Looking for advice on my situation as Ive been told I’m probably going to have a MC but they can’t be sure. Also leaving a lot of details as it might help someone in future and I’ll make sure to update this post with what happens.
I’m 42, overweight, have an endometrial polyp no children, TTC for over a year and naturally pregnant being seen and monitored by a fertility clinic after 1 CP 6 months ago. I’m on clexane, thyroxine for low thyroid, cyclogest and 5mg folic acid.
My LMP started Nov 18 and I got a positive ovulation test on Nov 29. Got my first positive FR test on 10th Dec and went straight to the fertility clinic for support.
my hcg was as follows
12th Dec (12 DPO) 25
13th - 34
15th - 69
18th - 222
20th - 527
22nd - 1082
24th - 2137
27th - 4270
29th - 6398
2nd Jan - 14589
progesterone was also always tested and sits around 150 as they wanted it above 100.
I had my first scan at 5+6 which showed a fetal pole of 1.9mm and although I don’t have measurements to my eye the gestational sac and yolk sac looked correct size. Sonographer measured a polyp at 11x6x13 which I already knew I had but only found out a few weeks before I fell pregnant from an NhS scan. sonographer was concerned the GS was low laying but was separate from the polyp.
Second scan at 6+3 and I could see GS had grown, but they could find no heartbeat and the fetal pole was measuring 3.2mm. The doctor who was in the room and took over from the sonographer he said the position was actually not that bad but said “it’s not looking good if I’m being honest”. Due to the lack of heartbeat at this stage.
Third scan yesterday 6+6 and I can see again the GS has grown, and the fetal pole seemed difficult to measure but the sonographer said 3.5mm. She said it doesn’t look good and sent me to do a scan on another machine with a doctor. She also found a paraovarian cyst.
the doctor scanned me for a while and said normally if I had not had other scans she would say this pregnancy looks ok as it’s natural but since I’ve had the other scans and it was the same sonographer doing the measurements she was fairly sure it’s going to miscarry.
I can also see with my eyes that the size of the gestational sac is now so much bigger than the yolk sac and by other reference I’ve seen the embryo should be a bit bigger by now. She could barely measure it. I can even see what she’s measuring.
she told me since it’s natural I should wait a week and go to the EPC but now I’m scared the NHS is going to make me wait weeks and weeks before confirming this. I could take matters into my own hands and stop the progesterone and cyclogest which would likely bring on the MC.
I’m just scared and guilty from the few posts I’ve seen that say sometimes they can be small or slow growing and everything turns out fine.
I might wait until next week and then see if I can get one more private scan and if then after two weeks there’s been no growth and no heartbeat then stop meds. Because I know and am sure of my dates this is what makes me less hopeful as when you hear these stories of a heartbeat finally appearing at 8/9weeks I’m sure that must be mixed up dates? Idk