Scans in pregnancy after MMC.

[Shellywelly1973]

Just want some advice.
Im 7 weeks today. I had a MMC in February. It was discovered at my 12 wk scan but baby died at 8wk & 2 days.

I had a scan privately at 7wks & 2 days, as i was constantly worried something was wrong. I saw the baby & the heart beat. It gave me peace of mind for about a week but i started really worrying about abnormalities being found at the 12 wk scan. Instead i found out she'd died...

Im going for my booking in appointment tomorrow. I was thinking about asking for an early scan. To be honest Im dreading going to the hospital. Im really scared at the thought of the 12 week scan. Has anyone had extra scans in subsequent pregnancies? Do they help or is it actually stressful?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Hi there!!!
I am so sorry for your loss...

I had a mmc last summer and only found out at the 12 weeks scan .
This time around although I asked for an early scan, I wasn't given one. So I ended up paying for one at 10 weeks ( my previous baby died around 9 weeks).
Although expensive I found it did help my a bit. And of course 2 weeks later I had the 12 week scsn on the nhs.
I had my 20 week scan last Friday and tbh only now have I started to relax.

I wish you all the best in your pregnancy! X

I had a MMC in April last year and fell pregnant again with this one in November.

I got given an early scan at 9wks on the NHS as when I mmc they said to call them up before booking in with the MW to save wasting their time if it wasn't progressing was their actual words
but had actually gone at 7wks privately as I needed to know. I then had another private at 11wks, and then my NHS dating scan and NHS anomolay scan.

Wishing you a lovely sticky pregnancy this time round Shelly :)

I do have to say though that the early scans only reassured me for all of a day tbh!

Thankyou. When the midwife called i actually said to her why bother booking in so early as we don't even know if there is a baby.

Last time i had my scan on the Saturday & booking in the following Tuesday. Apparently its changed in the last 4 months & all women should be booked in before their scans.

7 weeks is considered early to book in at this particular hospital but i have an underactive thyroid so appreciate the need for early care.