Anyone ever have misdiagnosed missed miscarriage

[Ginevra73]

I am (was?) 11 weeks PG yesterday, had a small bleed so phoned midwife and ended up at hospital for a scan. The sonographer had trouble finding baby - then found a 6 week sized embryo with no heartbeat. I've to go back in a week for another scan but told it's likely a missed miscarriage and baby died weeks ago.
I am so devastated that I don't know what to do. I was so looking forward to having a baby brothr or sister for DD. Is there any chance they have got this wrong? Could I just have wrong dates (got PG just after a coil removed but no idea whether that could have mucked up my cycle) Or am I just in denial by even hoping????
Any insights gratefully received.
I'm still bleeding a bit but still feel PG. this is torture

No advice hun but I'm so sorry to read this hope everything turns out ok! Xxx

Thanks snickers, it will be a miracle if bubs can hang on in there

This happened to me but it was a missed miscarriage

Of course there are people who are misdiagnosed, in fact if I remember correctly there is a whole website devoted to these cases.

I think you should prepare yourself for the worst but it's not over till its over, so really I guess there is hope until next week.

Waiting a week is torture, I remember it well.

Good luck X

Thanks ilovedaintynuts - and sorry you already went through this.

Driving myself mad here. Peed on stick last night and got very strong positive straight away. If sonographer is right the baby stopped growing five weeks ago - does anyone know if your HCG levels woukd still stay high?

Also ( daft question) could I have lost a baby and got PG again, which might explain small size??

I know - clutching a straws

Ginevra, so sorry to hear your going through this. My last missed miscarriage was very similar although that does not mean the conclusion will be the same for you. I was nearly 11 weeks and was actually on holiday in Tenerife when I had some spotting. I had had a mmc prior to that so automatically feared the worst. I did not want to hear any bad news on holiday so had the painstaking wait for 4 days until I got home and had a scan the following day. The scan showed no heartbeat and the foetus measuring only 6 weeks. I had to return in a week for a follow up scan as they could not rule out the possibility that it may just be a 6 week foetus and too small to detect heartbeat at this stage.

I was totallybdevastated and asked what reasons they had to believe the baby could still be alive if I was actually 11 weeks but baby measuring only 6. They got the constant to speak to me and he said that there had been rare cases of mothers getting their dates wrong or having a pregnancy following a chemical pregnancy which had meant the mother thought they were much further along than they were. they could not confirm at only 6 weeks that a pregnancy was not viable just on the basis of no heartbeat (as dont always get hb at 6 weeks) and so the only definite way was to rescan in a week to check for any growth of the baby.

It it totally devastating to have such news and then to have to wait a further week to know one way or the other. I became addicted to researching the internet and also found the site a previous posted has referred to about misdiagnised miscariages. I knew when they told me it was only measuring 6 weeks there was no way it could be viable in my case as I had abstained from DTD whilst I was pg due to my previous mmc so I was pretty sure any other possible explanation was ruled out. They did check my hormone levels that same day and said that they we still incredibly high 29,000 and were actually shocked at how high they were. I still tested positive for some weeks after.

I know the next week is going to be sheer hell for you. Make sure you get signed off work and just try and take care of yourself. Get some box sets to help distract you and do whatever you feel or not feel like doing. I really really hope there is some explanation and you see a heatbeat in a weeks time but you should prepare yourself for the worst as I really hate to say it but I think the odds are against you. I don't want to be unsupportive but I don't want to give you false hope either.

I will keep everything crossed for you.

Mmc very common unfortunately. I've had two.

Like you I did a pg test after finding out with one of my mmc and it said positive, but I had mc.

Have you any signs at all of pg? Sickness? Sore boobs? Exhaustion?

All sorts of miracles happen as far as pregnancies and babies are concerned so of course there is hope. You need to take one day at a time, rest, sleep and until you know for certain keep yourself occupied as best you can.

All the best x

Hi Ginerva, i'm so sorry to hear your news. i have had 2 MMC's and it's horrible. i can't say whether you have been misdiagnosed or have got your dates wrong but with both my MC's i continued to have all pregnancy symptoms until a couple of days after the op. it felt like a cruel joke to still feel pregnant (and so ill) knowing that it would come to nothing. as daintynuts said it's not over until the next scan but my advice would really be to prepare yourself for the worst (although i am a natural pessamist and that's how i deal with things!).

totally agree about taking time off work and resting up, take care of yourself xx

Mne was a blighted ovum (no foetal p

Mine was a blighted ovum (no foetal pole), i didn't know until the 12 week scan, I had normal preg symptoms. No bleeds or anything. Evn after we knew, i was still getting the hormonal effects of pregnancy. The scan was on a Friday, we were going away for the weekend so I booked myself in for a clear out on the following Tuesday. 5 mths later I was pregnant again though!

Thanks to both of you

I will prepare for the worst I think.

The only possible ray of hope was that I had a chemical pregnancy and got PG again straight after. But am still bleeding so it doesn't look good.

Just wish this was a bad dream