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Early induced miscarriage after being told baby has a slow heart beat...

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KtB101 · 24/03/2013 17:31

Help... I am so confused!! I am 8 weeks pregnant and have already had two scans. One at 6 weeks where baby was measuring just 1.9mm with a fast but faint heart beat and one at 8 weeks which showed a slow faint heartbeat and not much growth 6.2mm. I have been told to expect the worst which is what I am doing. I have another scan in 5 days to determine viability followed by an already booked doc appt made by the sonographer as they are certain it won't be good news next week. I am hurting so much inside mentally, I can not believe how empty I feel. Complete limbo. I am seeing the doctor tomorrow and want to see if they can induce the miscarriage sooner as I can not handle the pain of loss anymore and can not move forward until it's over. My MW said to hang on just in case but I know from the scan that it is bad news and the sonographer seems certain. I just want it to end. Is there any hope? Am I being selfish wanting to forget and move on? Should I give up hope and move on before the 3rd scan? Please some thoughts and advice I have no one to talk too and don't want to be the reason little one doesn't stand a chance if it does but I just can't carry on for another week and so on knowing what is happening to my body and little one. I want it all to go away!!!

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Fakebook · 24/03/2013 18:01

Are you in the uk? That's very very cruel of the doctors looking after you to tell you to get ready for a mc when the heart is still beating! I've had loads of early scans and the sonographer has never mentioned the hb rate. The last mc I had was diagnosed at 9 weeks and we had seen a heart beat 2 weeks earlier. Looking back, it was a slow heart beat but no one mentioned it or thought it was the start of a dying baby because the rate can differ from baby to baby.

IMO the pregnancy is still viable at the moment. I know it's a really cruel time waiting for the next scan but is there any way you could just hang on and see? I don't think the doctors will agree to "induce" the miscarriage, as it won't be a miscarriage then iyswim?

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