6 week scan showed only sac?

[Mamat90]

I went for an early scan on Tuesday (sue to last pregnancy being ectopic) I have my dates that I should be 6 weeks and 3 days.

The sonographer could only see a gestational sac and nothing else? She didn’t seem too concerned and said that my dates could just be out slightly and I’m booked back in for the 15th (10 days later)

I have also been having light bleeding since 5 weeks 6 days for a whole 7 days!

The bleeding has been only very slight, mostly brown and 2 times has looked a little more of a rusty red colour, no clots, no cramps. And only when I wipe.

Just turning to the Internet and for some real life stories to put my mind at rest! I’d love to know if any other ladies out there have had the same thing happen to them and what the outcome was!

Hello @Mamat90 sorry you're going through this as it's very worrying!! In all honesty, this early it can go either way. It could be dates out and this happens loads. For me I didn't have a good outcome. I had some spotting when wiping then my scan showed just empty sac. I went back for second scan and it was the same, which ended in a natural miscarriage for me. Sorry to share this example but I just wanted to give you the full picture. There will be lots of women who can share the opposite of my experience and tell you that it may all work out absolutely fine. That's why this is so so hard, it's a horrible waiting game 😢
I wish you all the very best for a good outcome and healthy pregnancy.

Thanks so much for your response, so sorry this happened to you 🙁

I feel kind of in limbo at the moment as everything I’ve read up on it could basically go either way for me, it’s going to be a very long and stressful 10 day wait 🙁

It absolutely can go either way, honestly it's so so hard. You try to stay positive but you also want to be realistic about possibilities (which is why I shared my story, I'm sorry maybe I shouldn't have but I didn't want to just read and run)

The only advice I'd give you is that, as hard as it is, you can't change the outcome so what will be will be. Which is why you are asking for experiences I guess, so you can know what to possibly expect.

Thinking of you, hope you have plenty of support to get you through the next 10 days

Happened to me - scan at 6 weeks showed only sac and nothing else. A week later yolk sac and baby with heart beat! As others said can go either way but that’s more because at 6 weeks it can go either way anyway! Not because you need to worry by what you’ve seen.

No I’m glad you did! I want to hear of anyone that’s been through anything similar, even if it didn’t end up with a happy ending, I just feel better after reading stories of what other people have been through, you feel less alone in it all knowing your not the only one.

Trying to stay positive but also not getting our hopes up either, it’s really hard... we’ve been trying for 3 years, one ectopic after 1.5 years and now 1.5 years later and we have this situation so it’s hard not to panic 😩

Thank you so much, I will keep this post updated so any other ladies going through the same can read this and maybe find some answers.

I have everything crossed for next Friday 🤞🏻

Thanks so much for your reply, I hope that this turns out the same for us!

Did you have spotting too?

Good luck. I had a sac only but at 9 weeks so they knew for sure it was anembryonic. I had brown spotting with a second pregnancy that ended in miscarriage at 5 weeks but never got a scan. Hope you get a good outcome.

Only saw a sac at 5 weeks then heartbeat at 7! A week or two can make such a difference. Good luck x

Thanks everyone for your messages, the spotting seems to have really slowed down today which has made me feel a lot better, hoping that’s a good sign! One week to go now! Seems like forever away!

Update: went for our scan10 days later and it isn’t looking good 😔 it was horrific and I felt like a monkey in a science lab as the doctor and nurse just whispered to each other as they were scanning me which felt like an eternity. I think the sonographer was teaching the doctor how to use the equipment and it was just horrific. The nurse then came over and apologised and said they can still only see an empty sac and it isn’t looking good. I obviously had a breakdown.

They then put me into a room on my own and a nurse came into say the sac has grown very slightly but they still can’t see anything inside, but for legal reasons they cannot terminate the pregnancy now incase something grows?

Now in another 10 day limbo to see if anything has miraculously grown into the gestation sac but I’m not feeling hopeful 😔

The spotting has now stopped however after 14 days of spotting when wiping.

Just feeling very deflated and let down by my
Body.

Apparently 85% of women have a successful pregnancy after an ectopic... looks like I’m one of the 15% 😞

Hi OP,

So sorry you didn't get any good news today :( I hope you're okay.

It sounds like what I experienced which is a blighted ovum, empty sac that was growing, HCG increasing but no fetal pole inside the sac. I had to go through weeks of waiting and scans before they diagnosed it officially and went ahead with giving me my options.

I know it doesn't help right now but blighted ovums are really common, I think something like 50% of all miscarriages before 12 weeks are blighted ovum. It doesn't mean you can't go on to have a successful pregnancy though, I'm now 24 weeks pregnant after a blighted ovum.

Sending you lots of love