Irregular gestational sac.. any experience with this??

[Sallierosie]

Hi, I am 7 weeks 4 days pregnant.. I went for a private scan this week- there was a heartbeat and we were told everything was fine but to come back in two weeks as I have a history of miscarriage. They printed out the report of the scan and in it it said ‘small irregular gestational sac’. Obviously we immediately googled it and have found mostly bad outcomes and we are completely devastated.. they let us leave the clinic thinking all was okay only for us to later find out maybe it really isn’t!

I just wondered if anyone had any experience of an irregular sac and what happened? Everyday I am just waiting for the pregnancy to end!

Hi - so was the baby measuring exactly as per your expected dates? And did it have a strong heartbeat? Ie over say 130?

Thanks for reply.. The baby was measuring 2 days behind, So I was scanned at 7 weeks 2 days and they put on the report that it was 7 weeks! Not sure if that is considered very bad? She said the heartbeat was strong but did not give me and bmp number so I am at a complete loss really! Would never do a private scan again they don’t really give you any indication as to the health of the pregnancy and let you leave thinking all okay and say congrats on the way out! Terrible

If I were you I'd give the place you visited a call and just question what they have put regarding the sac and what it means.

I remember someone else doing the same after they were concerned about comments on the report and the clinic were able to explain and reassure.

I never had an irregular gestational sac, but just having a quick look out of interest and there are studies that show no difference in outcomes. Hopefully everything is OK.

Yea we spoke with the clinic who were a bit vague and said could go either way..
The studies I saw where it didn’t seem to affect outcome were related to the yolk sac not gestational!

I guess a heartbeat is a good sign so we will just hold on to that! But finding it hard to feel anything at the moment.. have had two previous mc so stats don’t look great for us

If you are measuring close to your dates plus good heartbeat then I'd say you had a good chance - one of my twins was noted as having a small gestational sac (measured a week behind the baby) and after drinking loads and loads of water (as ready staying hydrated to the maximum would help!) by 10 weeks the sac looked much better

@ivfbeenbusy that sounds very reassuring! I’ll just keep hoping!!

And please bear in mind: roughly 7% of women will have two miscarriages in a row. That's reasonably common (I'm included in that. But fewer than 2% will have three in a row.

Having two miscarriages does not increase your odds of a third.

Sorry OP - hadn't realised the gestational sac and yolk sac were different. There are positive outcomes out there - hoping for the best for you.

2MC doesn't mean it's over - it sadly does happen to a lot of people. I've had 2MC in a row and now at 30 weeks in my 3rd PG. Previous MC definitely does make you worry a lot more. Sorry you're dealing with this uncertainty and fingers crossed it ends well.

One of my twins also had an irregular gestational sac. I had a history of recurrent miscarriage but all resolved itself and a successful pregnancy followed. Hope all goes well for you.

Aw thankyou all for encouraging words, I’m sorry for your miscarriages, previous miscarriages certainly makes these early days really really hard!
So lovely to hear positive outcomes though