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Possible miscarriage?

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My2boysaremyworld · 12/04/2022 22:30

Hi so I had a small bleed today with one small blood clot. Got told to go to hospital where they scanned me and said I'm measuring 5 weeks 6 days but couldn't find a heartbeat. Now this is where I'm panicking because we had a private scan last Monday and she said I was 6 weeks 3 days and could see a faint heartbeat. If you go from my dates from LMP I should be 10 weeks!! Has this happened to anyone else and got a positive outcome? Iv got another scan next Tuesday and praying for a heartbeat and baby has grown.

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Tor2022 · 12/04/2022 22:54

So sorry @My2boysaremyworld, that sounds like such a difficult situation. I think that they often can't say anything for certain until they have rescanned and confirmed no growth at the same clinic/ hospital.

I am on the "meant to be 8 weeks but measuring smaller" thread and sadly mine did not have a good outcome, but it looks like others have had different more posituve experiences too. Praying for your Tuesday scan X

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My2boysaremyworld · 13/04/2022 13:50

@Tor2022

So sorry *@My2boysaremyworld*, that sounds like such a difficult situation. I think that they often can't say anything for certain until they have rescanned and confirmed no growth at the same clinic/ hospital.

I am on the "meant to be 8 weeks but measuring smaller" thread and sadly mine did not have a good outcome, but it looks like others have had different more posituve experiences too. Praying for your Tuesday scan X

So sorry for your loss. Do you mind me asking what happened to you? I'm a mess and the wait is killing my
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Raindrops2015 · 13/04/2022 14:00

I have found private scans measure bigger than nhs ones in my pregnancy. The wait is tortuous. I'm so sorry you're going through this. The best thing to do is prepare yourself but also be mindful that it's very early and a week could change things. By your LMP you would have had to have ovulated very late for those dates to match up. When did you get a positive pregnancy test? If it was 6 weeks ago then that would probably answer your question that you shouldn't be measuring so small.

Just manage your expectations. Know that if you do get bad news you will get through it. I've been through it myself, it was a very difficult time. I tried again and this pregnancy is going alot better. Sorry I'm not being more hopeful for you but I know from experience that didn't help me during that wait. Sending you hugs.

Suprima · 13/04/2022 14:05

I have been in your position, to the exact dates, but with no bleeding. I desperately hoped that baby was a slow grower and my dates were wrong. I had an early reassurance scan that placed me about 3 weeks behind my dates- but there was a faint heartbeat. I returned in two weeks time for a rescan but baby’s growth peaked at 6+3 when I should have been about 10 weeks. The heartbeat had stopped at the rescan too.

I was referred to the EPU who had me in the following Monday. I had to be scanned again to confirm there was no cardiac activity. I didn’t want to wait for surgical removal as that would have required waiting for a few more days- so I took the Misoprostol at home which expelled baby and the rest of the pregnancy tissue. This was like a very, very severe period with contraction style cramps. Baby was so small that I wasn’t able to save anything. I would only go down this route if you have lots of support at home- I have a non-squeamish OH who sat with me on the toilet and changed my sanitary towels for me, and gave me lots of cuddles and looked after me. I wouldn’t do the Misoprostol (medical management) if I had a hapless partner at home or children that I had to look after. There is the option to do nothing, as your body will expel pregnancy tissue naturally- but I didn’t want to wait for this.

After you have your treatment, whatever you do- you’ll have to take a pregnancy test in 3 weeks. If it is still positive- you’ll need to be rescanned to see if there is more tissue left to come out. This happened to me, but I used acupuncture to expel it naturally.

Hopefully there will be a happy ending- as I fell pregnant 3 cycles after with my little girl who is due in 10 weeks time. Please have faith that you will get through this. Flowers

A month out on dates is a lot, so I would prepare yourself for the worst and if you do get a happy ending - that’s marvellous.

I apologise for my bluntness and hate to be the bearer of horrible news but I was you, desperately hoping for positive stories- it made my crash down to earth twenty times harder.

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My2boysaremyworld · 13/04/2022 15:04

@Raindrops2015

I have found private scans measure bigger than nhs ones in my pregnancy. The wait is tortuous. I'm so sorry you're going through this. The best thing to do is prepare yourself but also be mindful that it's very early and a week could change things. By your LMP you would have had to have ovulated very late for those dates to match up. When did you get a positive pregnancy test? If it was 6 weeks ago then that would probably answer your question that you shouldn't be measuring so small.

Just manage your expectations. Know that if you do get bad news you will get through it. I've been through it myself, it was a very difficult time. I tried again and this pregnancy is going alot better. Sorry I'm not being more hopeful for you but I know from experience that didn't help me during that wait. Sending you hugs.

I got my positive pregnancy result 5 weeks today xx
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Raindrops2015 · 13/04/2022 15:15

If it was 5 weeks ago today then the very smallest you should be measuring is 8 weeks. That's in the case of you testing positive 7days past ovulation which is unusual although I tested positive 9dpo. Thinking of you x

Tor2022 · 15/04/2022 20:11

Hi @My2boysaremyworld, I had some spotting on wiping at what I thought was 8 weeks and went for a scan where I was only measuring 5.5 weeks but with a faint heartbeat. I had had a positive pregnancy test over 3 weeks before this so I knew that it would have been a very small chance to have got a positive so early in the cycle.

I went back for another scan 2 weeks later and bathad stopped growing and their heartbeat had stopped. I wasn't able to be offered any intervention at that time as I had had my scans in two different places (one private, one bgs) and the NYS scan wanted to wait another week to confirm as they couldn't rely on the results of the private scan apparently. I miscarried naturally, but quite quickly 3 days later (felt like very severe cramps then passed a lot of tissue). I now need to wait 3 weeks to do a pregnancy test to make sure that it is now negative. Hope this is helpful and hope that you have a better outcome x

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My2boysaremyworld · 18/04/2022 20:39

Hi all just to update you all I miscarried yesterday but it went wrong as baby got stuck in my cervix. Never known pain like it, had to go to theatre to have it removed. I'm home now and recovering and trying to process it all.

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Tor2022 · 18/04/2022 23:44

@My2boysaremyworld I am so sorry to hear that Flowers. I hope that you have some time to recover, that sounds incredibly difficult X

Raindrops2015 · 19/04/2022 10:02

I'm sorry to hear that. It's an awful thing to go through. I'll be praying for your recovery. Please be kind to yourself and take the time to heal, surround yourself with people who love you. You've been through an awful ordeal 💔

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My2boysaremyworld · 19/04/2022 18:31

Thank you xx

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