Missed miscarriage? Should be 10 weeks pregnant but only showing as 5

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Hi please can anyone relate. We went for a private scan last week. I should have been 9 weeks pregnant but sonographer could only see a 5 week pregnancy - pregnancy sac, yolk, tiny embryo and no heartbeat. (I am certain of my dates as I was tracking for a year+ before ttc and my cycle is really regular.) We are truly devastated as there were no symptoms at all so was all a bit of a shock. We had another scan this week at the early pregnancy unit to confirm suspicious this is a mmc and they recon there has been a bit of growth but not a weeks worth. Still no heartbeat. They still think missed miscarriage but need us to come back in another week just to double check. The thought of waiting another week to likely to be told the same for the 3rd time is unbearable. I know in my heart this is a missed miscarriage but we are just in limbo until next week. Just wondered if anyone had experienced the same or if anyone had had a mmc and has gone on to have a healthy baby? We have a 3yr old daughter so I have had a healthy pregnancy before but getting to that point again feels like a million miles away at the moment.

Unfortunately this will be a missed miscarriage with that amount of time difference. The waiting and time lag for appointments/review etc is unbearable, I went through it in May. There will be light at the end of the tunnel eventually but it is an awful time. Do the best you can to get through it and take all the support offered. I am sorry. If it helps at all, I am pregnant again already and all looking okay so far (8 weeks). These were two natural conceptions on a background of 7 years of infertility and lots of IVF to have a daughter and then to try and have a sibling. It will almost certainly happen for you, just not this time sadly ❤️

Hi, sorry you're going through this, we had the same. We went for private scan 11 weeks.. my sac was the right size but no baby so epu scanned me next day, they saw our baby but measured 6 weeks no heartbeat unfortunately. We were told we had to wait another week for 2nd scan to confirm... 1st scan with epu was a Thursday...by the Monday baby passed suddenly ..so our second scan confirmed miscarriage. It's like baby was waiting for us to find out before leaving us. But yes 3 cycles later we conceived again, she is now 4 months old x

sorry OP it’s such an awful experience. I went through the same before having my dd, found out at an 8 week scan that it hadn’t grown pat 5 weeks and was a missed miscarriage. The waiting, scanning, waiting, scanning is a horrible time but they do so many to be 100% sure. Look after yourself x

I had a blighted ovum they lefted me thou think I was around 11 weeks maybe 12 when I miscarriaged and happened twice but there's hope I am pregnant again and 30 week 3 days gone now so fingers crossed, I would just wait if I was you and see what happens x

I’m really sorry OP. I recently went through this too. Should have been 9 but measuring 5. I actually miscarried naturally in the wait between scans. It’s awful to go through. Feel free to ask any questions you may have. Sometimes knowing what to expect helps you prepare for it.

Me too, so sorry you are going through this. I had an MMC in the Autumn. First scan at 12 weeks, embryo measured 6. Was shocked and distraught so sending you hugs.

So sorry OP. Unfortunately I went through the exact same thing a few weeks ago and sadly it was bad news. I had a D&C nearly 2 weeks ago. The waiting is so tough especially when you know the outcome in the back of your head but they keep saying to wait another week. Thinking of you ❤️

Thanks so much for everyone that replied. Nice to know I'm not alone in going through this. We had our scan today which showed a bit more growth so I've got to go back in 2 weeks time. They are calling it a pregnancy of unknown viability atm as the embryo is only 5mm and they wouldn't expect a heartbeat until 7mm. I know this pregnancy is not viable but I have to wait until doctors call it. This really is a such a horrible situation

I’m so so sorry you’re going through this, OP. We found ourselves in the same situation in December - I started spotting at 11 weeks and a scan at EPU showed that I measured only 5-6 weeks. The second scan a week later found a second embryo which had also stopped developing at 5-6 weeks, so we had to wait another week before I could then have surgical management.

It’s such a very hard time, I’m so sorry you’re in the same situation. If you want to talk about surgical management if or when you get to that stage, please feel free to PM me. Take good care of yourself, this waiting from one scan to the next is so tough 💐