Scan in an hour

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I had a scan at what I thought was 6+4 on Friday 5th Jan, at the EPU to check pregnancy was in the right place after previous ectopic (had to have tube removed) it showed a gestation sac of 7.3mm and a yolk sac but no fetal pole. Sonographer was not concerned (she was more concerned about a cyst on my ovary which had a papillary projection). She just said to come back in two weeks and they would rescan to check cyst and baby but all good and pregnancy in the right place.

Obviously I have googled and know that you should see a fetal pole at 6+4 weeks and the gestation sac is smaller than it should be. I do have a retroverted uterus so it is possible that made it harder to see, but I just feel that something is wrong.

I know it's possible I ovulated late, but if I push ov back a week that means I got a very faint positive pregnancy test as 3dpo and a less faint one at 5dpo which seems unlikely.

I planned to wait the two weeks out, but I feel like I'm just waiting to miscarry and it's horrible. So I booked a private scan which I will have in an hour.

Feeling really sad and nervous, I don't want to go through another MC.

Didn't want to read and run so I'm wishing you all the best with your scan!

Sorry that you’re going through this uncertainty, it’s horrible….I wish you a positive outcome!

Thank you ❤️

Good luck ❤️

Fingers crossed. Hoping you have some good news today

Good luck for the scan, fingers crossed for you

I don’t want to give you false hope but I had a similar experience with my current pregnancy. Had a positive test on a clear blue digital with middle of the day urine on what I thought was the day after my period was due - day 29 of what for me would usually be a regular like clockwork 28 day cycle. I wasn’t tracking ovulation using tests so based my dates off the first day of my last period.

I had a scan at what I thought was 6/7 weeks and they could only see a sac, no gestational pole etc. My doctor said we needed to wait and see so I was to come back for a follow up in 2 weeks.

I was convinced it was a miscarriage because the dates simply didn’t work - for the size to be correct I must have ovulated super late (for me) and then had a ridiculously early positive. I went to my scan knowing that I already had a wine and pate waiting for me at home because I was sure it was bad news - not the case! Baby had grown precisely as expected in size during that 2 week interval so I really must have had a ridiculously early positive! I am now 32 weeks and dates have never changed - I am simply 2ish weeks behind where I thought I should have been.

I guess what I’m saying is that it can happen, although I have also been on the other side of things where a smaller than expected measurement ended in a miscarriage (albeit in that pregnancy I knew when I had ovulated so there wasn’t the same margin of doubt iyswim).

I hope that you get good news but please know that one miscarriage does not mean you will have more xx

@Fingerscrossedfor2021HK thank you so much for sharing your story. This gives me a tiny bit of hope. Do you happen to remember what your gestational sac measured and how much it grew? Sorry you probably don't I'm just fixated on this right now as it's all the information they give me in the scan.

The scan still doesn't show a fetal pole at what should be 7+1 weeks, but the gestational sac has grown to 8.2mm (no idea if that is growth as expected in 3-4 days since last scan)

As before they just said to rescan in a week and see, but to be honest she didn't sound that hopeful. I'm 90% sure it's a MC waiting to happen now. I wish I would just bleed and it would be over.

I’m so sorry but I don’t recall the measurements as I had honestly just written off the pregnancy at that point (sounds awful and cold but I was trying to protect myself). I am not sure what sort of growth they would have expected in 3-4 days - my OB recommended the 2 week interval between scans to seek to avoid more confusion, and we didn’t even do any blood work as she said it was simply a waiting game.

I know it’s so so hard but the ONLY upside in such a horrid situation is that if the pregnancy isn’t viable you will know much sooner - with my miscarriage I assumed all was well (dodgy early scan notwithstanding) and only found out at almost 12 weeks that baby had stopped developing v early on. Really really hope you end up with good news… xx

Actually just found my notes - so my first scan was 2 weeks after my positive test and apparently I was measuring 5+5 (I thought I should have been almost 7 weeks based on cycle dates) and the notes say 3.8x6.5mm in sac.

Ten days later I was only measuring 6+2 with a 5.66mm measurement and two weeks after that I was 8+3 with a 19.57 measurement. I think at the 8+3 scan that was when we saw a healthy heartbeat.

Not sure whether the above is helpful but wanted to share just in case x

@Fingerscrossedfor2021HK Thank you very much for looking back at your notes, it's helpful to know and seems quite similar to what is happening to me now. I am so happy it all worked out for you and I hope these last weeks of your pregnancy go well. I'm very sorry for your previous loss as well, it's such a horrible thing to go through.
I still think that I will likely miscarry again but you have given me a tiny bit of hope ❤️

Hi OP, I’m so sorry you’re going through this. It does feel so cruel waiting for answers. I had a MMC, followed by a successful pregnancy. I’m currently 11 weeks with my second pregnancy and thought I was going through a MMC this time too. I had 2 private scans 5 weeks 5 days, no fetal pole no heartbeat, 10 days later sac measuring 6 weeks 6 days with a spec of a fetal pole with no heartbeat. I was fully convinced it was an MMC again, contacted EPU the next day who scanned me and found a tiny a petal pole and heartbeat measuring 6 weeks 5 days. I also have a retroverted cervix and the sonographers at the EPU said the fetal pole was much easier to see from the belly rather than an internal. Which I think was the error when having private scans, they just rushed to do internal one if that makes sense. Anyway, I hope it is positive news for you. When is your next scan at the EPU? 💐 xxx

@Katieroo2 thank you for responding and sharing your experience. This also gives me a little hope which is so helpful right now as just waiting for MC is extremely depressing.

Just as you say at the private scan they only did an internal scan, she actually said that having a retroverted uterus only made it difficult to see abdominally and not with an internal scan so that's really interesting that you were basically told the opposite!

Every twinge I have I think is going to be the start of bleeding it's just horrible.

The private place offered me a free scan a week today so next Tuesday and my next scan with the EPU is on the 19th. I'm hoping so much that it's good news but if it's not I'm just hoping I MC naturally before the 19th as I really don't want to go through surgical intervention again.

For anyone who comes across this thread I thought I should update the outcome. I have miscarried naturally at home.

Thanks for the hope and support from those who responded to me

Really sorry to see your update. That's very sad. Look after yourself. Is somebody with you?

I am so terribly sorry to hear this. It’s such a tough thing to go through. Please be kind to yourself. Feel free to pm me if you need an ear xx

Thank you for being kind. I feel really sad, but trying to be hopeful I will bring a baby home one day when it's meant to be.