Sorry in advance for the essay…
I’m 7 weeks pregnant today by LMP, though possibly a little earlier as I ovulated on day 15, and think I implanted late. Got a very, very faint bfp at 12dpo. Equally faint at 14dpo. Thought it would be a chemical but then they got stronger.
Went for a scan last Fri at 6 weeks by LMP due to previous ectopic. Transvaginal scan showed a tiny gestational sac only (no yolk) measuring 4.2mm (msd), dated at 5 weeks. HCG 2200 correlates with scan. I was told to come back in a week, which seemed early to me.
FWW to today and I’m scanned again, by a trainee this time. Sac has grown to 10mm (msd) but still no yolk. Diagnosed anembryonic pregnancy (blighted ovum). I’m told to stop my progesterone suppository (cyclogest 400mg once daily), and it’s likely I’ll have a bleed. Fine, but progesterone has never stopped a bleed for me in previous early losses…🤔 I took the option to be rescanned just to be 110% certain next Friday, as I have to go to pick up the misoprostol if I haven’t bled anyway. (Also found out my uterus is retroverted, which was news to me.)
But everything I’ve read says they shouldn’t be diagnosing a blighted ovum yet, that it’s too soon by a number of diagnostic measures (sac size too small, interval between scans too short). I know the prognosis isn’t good, and by 7 weeks there should really be the whole kit and caboodle visible, but I can’t help but cling onto the hope that somehow the pregnancy will catch up. Am I mad to do this? Obviously I’m stopping the progesterone as advised, so I may bleed, and if there’s no sight of a yolk by next week then I’ll know for sure, but this pregnancy has felt like it’s been slow to get started from the beginning. The nurse was adamant there was something wrong though 😞
Anyone else been in this boat? Or know anything about this kind of loss? I should add I’m 40 with a history of losses so I wasn’t expecting this to be plain sailing. Thankfully we have one lovely DD. 🙏