Heavy bleeding + intrauterine pregnancy

[Honeylov]

Hello I’m new here, sorry if this becomes a bit long winded…

I’m 22 & pregnant (second pregnancy however the first I had a chemical miscarriage at almost 5 weeks).

I should be 7 weeks now however I begun bleeding last Friday..
it started off light but become very heavy quickly with a few clots. I was certain I was/am miscarrying I had a scan yesterday to confirm what I thought I already knew.

During the scan they told me a pregnancy sac can still be seen however I’m only measuring 5 weeks. I am confident my dates are right and I should have been creeping up to seven weeks. They sent me home with a leaflet that read “intrauterine pregnancy of uncertain viability” and have booked me in for another appointment in two weeks time and so I was sent on my way left feeling uncertain and worse than before I went.

I was told to be prepared to pass Baby / “pregnancy sac” before my next appointment.

I suppose I’m hoping to hear from others that have been where I am and maybe all things went well. I know to expect the worse and hope for the best.

Anyone? 😔

No advice @Honeylov but sending you support, it sounds really tough

Hi OP, I'm sorry to hear what you are going through.

I too had a heavy bleed at 6w. When I had a scan at the EPU I was expecting them to tell me I was miscarrying however they saw the baby and heard a heart beat. The bleed was from a large hematoma which was much bigger than the gestational sac and I was told it was touch and go whether the pregnancy would suffice - I'm lucky that it did.

I'm not sure if this would be a possibility in your case and I don't want to give you any false hope since it doesn't sound like they saw anything on the scan to suggest this and coupled with being behind in measurements (although perhaps this is just a date issue) I'm not sure it sounds like good news and had a friend that had a similar thing experience that unfortunately didn't end as hoped.

I'm not sure if this is much help and the sad thing is that it is going to have to be a wait and see so my only advice is to keep busy to occupy your mind as much as possible until the scan comes around and be kind to yourself x

Not helpful @idontthinksodou

@Birdie135 waiting for your helpful response to follow...

@Birdie135 thought as much or perhaps you've just crawled back under the rock you came from. Don't criticise others for sharing their experiences with good intentions. I suspect you have no experience of loss or infertility and if you do shame on you

What??

Actually I thought it was helpful and better then giving the OP a false sense of hope.

OP the same thing happened to me when I was 20! I had a pregnancy of unknown viability, they could see the sac but I was measuring behind by a week or so and the sac was empty, had a horrible two weeks of waiting then was diagnosed with a blighted ovum and had medical management of miscarriage. Sorry I've not shared a positive experience but I do think it's important to be honest.

It was tough but I then got pregnant but my daughter soon after and everything was fine with that pregnancy 😊

All responses are helpful, I know I’m clutching at straws, I’m only 22 but if this is my second pregnancy that ends in MC I can’t help but wonder if I ever can have a baby of my own.

I think it may have been easier if they confirmed what I thought I already knew. Thank you all for responses anything is comforting.. positive or negative.
xxxx

I really hope it works out for you OP but if not this time pease don't give up hope.

I didn't give my history in the prior post since I didn't necessarily think it was relevant to the comments I was making but I also have a history of losses. The pregnancy I mentioned took us 5 years via IVF and using immunosuppressants so a long journey but worth every step.

I'm not sure if you are aware but NHS should assist with testing to determine if there is a reason for recurrent losses but unfortunately they will only assist after 3. I thought this was ridiculous but they say it's because sadly it's not uncommon to have 1 or 2 losses. I ended up going private for testing which is when it was determined that the losses were due to my immune system hence needing immunosuppressants. Not all clinics are as thorough (I had testing through some clinics that showed nothing was wrong). I was so glad I found the clinic and miscarriage carriage specialist (Dr Shehata at the CRP Clinic in Epsom) that helped me and I will be eternally grateful to the lady who recommended him to me and of course to him. Hopefully you won't need it but if you do wish to pursue testing I can't recommend him highly enough.

Good luck on your journey and as I said before, be kind to yourself x

Thank you for sharing. I am so sorry that you had to go threw it all! It’s so frustrating when you see people having children so easy.
As you say worth it in the end however I can only hope supports gets better and people such as yourself aren’t waiting as long as 5 years for the right answers and a DC. I will definitely be keeping that name in my mind for the future if it does carry on being a struggle for us.

I know I am only young but I shall keep trying for now. We are financially stable have a home of our own with a little room ready for DC the timing is right but nature just doesn’t seem to agree xxxx

I just thought I’d leave a little note here for anybody that may come across this post and would like to know how everything ended up.

I went for my scan and there is still a sac visible still only measuring 5 weeks and I should be 9 this week. It’s been confirmed that’s it’s sadly ended in a MC however because the sac has moved slightly further down they have sent me home to see if it passes threw naturally over the next few weeks.

luckily although it’s only my second and they’re usually reluctant to find out at this stage what it may be that’s causing the MC’s they have swabbed me for endometriosis.
hopefully (at least) I may have some answers if this is the cause and possibly some treatment available in the future to support future pregnancies.

thank you for those that took the time, positive or not to reply to my post.
xx
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