Private scan shows no heartbeat it growth since 6 weeks - 9 weeks pregnant

[Mochiface]

Hi all,

I have a tilted and bicornuate uterus and my baby implanted on the right horn. I went for a private scan last night which showed the baby had no growth and heartbeat since six weeks. We had a NHS scan at six weeks which showed a heart beat at the time..

I will be going back to the hospital today for a second scan because they want to make sure that is the case and she said there have been cases where private scans are inaccurate.

I can't see how the private scan can be that off the mark by that much and just wanted to hear of any experiences please?

Also, if it was bad news for you, did you have medical management or miscarry naturally?

Thanks.

This is my third pregnancy but the other two also ended. First one went to seven weeks but I knew that one wouldn't have worked out because they checked my cervix at five weeks and it was open and I had light bleeding for two weeks. Second pregnancy happened straight after my first miscarriage so that only lasted about a week. So this has gone the furthest in terms of everything and first time seeing a heartbeat.

Hi @Mochiface, I'm afraid I have no experience but didn't want to read and run. I have everything crossed for you that the private scan was wrong and that you'll get good news today

@Mochiface I'm so sorry you're going through this, it's very sad.

I had similar quite a few years ago but I didn't have a second scan and it haunts me to this day that they made a mistake and the baby would have been fine. I decided to let nature take its course and miscarry naturally but after a few days of nothing happening I went in for a D&C.

I'm very glad that the hospital are scanning you to confirm and I really hope you get good news 💐

Hi @Mochiface - I am actually in the middle of this at the moment, but slightly different. At a 6 week scan there was an empty sac (no heartbeat); thought dates may be out a week so had another scan at 8 weeks - the sac had grown but still no baby. HCG was increasing so had to have another scan at 9 weeks which confirmed anembryonic pregnancy. My body hasn’t figured out anything is wrong and I am actually booked for my D&C today. After lots of research and discussion with the doctor it seemed to be the quickest, least painful option and I really didn’t want to just sit around for weeks waiting for it to happen naturally.

I do really really hope though that the scan is wrong and you get some good news. I know how heartbreaking it is to be given bad news at a scan. Make sure you have lots of support around you x

Hi I had my scan on Friday and there is intrauterine gestation sac, yolk sac and embryo however no cardiac activity as yet. From my calculation looks like i should be around 7 weeks but I don't know exactly when I ovulated and conceive. Need to go back for another scan on the 15 Feb.
This is my first pregnancy after trying for 5 years. I'm so worried don't know what to think!

Thank you for replying. It means a lot to know that someone is reading. I don't have any good news unfortunately, hospital confirms that the private scan is accurate and I chose to miscarry naturally.

Hugs @Mochiface

So sorry xx

I'm so sorry for your loss.

I had a missed miscarriage at 12 weeks scan last October.
Baby had passed the week before.
We were devastated and got so much leaflets to read and make decisions there and then.

After reading the leaflets I decided on the surgical procedure a few days later.
I was showing so it was especially hard having a "bump" and carrying on as normal as could be for my toddler.

The hospital handled it with great sensitivity and was ok and out within 6 hours.

❤️

I had 2 mc last year. The first I had a private scan expecting to be about 7 weeks but it was only measuring 5 with a sac, yolk but no pole or heartbeat. I miscarried naturally the next day.

I then got pregnant 3 months later and went to EPU very early and had scans on weeks 5,6,7 and 8. The first 3 scans showed some growth but it wasn’t normal and the 4th actually showed it has shrunk. Never had a heartbeat. I decided to go for medical management as I didn’t want to wait possibly weeks for it to pass.

I’m really sorry you are going through this. I’m going to be honest and say in my experience you should probably be seeing a heartbeat by now. I really hope I’m wrong. Thinking about you.

God, I’m so sorry. I’ve just read your update.

I’m so sorry for your loss xx

Hi all I've been trying to reply individually by pressing reply and thought your names will come up but clearly I'm a newb at this and can't do this right.

The message just above was addressed to Gruzinkerbell1.

Thanks @redpandafluff I'm glad as well that they gave me a second opinion and the nurse was really nice and sympathetic. She has referred me onto the recurrent miscarriage clinic now. I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Your experience really made me think of which choice I should take but I decided to let nature's take its course.

@mrseg thank you for your well wishes. I hope your d&c went well today. No good news here. Part of me wanted to have surgical management but then I was hoping nature will take its course soon so I opted for miscarrying naturally. I'm sorry to hear about your loss..

@autumn222 Hopefully it's just the dates are off and you will have some good news your way. Initially with this pregnancy, I was told I had a collapsed gestational sac and the chances are not good of a viable pregnancy, a week later.. there was a heartbeat and it was viable. So wait it out and see. But as you might have read in the above.. my baby is no longer here. Wish you all the best.

@Mochiface I'm so very sorry for your loss.

Sorry all, I didn't realize people have replied to the thread.

@caseofellen hugs back. Thank you.

@bluerody thank you.. I'd thought considering it's my third, it can only get easier but only to realise my dream of having a baby could only be further. Hope to get some answers soon.

@michellebops I'm so sorry to hear.. how was it afterwards and in terms of pain etc? I remember reading about someone having scarring and ashermans syndrome so part of me didn't want to go down that route.. as you and another poster said getting it done rather having it linger in a sense and that's one of the reasons I'm sorry swayed with surgical management.

@tobebythesea thanks for your story and I'm sorry to hear. I've chosen to wait it out by miscarrying naturally but who knows what I will be thinking in a few days time as the ultrasound showed it doesn't look like my pregnancy is breaking down at all.

I'm really sorry. Be kind to yourself x

@Mochiface
The physical pain was fine, I managed with paracetamol and dihydracodeine for about a week.

Emotionally it's much worse. I chose the surgery as I didn't want to pass it at home, at 12 weeks and the size of 11 weeks it wasn't going to be tiny and I just couldn't handle it as I'd feel it. So I selfishly chose the surgery.

My body let me down the most as it took 9.5 weeks to get my cycle back, I was still getting faint positives and still had hcg in my system. Ironically I thought I was pregnant again but sadly not.

We're trying again though the disappointment is so heartbreaking x

@Mochiface So sorry for your loss! Thank you for kind words. Stay positive I know is easy to say but you need to that’s the only way! Big hugs!

So sorry for your loss Mochiface and others

After a first successful pregnancy resulting in dd the second time I got pg I had a MMC at 11 weeks - found out at first scan there was a foetal pole but no growth from around 7 weeks.

It was devastating and I will never forget that wonderful nurse who opened a fire exit and took
Is through the car park so we didn't have to go back through the main scan waiting room.

I aimed to mc naturally but it didn't happen and had a D&C 3 weeks later ( I went away for a break before)

It went fine and recovery was quick. I caught again 5 weeks after but it was a chemical pregnancy and lost it 5 days later

5 months later I got a bfp and DS is now 10 ☺️

Wishing you all luck

@michellebops I completely understand where you are coming from,, miscarrying is a very traumatic
experience in itself, as you say when you're that far along its not going to be any easier. yes that's another thing that I need to consider.. how long it might take my body to get back to normal. I have that to look forward to.. I do hope you guys will have your rainbow soon.

Thanks @autumn222

@jackstini I'm so glad that your nurse and hospital handled it all so sensitively as that would have been my worse nightmare.. it's exactly what I didn't want to wait all that time and turn up at my 12 weeks appointment to find out that way.. From the moment we got in the hospital either in ultrasound department or EPU they put us in a little room just away from people and suppose it was quite obvious that I had been crying. I'm glad you guys had your rainbow in the end, thank you for sharing - it's always nice for others to read other people's story.

I thought I'd post separately my current pregnancy and it might be helpful for others. So I've already written in the above post I've had two previous miscarriages, march 2018 and April 2018. End of December 2018, we found out that I was pregnant and wasn't really expecting it due to commitments we had that month and not being able to do the deed as much. In my head, it was more take it as it comes and tried to be cautiously positive. Around week four to five, I started to have a bit of blood stream in my discharge and that's what happened to my other two. So I went to EPU and they took my bloods and it was 548 to my surprise. Then we repeated bloods another two times and they more than doubled each 48 hours. I was over 2600 and they said they can do an internal scan. The initial internal scan I was still under six weeks and the sonographer said that it looked like I had a collapsing gestational sac, I had free fluid inside and outside of my womb. This meant either I was miscarrying or I have an ectopic pregnancy. I asked if a viable pregnancy was on the cards and my odds were not good. We waited another week for another internal scan. During this week, I had bleeding on and off and one time blood came pouring out a little and that was the day before this next scan. At this second scan,, the sonographer asked if I had been bleeding and I said yeah but not today and we both sort of felt like.. we weren't going to see much today. But this time, the scan showed a round gestational sac, fetal pole and heartbeat and haematoma next to the baby. The nurse said that as it was adjacent to the baby it's fine and was told a viable pregnancy and I no longer needed to go to the EPU. But as you know from the start of this thread, my pregnancy didn't work out and now I am waiting for my body to realise this. I am now referred to the recurrent miscarriage clinic. One thing I did do differently for it to go this far was taking 75mg aspirin. But also due to my bleeding, I did not carry on taking it and that was near the time my baby had stopped growing. No one told me to take aspirin but after two miscarriages, I was willing to try anything. Now I don't recommend that to anyone but that's part of my experience which I wanted to share and I am not medically trained in anyway.

Sorry, I know this is really long but whenever I used to read posts, I always wanted to know what had happened and what was the ending. Wishing you all the best and thank you for your support and taking your time out to read.

I'm so sorry for your loss xx