Blighted ovum

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We found out at our 8 wk scan we had an empty sac or worded as a blighted ovum, it was awful, so disappointing, we were advised to go to the hospital on the 4 days later in the morning, where it was confirmed and I was advised to either let nature take its course, had medication or a d&c, I opted for Medication as prior to this for the last 3 wks I'd felt abs terrible! Worse than I've ever felt in my life and I don't know if it was due to the issue or a combination of getting scarlet fever from my daughter along with mild d&v and another virus but I felt so ill, I didn't want to feel like that any longer, didn't want to wait and was so gutted I just needed to move on so I took the tablets but I don't think they fully worked. I took them at 1pm and started with mild back pain at 7pm, I was in bed as felt too tired to move around, needed a wee where a lot of blood fell out with some small clots and felt something come out but I'm unsure what as couldn't see in the water, maybe the 4 tablets left over I don't know but that was it! Nothing else, this was 8 days ago, I've had nothing at all since and my symptoms are strong as before if not stronger, I don't feel any different I still feel pregnant, my belly still looks bigger!

I am concerned that I was given rushed advice that maybe I should've waited longer than 4 days to get another opinion at the 10 wk point if nothing had naturally occurred by then! What if they couldn't see anything as my dates were wrong or the uterus is tilted and it wasn't showing like so many stories I've read online! I did a test yesterday it came up on the stick instantly very strongly!

I'm so worried I've taken abortion pills too soon that I should have been advised to have waited another 2 wks to be sure there was definitely something not there!

I'm so sorry you've been through this. Hospitals are usually quite careful about being sure about what they are and aren't seeing on scans, so I really hope/expect that's the case with your pregnancy. Did they show you the screen of your scan? A blighted ovum is seeable on the screen, it's not hidden or like a pregnancy of unknown location, which is a different thing. It presents as a perfectly round empty pregnancy sac. Does the hospital have a plan to follow up with you? Could you call epu to talk thorough your experience and see if they have any follow up info/advice? Usually after a certain period of time of they think it might not have worked (e.g. you have a positive test after 3 weeks, they'll rescan you to check treatment worked).
I had a blighted ovum in my first pregnancy, it was heartbreaking and something I didn't even know could happen. They showed me the screen and I could see the empty sac within my uterus. I also had medical management and my experience sounds similar to yours in terms of what I passed, only that I caught mine in a pad so I could see it. I passed a few small clots and then definitely passed "something" that felt different so I went to the loo and it was a perfectly empty pregnancy sack about the size of a pint pong ball, but flatish, on the pad. If it had gone straight in the loo I wouldn't have seen it. I then had a bit of bleeding for a couple of days but not much else. My epu called me a week or so later to follow up and they also told me to do a pregnancy test after 3 weeks. Hopefully your epu have a plan to follow up with you, but I'm sure they'd be happy to talk you through things if you give them a call with your worries/questions. So sorry for what you're going through.

So sorry you have gone through this, it's heartbreaking. I had the same last year, sack was empty at 6 weeks and 2 weeks later had grown but still empty. If the sack measured 8 weeks and nothing had formed then unfortunately it would be conclusive of a blighted ovum hence why they didn't wait. Had you gone earlier they would have likely waited 2 weeks and re scanned.
I waited and miscarried naturally, it was not pleasant and I passed some big clots but was over in 24 hours. I had a rescan to make sure all tissue had passed so maybe you can ask for this to make sure?
It took 2 weeks for a pregnancy test to become negative for me.

I had a blighted ovum, discovered at 9-10 weeks, which I passed naturally some time later. I was still pregnant with the twin which I carried to term, but I knew about the twin at the scan confirming the blighted ovum. I don't think it could pass unnoticed at a scan. What I'm trying to say is that I'm sure you were given good advice. If you want reassurance, could you ask for another scan?

Thank you all for the replies!! Sorry for the late reply back, I've jjsy been feeling so wiped out it's been horrendous! I still look very much pregnant and the symptoms like with the hunger are still there and sore boobs etc I feel wiped and so fed up now, I spoke to private clinic who advised they wouldn't like to scan either for another 2 wks to see if the test comes bk positive, I've got to retest on the 22nd then call the EPU and go from there I just feel like it hasn't gone at all it's so draining and I just am whacked by bed time feeling very much pregnant still 😰

Hi, sorry to jump on your post. I think I'm going through something similar, did the hospital re scan you? X

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I'm sorry it's awful and feels awful, I ended up needing the surgery as it was so obv the tablets just didn't work for me, I eas very much still pregnant, the surgery I relaly wanted to avoid and for good reason. I'm a chronic migraine sufferer and it's been so much worse this last 7 wks since the surgery with migraines, I've just had what appears to be a second period though so I'm hoping soon things will settle but it's been a right time tbh I can't lie. Have you had a scan and confirmed it's a blighted ovum? I saw mine on a private scan and it was very clear then to me as the nhs one didn't show me, so glad to be getting better again now but it was crap as it was the 2nd in a row for me and still so unsure whether to go a third time xxx

Thanks for messaging back. So sorry to hear you've had such an awful time! I've not had a scan I'm around 6/7 weeks however I had bloods done last week and my hcg was 535 then 766 72 hours later so not rising as much as it should? I've read this can indicate a blighted ovum. I just feel so confused at the moment x

@timetostartbeingme I had a private early scan at 8 wks and this is when ut was noticed, but with my first I think I knew it hasn't worked I just felt so down and really out of sorts I felt angry and depressed then I had the miscarriage and realised it hadn't worked, the second time I was more hopeful and didn't feel like that at all, I felt abs pregnant but i knew it wasn't viable bc of how unwell I ended up from 6 wks with this abs crazy hunger every hr, I was sick of eating after only 1 wk it was vile and not normal and I suspected it then. Try and get yourself in for an early scan, they're usually pretty accurate, you could get an internal and external I'm sure I had both and it just helped me to get it sorted sooner with the nhs via the gp otherwise I'd have had wait until wk 12 another 4 wks for the scan. Medical management so the tablets didn't work at all for me but I'm glad I still tried as I didn't want the surgery which I found difficult more after, the first day was uncomfortable but the 5-6th day I had a lot of very intense pain but then it subsided and that totally went I've just had a lot of migraines being a sufferer of them anyway but the body must've been so confused being pregnant then suddenly not takes it's a while to adjust back! I'm waiting for 3 periods as they suggested before I go there again and I'm still a bit unsure atm. After this nxt one in 3 wks I can try again but I will be tracking if I ovulate first with the sticks as I didn't this month at all, I just got round empty circles and no smily or flashing smiley faces so I think it tried but didn't quite manage it, I can track it from a few days for this one but I'll wait until after this coming period to consider trying again xxx