Twin pregnancy but only one heartbeat

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sorry Just a rambling on here but I have no one I can voice my concerns too

Went to epu for a early scan as was bleeding , found out it was twins but only one had a heartbeat.
since then I’ve had on / off bleeding and pains, it could be something simple as coughing and I bleed (sorry tmi) - I have called for advice but the reposnse was “there’s no magic pill to stop you miscarriaging”
I’m driving myself mad with worry I’ve got a scan Monday and it cannot come soon enough

Has anyone had any experience of this and gone on to have a healthy baby in end ? Just to shed a little glimmer of hope for me !

Thank you

How far gone are you? Sometimes before the 7 week mark it's hard to see the heartbeat or are you far gone enough to know it's 100% a miscarriage? So sorry you're going through this xx

I have not been through that myself, but I had twins. Quite a few women I knew then told me that one of their children was in fact a twin, and they had miscarried the other. Iirc, 1 in 8 pregnancies starts out as twins, but only 1 in 80 go to term to deliver both twins. So it is obviously very common!

Oh, I read the pp. How far along are you?

I went with DDIL to the EPU, as she was threatening to miscarry last week. She was 13 weeks. They told her they normally expect to hear the heartbeat at 20 weeks. In somebody slim like her, they might hear at 15 weeks. They listened for the baby’s heartbeat in case they heard it, to reassure her - as it was too late to do a scan that day; but said if they couldn’t hear it, it only meant it was too early; not necessarily that the baby was dead.

That should have been Oh not OH!

I give up stupid autocorrect “Oh....”

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How many weeks OH? Sorry to hear about the bleed. It’s extremely stressful and an anxious wait.

I had a huge bleed and no fetal pole at 6 weeks. A week later they found it and LO was born healthy. If it’s very early, try not to worry (although I say this knowing that’s impossible). X

I was a twin, my mother miscarried it fairly early on i believe.
No one knew she was carrying twins and so they thought the pregnancy was over.
Then they realised i was still there, im now 30 and fit and healthy.
I dont have the dates for exactly what stage all this happened in the pregnancy, i read the notes along time ago and cant remember.

I wish you all the luck and that you get an answer soon

Hi OP, I'm sorry you are going through this. this happened to us. We had a IVF twin pregnancy with heartbeat detected on both at 6 weeks. Although we were told at the time one was not as large as the other. They both continued to grow, one slower than the other. unfortunately we lost baby b at 9 weeks. baby a is however still in there and 26 weeks along now.
I had no bleeding but did have a few cramps. Baby B simply stopped growing, and is slowly being reabsorbed into my body. they said I may bleed I may not (touch wood I've had no spotting all pregnancy). We were told there was nothing we could do to ensure baby b survived, its just one of those things. believe me I'm not patronising, I know how hard it is- I was devastated. spent a good month or two grieving the baby I lost, rather than concentrating on the one I still had. since our 20 week scan though we have been told our little boy is a champ, and in the 90% for growth. we can still see the sac of baby b on scans just now, but I'm slowly focusing on the one I have and starting to nest.
I can really relate to what you are going through, but your other twin has a very, very good chance of survival. good luck for Monday, take things as easy as you can and just be kind to yourself and you're OH. xxx

Thank you all
For your kind messages ,has been much appreciated sorry been off rador broke my phone and it’s been a hassle getting a new one
BUT I’m very happy to report one happy healthy baby here , thank you all again xx