice, that may have gone on to a full term pregnancy. My friend had a d&c under similar circumstances a few months ago and has driven herself crazy thinking about the if onlys...
I am not sure why these mistakes happen, it's awful
Seek a second, even third opinion..
Fingers crosse for you..i don't want to give you false hope, you should be prepared for whatever outcome, but I wish you the best...

Lack of pregnancy symptoms is not a good sign - this happened to me and when I went for my 12 week scan there was no heartbeat - but I had a feeling from the start that things weren't right. I didn't miscarry naturally and had to have a d&c.
Sorry if I sound all doom and gloom but when I conceived after this I had bleeding from 9 weeks and everything was fine and she's 16 months old now!
The difference was that I 'felt' very pregnant.
Low hormone leves and lack of pregnancy symptoms don't bode well but like Babyonboard says - never say never because at the end of the day no one really knows. It will either be ok or it won't and it's just a waiting game I'm afraid
Sarah x

Audra.
I am going thru the same as you as we speak.
My p/g is being aided with heparin jabs, apirin and progesterone. I have had some light brown discharge overnite and had a scan at EPU today. They are not sure of what is going on. I have resigned myself to the fact that this is going to be my fith m/c. I am not being negative, just realistic. I had blood taken too. But, i have to go and give more on sunday. This is so they can check for increase or decrease in HCG levels. U should've had two test not one!
The thing is, we do not decide on the outcome. We are guided by our bodies. Our bodies do not reject the pregnancy for no reason.
Sorry to sound like such a misery.

Haven't had any experience of this sorry but just wanted to add a fingers crossed thinking of you.

Hi babyonboard.
I myself had to have a d&c after it was discovered at my 12 week scan that there was no heartbeat.
I know in my heart that my baby had died, I'd lost my pregnancy symptoms and had lost some brown fluid and some jelly type brown stuff.
I just want to say that the majority of d&c's that are carried out are absolutely correct and I don't want anyone who's had one to think that a healthy baby was removed because in 99.9% of these cases the baby has died.
There are very very rare occasions where the mix ups happen and those who have waited probably intuitively knew that they had to wait, their bodies told them to and the outcome was fantastic.
I knew in my heart that the baby was dead and this was the right course of action for me, I didn't want to go home and just wait it out.
When I started bleeding in my next pregnancy I had already had a scan and seen a heartbeat and although I feared the worst, something was telling me it was all going to be ok. I had several scans as I bled for a month (from 9 weeks) and on every scan she was jumping about as happy as larry! It was a totally different feeling and I felt different and I felt pregnant and I knew in my heart that everything was going to be ok.
I know have a beautiful blue eyed, blonde curly haired little girl who's 17 months old!
Sarah x