Hello,
Cautiously joining and posting in the hope someone else has been in this position and had a positive outcome!
Been trying for baby no.2 for quite a while and was surprised to fall pregnant the first time using OPKs. Got my first BFP on 26 July. As time went on, I hadn't really been getting much in the way of symptoms whereas with my first, I had nausea and sore breasts from very early on. I booked a private scan for 16 august when I should've been roughly 6 and a half weeks pregnant.
Fast forward to last Monday, I was feeling really faint/dizzy and had severe pain in my right shoulder on and off for most of the afternoon. I called 111 and they eventually asked me to go to a&e to rule out an ectopic pregnancy, due to a history of endometriosis.
After 2 hours in a&e, I was asked to go to the EPU the following morning. They scanned me and said I was 5w6, not ectopic, but too early to see anything inside the sac. They handed me a leaflet for "pregnancy of unknown viability" and asked me to go back a week later. I'm working away from home currently so called my local hospital and asked to be transferred to their care instead. They agreed and had me attend EPU on 16th August.
The sonographer measured me at 6w2, said the sac was empty and they would expect to see a lot more at this stage. My husband and I were taken to a side room and after about 30 minutes, a nurse came in and said come back in 2 weeks for another scan and gave me another leaflet for pregnancy of unknown viability. She was not particularly helpful or comforting in the circumstances.
When I had my first scan at 6w2 with my first baby, you could see the baby and a heartbeat. The 2 week wait is making me so anxious while I also battle all of the usual early pregnancy symptoms. I've pretty much given up hope that I will receive good news next week and expect to be told I have a blighted ovum. I've never had a miscarriage before so equally scared at the thought of potentially having to go through that.
I'm fairly certain my dates are accurate too as my cycles are really regular and I used OPKs, getting my first positive test at 10 DPO.
Has anyone else been through this and had good news at the follow up scan? It feels like absolute torture being in limbo like this 🫠