Early scan, yolk but no baby

[Twizzle8]

Morning all,

Need some mama advice please!

I had a twin miscarriage in September and am currently pregnant (2nd pregnancy, no children).
I have had the craziest start due to my own paranoid scares. I’m currently around 7 weeks, however my period and ovulation dates are off due to miscarriage in September. I thought I felt pain on the left side and was so sure I was having an ectopic pregnancy.
So I went to EPU at around 6 weeks, where they found sac and yolk sac and no baby and what they thought was a molar also. They basically told me I was having a rare twin molar pregnancy and I would miscarry. So I had to wait an awfully long and very upsetting week for another scan where they couldn’t see the molar and the sac had grown by 2cms but still no baby. They put the molar down to a cyst that had completely disappeared.
My HCG was 15,000 which is nice and high and I have all strong pregnancy symptoms. Tired, Feeling so sick everyday etc.
They think they saw potentially the start of the fetal pole, but surely at 7 weeks they would have seen a baby by now.
I have to go back for a scan on 26/1 and I’m so petrified.
It may be bad news, which I feel like I’m more prepared for. But waiting and feeling such strong pregnancy symptoms is like torture.

Any advice or been through something similar?

Thank you xx

Hi, I'm sorry you're going through this.

I went for an early scan at 6+3 (I was certain on my dates) and only sac and yolk sac were visible and I was measuring about 5.5 weeks.

Went for another scan at 8+3 and there was a tiny 4.1mm fetal pole visible, but no heartbeat. Sac and everything was measuring 6+1.

Went for final scan one week later at what should have been 9+3 and they confirmed that fetal pole hadn't progressed past the 4mm stage and still had no heartbeat, so I was officially diagnosed with a missed miscarriage and had surgical management that day.

I'm sorry as I'm sure this isn't what you wanted to hear! Hopefully others come along with more positive results. But I'm here if you want to know any more, or just need someone to chat to x

Hi @LauraT94 thanks for coming back to me. Sorry for your loss. It’s such a difficult time.

Did you still get strong pregnancy symptoms whilst waiting for scans?
Also do you know what your HCG levels were? Xx

@Twizzle8 sorry I meant to say about symptoms and HCG and forgot!!

So symptoms wise my nausea really kicked in from 6 weeks! I didn't actually vomit but spent many days not being able to eat anything other than crackers etc. And that increased, so would have been increasing after the point bubba stopped developing. Also had really sore boobs, particularly my nipples, as well as general tiredness, bloating, thirstiness, needing a wee etc!

The nausea and food aversions did come to an abrupt stop just before my second scan (the one at 8+3).

HCG wise my tests kept getting stronger! I didn't have blood tests but I'm just going by home pregnancy test strips (the internet cheapies). Lines got consistently stronger.

Just to add I did also have spotting from 5+5 but was told that was completely normal at the time.

Ok thanks so much. By HCG I mean blood test results. did they take it at the hospital?

Ahhh so scary just waiting. I guess I have to expect the worst and hope for the best 😞

@Twizzle8 no I didn't get offered any HCG blood tests by the hospital. I assume because they could see the sac and yolk sac, they knew I was pregnant, the easiest thing to do was to wait and see if anything developed! I've only really heard of them doing HCG blood tests when they're querying ectopics if they can't see a sac in your uterus.

Honestly I'm so sorry that you're having to go through this limbo, especially after a previous loss. The hours drag don't they?!

I hope you have a good support system. Just do whatever you can to keep yourself busy and distracted while you wait though I know it's hard! I have my fingers and toes crossed that there'll be a little fetal pole with a heartbeat when you go back! But as you say, probably the healthiest thing to do at the moment is prepare yourself for bad news - I found it easier to do that and hope I would be surprised by good news! Than to convince myself all was fine and potentially be surprised by bad news. Xx

Just a quick update, I had my scan today and thankfully all was ok. I got to see the baby and strong heartbeat. I was just measuring a week behind than I thought, which would explain not seeing much at my last scan. So relieved 😅

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@Twizzle8 that's such fabulous news!! Congratulations ❤️

Thank you 😅 I have to try and relax now

Congratulations, lovely news. Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy.

Awe thats fantastic that everything was ok. Best of luck with the pregnancy x