10 weeks + 6 days and all symptoms have stopped suddenly

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Hmm... I caught pg straight after a mc a couple of months ago and at around 6 weeks I experienced nausea/heaving/excessive drooling/hypersensitive smell and taste amongst other things. Had an early scan which showed a heartbeat... thought all was well.

Alas this morning I woke up with NO pg symptoms whatsoever, and after a weepy evening last night woke up feeling un-pregnant too.

Not sure what to do... am booked in with the midwife who is unhelpful and rude at best, GP visist isn't an option due to militant medical receptionist but don't really want to go and demand a scan at the hospital as will be sat for ages worrying or told to come back tomorrow...

Any advice people? many thanks :-)

should also add that midwife said not to ring the midwife service in an emergency, go to the EPU... she classed an emergency as bleeding, which in my experience means its too late and MC has happened...

Am stuck between a rock and a hard place...

Just be pleasantly surprised you are feeling better - if you have no cramping or bleeding I am sure it will all be fine. My MS went away between about 10 and 12 weeks and then came back even worse than it had been before!
If you can afford it, go and have a private scan somewhere - £100 will be money well spent for the reassurance. I can understand why you are worried when you have had a previous MC, but on the basis of what you describe I don't think you need to worry. Good luck.

At 10-11 weeks the placenta takes over from the hormones so it is probably most likely that it's that. If you want to (and can afford it) maybe do look into a private scan...

thanks for that - but strangely I am neither happy or sad... am feeling quite ambivalent about it all really... I have had 3 MCs previously so have resigned myself to the fact that will end the same... just a bit later on than the last one (8 weeks +1)...

thanks :-)

I wouldn't know where or how to get a private scan - MW does the bare minimum in terms of providing info...

My symptoms stopped and started throughout the first trimester. The first time I freaked (this, too, was after having a private scan and seen a heartbeat very early, around 6weeks)and I convinced myself it was the day-of-doom and even convinced and cajoled the doctor to send me to the EPU....woe behold another scan of a very visible heartbeat.

After that I got used to the symptoms ebbing and flowing. By week 11 my sickness entirely disappeared and of course I thought that meant something terrible, but actually it just meant I got my life back! And to add that all my sisters and mum had severe morning sickness so I also had this in my mind that being different meant disaster.

I don't know if that all helps...

If you are near London I recommend the FMC. Otherwise I bet you can find somewhere local on the internet. I lost a baby so know how it feels. I had scans at 6 and 10 weeks this time and I am sure this kept me sane.

it isnt really the midwives job to give info about private scans though just google and you will find somewhere that does them, will take a few seconds.

Good luck I'm sure its nothing, it's normal for symptoms to come and go.

my symptoms were 'text book' and stopped at 10 weeks both times.

Hi Swallowedafly - dating scan should be due in the next couple of weeks, but have to wait for an appointment from the hospital, same with waiting for a consultant appointment and same with getting a blood test appointment... it's all about waiting on the admin booking teams...

When I told my partner I said that if nothing had happened in terms of cramps/bleeding etc it might be a missed mc which would show up on the scan... but I definately do not feel pregnant anymore...

It just seems to be a lot of waiting for time to go by so I can receive yet more bad news :-(

Just google "pregnancy scan" and whatever town you live in or near to - easy peasy.

am afraid private scan prices are too expensive as have recently become unemployed with no redundancy - plus the logitics of getting to my nearest one is the stuff of nightmares - just googled it... I see why the MW isn't handing out this as a suggestion of things to do whilst pregnant... hmmm...

I've felt utterly terrible and then almost normal to varying degrees. I think it's normal for symptoms to vary from day to day.

If GP/mw are no help and you can't afford a private scan but really think something is wrong then the easiest way to get a scan is to go to a and e. They will scan you there and then (although you may have to wait).

If it's just one day you've been symptomless for though I'd be inclined to give it another day or so to see if you get any symptoms back again. If it helps I had a week where I was convinced I'd had a mc as I felt so much better. Then had spotting and had a scan and all was well....and a few days later I felt rubbish again!

Hope all is well

I think I will 'suck it and see' - the A&E dept at my hospital refers all pre 13wk pgs to the EPU - the sonographer is only available until 5pm at the latest and seeing as it will take over an hour to get to the hospital on public transport at this time of the day it seems pointless... have felt symptomless since Friday just gone, and felt 'not pregnant' for 2 days now...
I have a pretty good handle on my (poor) body which is both a blessing and a curse... If I don't feel any better tomorrow about it I might try the spotting thing with the EPU, but no doubt they will just send me for an internal with the meany consultant before they scan me (seems to be standard practice as so many people have bleeding/spotting that miraculously stops)...

will do...

If its any consolation, I have the same concerns! I can't really help you much because I haven't had a scan to ease my fears.

I mentioned it to a midwife and she said I should go to EPU, but to make sure I turn up before 8:30 (when they open) or I'll be stuck there all day. I decided to wait it out as I only have a few days until my 12 week scan. I wish I knew I could go to EPU and get one earlier as I probably would've - the last couple of weeks have been pretty hard.

Ok, I'm on my third pregnancy, have a healthy two year old but had a missed miscarriage in December. Had a scan at 13 weeks and it had gone at 7 weeks. People might not like my pushiness but all my family (and previously myself) are in health care. Ring up your GP's at 8.30am prompt, ask for an emergency appointment that morning, when they ask why simply state you believe you're miscarrying (this of course sounds alot worse than it is so don't fret, but you have to fight to get what you want). Tell your GP you're pregnancy symptoms have suddenly stopped and you've been getting severe stomach pains. They'll refer you up for an ultrasound that day.

You've got to stand up for yourself and demand a scan, which you're quite entitled to. If it means fibbing slightly it really doesn't make any difference to you or your notes, if everything's hunkydory they may just write down 'threatened miscarriage' but it's unlikely. Good luck, and remember, you are a pregnant woman and you have BALLS! x

the fact that you saw a HB at 6 weeks is a big positive - try to focus on that. In terms of symptoms, I sympathise greatly; I woke one morning last week at 10+2 with a sudden clear certainty that I wasn't pregnant any more. (My last 2 pgs were MMCs at 13 and then 11 weeks). Couldn't put my finger on it but just felt this odd clarity, and then all day it seemed like any symptoms I had been feeling were no longer there. I called the EPU but could not get a scan, so am waiting til next Monday for my 12 weeks one.

Unless you are guzzling coffee and noxious substances and any other "may contribute to MC" activities there is nothing you can do or stop doing IMO to prevent MC. Just try and relax and look after yourself. I'll keep everything crossed for both of us.

I too started panicking at around 8/9 weeks when all my symptoms disappeared. I was really worried, kept thinking please be ok baby, i shouldnt have whinged about nausea heartburn etc. I kept thinking that my baby had died. Then at around 12 weeks they all came back, worse than ever, heartburn that never lets up and nausea that starts early evening and keeps me retching for hours. Im sure youre fine, but i do know there is nothing anyone can say to make you feel better, the only thing that will do that is your next scan, and i`ll bet everything is just as it should be. In the meantime, why not get a digi pregnancy test, seeing that word "pregnant" again might just settle you down a little

I completely agree with wonderkate!! I too work in healthcare and believe that you have to be pushy. I have had 2 miscarriages and am now pregnant again. I have been very 'assertive' in asking for early scans, hcg levels and I think that staff at Epu, midwives should understand the worries us 'mum's to be' have.

My symptoms stopped at 6+4 and had a scan at 7+3 which saw heartbeat but dated me at 6+4 so I thought it was all over and bound to be a matter of days before miscarriage . Went back to epu at 8+3 as just didn't feel pregnant and 99% sure I'd had a mmc but they scanned me and back to measuring in line with dates and strong heartbeat . Sometimes it can just happen. Your dates sound like it could be the placenta taking over?

This thread is 3 years old!! Why has it been resurrected?!