Long time lurker, first time poster here! Sorry for the essay.
I am 8 weeks pregnant (I think). I had a scan at 5+5 weeks which showed an empty gestational sac that was 6.3mm. I then went back 2 weeks later which showed that the sac had grown to 14mm but that it was still empty.
I was taking progesterone pessaries twice a day until that scan which was last Friday so 5 days ago. I've now stopped as I'm worried it was prolonging the inevitable and essentially tricking my body into thinking it is pregnant when there is no viable pregancy.
My next scan is on Monday when I'm assuming I'll be given options of what to do next.
I've obviously trawled the internet for anything I can find on this and it doesn't feel that positive. Does anyone have any words of advice? Postive stories?
Background:
My cycles are 60-100 days long so I only ovulate 4 times per year. I feel really frustrated that my body hasn't rejected this already if it's not viable because it takes so bloody long to have another go. I had two miscarriages in 2021 but they were 'normal' ones where I just started bleeding. I then went on to have two healthy children. This will be my third which I would really really love but my DH isn't quite so keen for, so our compromise was that we would try til Christmas. But it just feels so unfair to end on this horrible event. I don't know how much longer he'd be willing to try for now though. So it almost feels like double the loss. The loss of this pregnancy and the loss of any 3rd child at all. I know I'm super lucky to have 2 healthy children but I can't help but feel really sad.
Any words of wisdom, advice or anything else would be appreciated!