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No heartbeat at 7.5 weeks but pregnancy symptoms and no bleeding.

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Galgal15 · 08/04/2021 19:53

I had a scan at 7 weeks and 4 days. Sac, yolk sac and foetal pole but measuring small and no heartbeat. IVF pregnancy so no chance dates are wrong. They expect missed miscarriage but need to re-scan at 9 weeks to confirm. 9 weeks is tomorrow.
Have had no bleeding or any signs of miscarriage but having strong pregnancy symptoms every day - nausea, heartburn, fatigue, thirst, vivid dreams etc.
Has anybody experienced this? How long did it take for miscarriage to start? When did pregnancy symptoms start to fade? Or has anyone seen a heartbeat for the first time after 7.5 weeks (i do know this is extremely unlikely).
Thanks for sharing any experiences, think i have run out of google results 🙈

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butterrcup · 08/04/2021 20:04

With my first i had a scan where i should have been nearly 8 weeks and there wasn't even a fetal pole. Just a yolk sac and i was so worried. They said i wasn't as far along as i thought but i was tracking everything so i knew exactly how far along i should have been. I now have a healthy beautiful 18 month old. Second pregnancy i had nothing for weeks at scans and then a yolk sac appeared on a scan and was monitored loads. I ended up having to have a procedure done to remove the pregnancy because it just didn't progress into anything more and i hadn't miscarriaged naturally. No bleeding or anything. So i know how it feels for both outcomes! Ive also seen posts on here in the past where people have seen the fetal pole and no heartbeat and then seen the heartbeat at the next scan. Fingers crossed for you but sometimes you don't bleed straight away with miscarriage and its so confusing! Sorry you're going through this stress! Its horrible not knowing whats going to happen.

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Galgal15 · 08/04/2021 20:15

Thanks @butterrcup, it is interesting that you've had a positive experience as i had pretty much written that off as impossible but was just finding the strong sickness strange.
I have had a missed miscarriage before but it was different in that heartbeat disappeared between 8 and 9 weeks and i miscarried naturally 4 days after the 'no heartbeat' scan and had no pregnancy symptoms at any point. I've also had a successful pregnancy where i experienced the same symptoms i have now. Just a stressful waiting game but i really appreciate you taking the time to respond.

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Formulation123 · 08/04/2021 20:16

Not a positive story I’m sorry! Missed miscarriage at 12 weeks scan, I had all the symptoms and no bleeding. I had no idea until I went to the scan. I had to have a medical abortion a few days later as my body never realised and I did to wait for it naturally.

I then did pregnancy tests for the next 2/3 weeks and I still got positives until that point. I think any longer they worry some tissue was left behind.

I shall keep all my fingers crossed there is a heartbeat tomorrow 🤞

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Galgal15 · 08/04/2021 20:22

Sorry for your loss @Formulation123. I know how difficult it is. Hope you had better luck after that sad experience

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Forest27 · 08/04/2021 20:34

I think scans around 6-7 weeks can easily be slightly out, so there is a chance for everything to be ok! I’ve experienced it both ways - one where I had three scans until I got bad news and the other I had a heartbeat at 6/7 weeks but if I was slightly out there could easily have been no heartbeat!

I have my fingers crossed for you ❤️

Garman · 08/04/2021 22:06

I had strong symptoms until I was days into my miscarriage, heartbeat seen at 6+4 but discovered at 10 weeks that it had stopped almost immediately after the scan. I was still nauseous until I passed the sac 3 days after the miscarriage began, other symptoms like vivid dreams, night sweats, etc stopped by day 7.

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Galgal15 · 08/04/2021 22:21

Hi @Garman, thanks for sharing. That must have been difficult. Do you mind me asking if your miscarriage started naturally or did they give you tablets? I assume i'll be given tablets tomorrow as it doesn't seem like my body is going to recognise it on its own.

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needadvice54321 · 08/04/2021 22:27

I have everything crossed for you tomorrow OP xx

I had two missed MC 2011/12, both times heartbeat had stopped in the 10th week and it was discovered at the 12 week scan. I'd had all symptoms until my scan - even needing anti sickness tablets to calm my morning sickness.
I had a D&C op for my first, then tablets/pessary for my second.

I hope you get some good news @Galgal15 x

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Galgal15 · 08/04/2021 22:36

Thank you @needadvice54321. Sorry for your losses x

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Shamoo · 08/04/2021 22:53

Hi OP - really sorry this is happening to you. Wishing you all the very best. My experience for my second MMC was very similar to @Garman. I had a heartbeat scan at 6wks5, then no heartbeat at 10 weeks, it had stopped the day after my first scan. I had symptoms all the way through, and didn’t bleed. For me, the miscarriage started when I stopped my pesseries after the scan (I was also IVF). I didn’t need any medication, it passed naturally.

Sending you lots of positive vibes. Xxx

swiftt · 09/04/2021 06:55

Sorry to hear this OP. In my first pregnancy, I had several early scans where they kept telling me it was just too early. No heartbeat or signs of growth. But they instilled a bit of a false sense of hope in me. I had no bleeding until the day before my 12 week scan when I miscarried.

Garman · 09/04/2021 07:26

It started naturally, I was given tablets 2 weeks later for retained tissue but they didn't work anyway.

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Galgal15 · 09/04/2021 17:31

Thanks for all the inputs everyone. Unforunately there was no miracle at my scan today. Foetal pole had actually shrunk. Will be admitted for medical management on Tuesday. I am 42 and this was our last round of ivf so just need to be grateful for the wonderful child we have and move on as a one child family. Best of luck to all of you still trying

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Coachee · 09/04/2021 17:34

Sorry for your loss @Galgal15.

needadvice54321 · 09/04/2021 17:38

So sorry @Galgal15 , I'll be thinking of you next week xx

L0bstersLass · 09/04/2021 17:42

I'm so sorry to read your post @Galgal15. My heart goes out to you.
I went through that procedure in 2010. It was so terribly sad and it took me a long time to get over it. Be kind to yourself. Take time to grieve your loss. Find people you and your husband can talk to so that you have support.
Thinking of you.

TroubleUsedToBeMyBusiness · 09/04/2021 17:42

@galgal - I'm so sorry. Please be kind to yourself over the next few days / weeks - miscarriage is sometimes difficult to process and a very emotional time

Formulation123 · 09/04/2021 18:19

@Galgal15 so so sorry! Please be kind to yourself. There is nothing you did wrong and nothing you could have done differently.

Just because you have one amazing DC doesn’t mean you can’t mourn for the children you don’t have. Wishing you all the best for the future x

Shamoo · 09/04/2021 21:09

So sorry for your loss @Galgal15 - will be thinking of you and sending best wishes next week. Xxxx

L0bstersLass · 13/04/2021 16:11

Thinking of you today @Galgal15. Please be kind to yourself and give yourself time. I'm so sorry that you're going through this.

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Galgal15 · 13/04/2021 19:27

Hi @L0bstersLass, it is very kind of you to think of me. It has gone straightforwardly so just have to be grateful for small mercies. Appreciate you taking the time to message. Take care of yourself x

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L0bstersLass · 13/04/2021 21:42

Hi @Galgal15, good to hear from you and pleased that it was straightforward. It may not feel like it now, but the heartache will fade.

My advice, for what's it's worth, is don't try to hold all the pain in. Let it out, by talking to as many people as will listen.

It took me far too long to start talking and holding it in almost broke me - talking saved me and so many people were prepared to listen. The best ones listened again and again and mopped my tears.

Be kind to yourself x

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