Baby measuring small, no heartbeat..

[BumbleB1]

Wondering if anyone has been through similar and had a positive outcome? I’m finding things hard after a recent miscarriage and I know I just need to wait for my next scan but it’s tough.. any help appreciated.

The first day of my last period was 24th Feb, cycles usually 29 days however this was only my second period following an early miscarriage in December (not sure if that changes things).. I had a loss of symptoms about 2 days after finding out I was pregnant, these have gradually increased and I now have a lot of nausea. I’ve had a small amount of blood and booked a reassurance scan for supposedly 7w+3, however baby showed no heartbeat and was measuring 4w+6.. they deemed it “inconclusive” as the baby is measuring under 7mm so they wouldn’t expect a heartbeat at this stage, but would mean my dates were off? Or that baby has stopped growing 💔

My gut tells me this is bad but my heart is holding on hope. We have another scan 30th so I’m keeping everything crossed but the wait is killing me.

Has anyone been through similar? Or can offer any advice?

Thank you ❤️

I’m so sorry. I’ve also been through this straight after a miscarriage. Mine was another miscarriage too. It’s a horrible time, all you can do it wait, I would always prepare myself for al the worst, but then I do this with everything so anything is a bonus once I’ve planned for the worst that can happen.

How many weeks was your last miscarriage?

It's always horrible, not knowing.

My last one was about 5 and a half weeks, but I bled straight away to indicate the miscarriage, whereas I haven’t had that this time..

So sorry to hear you’ve been through the same ☹️ That’s what I usually do but I feel so miserable all the time and want to try and enjoy the pregnancy in the hope everything is okay.. it’s so hard isn’t it.

Can I ask, how did you know you miscarried the second time around? Was it that there still wasn’t a heartbeat when you next scanned or did you start to bleed? If it was at the scan, what happened next? Just want to feel prepared as my first miscarriage I bled straight away so if baby has stopped growing then this time is obviously very different..

I'm so, so sorry you're going through this. I've been through similar. In February, I started having little bits of blood at around 7 weeks. Booked a private scan for reassurance and was only measuring 4w6d. They referred me to the EPU who confirmed I was losing the pregnancy.

I hope it's a better outcome for you or if it is bad news, I really hope you're okay and have support to get through it. I'm here if you ever need to talk xx

I just posted on an older post there where someone was measuring 10 days behind, as I myself am measuring 11 days behind, but I doubt the original poster will see and update.

Thought I was 7+2 but everything is measuring 5+5. There was a flicker of a heartbeat though so I’m trying to stay positive, just as you are. Still waiting for a scan date from my hospital to check everything in a week or two. At a time where you are supposed to not stress it’s a very hard thing to do. sigh

Thank you so much for sharing, sorry you went through this. How did the EPU confirm it? A scan?

About a week and half before the scan, I had my bloods checked 2 days apart and my HCG levels were really good so that’s reassuring but I guess anything could’ve happened since then..

Sorry you’re going through this, the unknown is so hard isn’t it. Keeping everything crossed all goes well for you 🤞🏼it’s positive there was a heartbeat!

It was the scan that confirmed it. I didn’t bleed at all. First scan said it wasn’t as far along as expected and a second scan is required but it didn’t look good news. I think I knew in my heart it wasn’t right.

Thanks @Revelatio for confirming, I really hope you’ve had the news you’ve wanted since then. If you don’t mind sharing (please don’t if I’m asking too much) but what happened afterwards? Did you bleed? Or did you need medical intervention?

I’m so grateful for everyone sharing with me xx

@BumbleB1 they scanned me but the bleeding had also significantly increased within a couple of days so I knew 😞 when I had the first scan they could still see the sac but there was nothing in it. They wanted to see me again a week later and the sac was almost gone, so it had passed naturally.

Thinking of you 🩷

I chose surgical management. My first miscarriage was a blighted ovum and I passed that naturally and found it horrible. The next two I chose surgical management and it was so much easier. Pain free, minimal bleeding after. I would definitely choose that if it happens again.

I didn’t bleed at all before the surgical management.

Hi OP.
I also chose surgical management. My first miscarriage was a nightmare of pain and extreme blood loss. I had morphine and a blood transfusion, and was shocked by the quantity of bleeding and clots. That one was at 14 weeks.

The second was at six weeks, and I had less bleeding, but they thought it was an ectopic, so I had a laparoscopy and ERPC.

If it's bad news for you, I'd recommend surgical management. At least you get it over with.

My third pregnancy was successful and I had a daughter.

Thanks @Bb542 for sharing, I’m so sorry you went through that 💖

That’s helpful to know @Revelatio thank you, I’ll definitely look into options if we do get bad news at the scan (or something happens before then)

I’ll definitely look into it if we get bad news, thanks for the advice @TheShellBeach.. I’m sorry you went through all of that but so pleased for you that you had your little girl 💖

I’m so sorry to hear that you’re going through this @BumbleB1

I’m in a similar situation, we’ve had two inconclusive scans where the fetus has been much smaller than the gestational age and there’s no heartbeat yet. We should have been 8 weeks at our last scan based on last period (I think more like 7w3d taking cycle length into account) but we’re only measuring about 6 weeks and didn’t see a heartbeat. Baby is only measuring 3mm.

We have a third, final confirmation scan on Friday this week to see if anything has changed or whether it’s a missed miscarriage so I’ll share the outcome if helpful.

Hope this provides some reassurance that you’re not going through this alone 🤍

I am so sorry @BumbleB1 that you are going through this.
I‘ve had 6 missed miscarriages and I think it is somehow worse than bleeding and knowing. Once I never bled at all and after waiting weeks I had surgical management.

Miscarriages are so hard. I am so sorry that you are in limbo right now.

Thank you for sharing, it’s such a horrible and uncertain time and I can only imagine how difficult having 2 inconclusive scans was. If you feel comfortable sharing your result then I’d like to know (I really hope it was good news 🤞🏼🙏🏼), I think the more I know about other people’s experiences the better.

We have our scan tomorrow afternoon so I can update after that for anyone that might see this in the future xx

I think I agree, even though I don’t know the outcome yet, it has been so hard with the uncertainty and my emotions have been all over the place - one minute feeling hopeful and reassuring myself, the next feeling like I’m already grieving. Bleeding was tough and heartbreaking but a very different experience.

I’m still trying to remain hopeful that tomorrow will give me good news and this won’t be what I fear it is, just want time to hurry up!

@BumbleB1 I’m afraid it’s not great news to share. We had our first NHS scan on Friday. The results were the same as the previous scans, no heartbeat at all and the embryo only measuring 3mm (hadn’t changed in 3 weeks).

The doctor said it’s a missed miscarriage but won’t let us manage this with treatment yet as they don’t take private scans into account. They have to meet thresholds for their own scans so need to rescan in 7 days (this Friday). Really frustrating as it’s 100% a missed miscarriage but nothing we can do until Friday when I can decide on treatment to remove everything.

We’re getting married in less than two weeks so I’m hoping to have MVA as soon as possible so that we can still go ahead with our plans and everything will be sorted as much as possible before our honeymoon.

I really, really hope that your scan shows a much more positive outcome. Please do share - am keeping everything crossed for you x

I'm very sorry @Bellebg

Thank you @TheShellBeach x

So so sorry @Bellebg 😔 thank you so much for sharing, I really hope you and your husband to be are doing okay. It’s very frustrating that you have to wait, I hope time goes quickly for you until then. Sending hugs and strength.

Thank you, I’ll definitely update ❤️

Thank you so much @BumbleB1. I hope you have much better news x