Ivf pregnancy- no heartbeat 6+5

[Foreverhoping33]

Hello, as name of thread suggests I have just had my first ivf cycle and luckily got pregnant! First time ever seeing two lines on a pregnancy test for me!

yesterday I had my 6 week scan to check everything was ok at 6weeks +5. At the scan they saw the sac and fetal pole but unfortunately no heartbeat. They also said I was measuring about 1 week behind where I should be.

Alongside this I previously had very achey boobs and was starting to feel nauseous but these symptoms all stopped literally over night about 1 week ago too.

Im due to go back in for another scan next week to check if the embryo is growing. If not it will be a miscarriage. I am interested to see if others have been in the same position as me and what outcome they had? I want to be as realistic as possible so I can prepare myself for the most likely outcome.

thanks!

I'm afraid I have been in this exact same position and it was a miscarriage. I already 'knew' because I just woke up one morning and all my symptoms had gone. I read lots of anecdotes on here and other sites about symptoms suddenly disappearing and everything still being fine but it wasn't the case for me and I too wanted to go into the scan prepared and realistic which is why I'm responding to you.

I hope it's a different story for you - reading your post reminded me how difficult this time was but whatever happens, you will be ok. If it's not the outcome everyone hopes it will be, you will get through it.

@Londisc thanks so much for your response and your honesty. If I am honest with myself I know the result for me too. Im going to allow myself to cry it out for the next couple of days and then can start to move forwards. Thanks again!

I really wish you all the best. IF this one is not meant to be, then you may well keep testing positive for a good few weeks as it takes some time for the hormones adjust. I found myself daily testing and in the bizarre position of desperately wanting a negative so I could try again asap. If I were in that position now, I would just leave it for a month or two, take care of my mental health doing positive and relaxing things, and let my body do what it needs to do without the constant monitoring - no matter what the outcome you have a lot of hormones to deal with at the moment, so be kind to yourself. I hope 2023 is a good one for you.

Hi,
I feel like I might be in the same position as you.

I had a 5day FET after ICSI and I'm technically 7 weeks. I had my scan and they have told me that there is a baby there, it is just measuring 5 weeks instead of 7 and there is no heartbeat (which I don't think there would be if its 5 weeks).

I've had sore boobs, tiredness beyond belief and very emotional/mood swings.

My clinic were pretty sure it's an unviable pregnancy, but are confused as to why I haven't bled/spotted. They have asked me to come back on Thursday next week.

I hope you're holding up okay. Thank you for posting this.

X

@Laurenhuh Im sorry to hear you are in a similar position, it’s heartbreaking! I hope you are ok and being looked after by partner/family.

I haven’t had any spotting or bleeding at all either my clinic thought it may be due to the progesterone I’m on so body hasn’t recognised embryo isn’t developing.

I think we should stay hopeful for next week but prepare for the worst. Then at least any good news is an extra plus rather than bad news being a shock.

Do you have any more embryos in the freezer if you need to have another cycle or would it mean starting again? We are lucky and have two more embryos so could try a FET.

I hope you are ok, I am sending you lots of love! I have cried a lot today and it has definitely helped. Xxxx

Hi OP, sorry to read this. This happened to me at a scan and unfortunately I had had a missed miscarriage. I hope this isn't the case for you but I didn't want to not comment with you asking how it had turned out for others. Fingers crossed for you OP x

Good luck OP. This happened to me (no loss of symptoms though) and I had progressed at the next scan. I really hope for a positive outcome for you x

@Foreverhoping33 thank you. I'm so sorry that you're going through this too.

I'm glad you had been given some form of explanation, I was just told it was unviable, that I would bleed and to call if I needed anything before Thursday.

Did they have you in crinone gel? I'm on prognova and cylogest pessaries. I was told that the crinone could be used as a top up, but not actually told to try it.

As you said, I'm still holding a little hope, but preparing my questions for the worst outcome.

I've not stopped crying. We will get through this 💜

Thinking of you! Hope you got some sleep xx

So sorry to hear this OP. Do you know why they do such early scans for IVF ? Seems such a larger margin for error and doesn't really tell you anything more than a positive pregnancy test would, as you need to go back next week anyway. Is it for the clinics own records ? I do get that IVF isn't the same as a natural pregnancy and anxiety is likely to be higher anyway, but to me this practice seems to just add to the worry. Whereas if you waited till 8-12 weeks the scans would be more meaningful.

@babyyodaxmas I think it's for reassurance. NHS do it at 7+ but only if you've had MC before otherwise you need to pay private unless you've got pain and have to go to EPU. I guess this is probably the clinics version of that.
Mine was found at private scans and I had a long and upsetting experience between 6-9 weeks of having to scan, re scan then the same again for nhs to confirm. The clinic is probably recognised and would save the person a longer ordeal to organise MC management if no heartbeat at second scan. Hopefully there will be a heartbeat for OP 🤞 but I think in answer to your question that may be why they are scanning clients at this gestation x

@LittleDoveLove @MuhMuh thank you both for your responses! It is really helpful to hear of others experiences. For me it is the loss of any and all symptoms which is worrying me most and interesting to hear that @MuhMuh your pregnancy progressed but you also didn’t have loss of symptoms.

@Laurenhuh im only on lutigest pesseries. I have been told to continue them until my scan next week just in case, so I wonder if they will continue to hold off any bleeding. Though saying that I have felt a little bit more crampy than previously not sure if this is beginning of miscarriage or just psychological.

@babyyodaxmas i thought they did early scans in ivf to check the pregnancy has implanted in the right place as you have a higher chance of ecoptic with ivf than normal. I guess it the drugs for ivf also prevent bodies recognising miscarriages it is also to check that everything is progressing normally and if not then told to stop medication.

Hi, I’m sorry to hear this :(
I had the same issue which sadly ended in miscarriage. Found out at my 8 week 1 day scan that the heartbeat had stopped 5 days earlier. (I also had IVF and had never seen 2 lines on a test before this). I knew going into the scan that something wasnt right as the symptoms I did have had stopped around a week previously almost overnight, I was not experiencing any pain or bleeding. The miscarriage was medically managed and the fetus passed 3 weeks later. The pregnancy test remained positive until the day after the passing.
Wishing you all the best on your future IVF journey, I know how difficult the process can be x

Hello everyone
I’ve never used a forum before so please bear with me.
It sounds like I might be in the same boat.

So this is our second round of IVF (the first unfortunately ended in a miscarriage of our baby girl at 15 weeks). We had 3 good looking blastocysts at day 5, 2 now frozen and one transferred fresh. Pregnancy HCG all normal everything looking goor until yesterday at our 6 Weeks scan, the yolk sack was visible but the foetal rod was smaller than what it should be for it’s gestational age (we are pretty certain of dates due to the IVF process). I should have been 6 weeks 4 days however foetus is measuring 5 weeks 5 days and currently (as expected being so small) no heartbeat yet.
I have another scan booked in for Monday (just happens to be my birthday), to hopefully show us that it has grown and got a heartbeat. Hospital don’t seem very positive. I have been written off until then.
Has anyone been through this? Or got an advice? Been scouring the internet for chances of success or failure of a viable pregnancy to try and mentally prepare myself. Also looking for potential scientific reasons why this would happen? Could this happen with a late implantation of IVF? Could it catch up? Or is something chromosonally wrong?

Any help would be wonderful!
Thanks in advance ❤️, a very emotional and stressed, Sarah x

Hi Sarah, so sorry to hear your update. I can only tell you what happened for me which is at our 6 week scan (from ivf pregnancy) we also didn’t have a heartbeat and embryo was measuring a week behind where it should have. This nearly exactly lined up with my symptoms disappearing too.

I went back for a scan a week later and unfortunately nothing has changed and I was diagnosed with a miscarriage. I think from this chat and the lack of symptoms I had mentally prepared for it though so it was ok. I actually went on holiday the day it was diagnosed so decided to wait for it to happen naturally which 10 days later still hadn’t occurred so then had surgical management. I only got a negative pregnancy test 2 weeks after the op.

I really really hope this is not the case for you and do think some embryos can be slow at growing so there is still a chance, but I would also be prepared for bad news on Monday. In terms of why it happens I think it is chromosomal issues and nothing you have done at all.

Sending you lots and lots of love. It is a tough thing to go through, the waiting in itself is horrible. But whatever happens you will get through it stronger than ever. Happy to chat more if it helps.