Missed Miscarriages

[Hopeful588]

Just wanted to ask if these were common? I know you read a lot about them on the forums, but I’ve also heard they are pretty rare?

Symptom wise I had a small amount of brown/ red blood a couple of times on wiping with my mmc but I’d had full red period like bleeding with my 2 successful pregnancies. Had seen a healthy heartbeat at 8 weeks on an early scan so ithe mmc was a bit of a shock.

It’s crazy how different some people’s experiences are.
some people lose all symptoms, some still had them, some just knew something wasn’t right.
some people lose all symptoms and are perfectly fine.
guess we never really know what’s going on and have to just trust our bodies and the process

@Hopeful588 I've been pregnant once which was a MMC (found out at 10+4 at a private scan, baby had died around 9 weeks, after seeing a perfectly healthy scan around 7 weeks). I had anecdotally heard of missed miscarriages but didn't know of anyone around me who had had one. They occur in 1-5% of all pregnancies, so up to 25% of miscarriages could be missed miscarriages.

I had 2 streaks of pink mucus (like, lots of mucus) and other than that I just felt that something was wrong. I hadn't had strong symptoms at all in the pregnancy just slightly sore boobs and slight nausea, and I can't remember if they were still there or not at that second scan as it was a few years ago now.

I'm the same as you in that I'm a worrier - I'm currently having lots of worries about my second pregnancy as it's not been going smoothly so far, but if you haven't had any signs something is wrong you just have to keep going, one day at a time, and hope for the best - as hard as that is. If you're really struggling I'd look into cognitive behavioural therapy. In my area, if you are pregnant you get put on a priority list for therapy, so that might be the same in your area. It helps with teaching coping strategies for when we're finding times difficult and has been a life saver for me previously, so I'm waiting to get an appointment date now for it again. xx

I had a mmc with my first pregnancy. Found out at 11 weeks. I had some brown discharge so went in to be checked about a week before our 12 week scan. They said growth must have stopped around week 4/5. I didn’t miscarry naturally after that so had surgical management to remove the pregnancy. I had all of the pregnancy symptoms - sickness, nausea, sore boobs etc. but just wasn’t meant to be. I really struggled with it at the time. They are common and lots of friends have said that they have had them since I have opened up about it.

Sorry for the late reply, I’m going through the same worries as you and just wanted to check in with how you got on? Is everything ok?

I’m currently going through a MMC, my first pregnancy, baby stopped growing nearly 2 weeks ago now and waiting to miscarrying naturally, I knew I’d had one because all my pregnancy symptoms disappeared, apart from sore boobs but it’s the most horrible and tormenting thing because there isn’t really any obvious signs. This whole pregnancy was negative, I was constantly adamant that I was going to miscarry although I had no reason to. HCG was tripping every 48 hours, progesterone was nice and high, first scan was perfect, and I didn’t enjoy it one bit I had constant anxiety. Next pregnancy I will just enjoy it and not worry over something I can’t control anymore. Don’t worry until someone tells you to. You could have heavy bleeding and it all be okay. Or you could have a MMC and have no symptoms and it’s a shock. Pregnancy is hard and I think we need to be less harsh on ourselves. I will definitely not test every day or worry like I have done. I will enjoy my pregnancy next time 💔

How did this end for you? X