Threatened Miscarriage - So Confused!

[angelsrejoice]

Hi All, (Sorry if this is a long post)

I'm really confused right now. I should be 8 weeks 3 days pregnant (LMP May 28, 2010). I had my first OB appointment on last Monday, July 19 at which time the U/S machine wasn't working properly so didn't find out any info about the baby. They did discover sugar in my urine and went on to do a finger stick and BG was 300. My blood pressure was also high. The nurse I saw that day told me not to worry and come back in 3 weeks. Well I was worried that the High BG and BP would harm the baby plus I wasn't feeling great so when I woke up Thursday morning and had some very light pink spotting I called my OB and they said go to ER.

I was at the Er for 6 hours and they ran blood work and a thorough U/S of my Uterus, Tubes and Ovaries. I should have been 7 weeks 6 days at that point. The ER doc came in and told me that unfortunatly it looked like the baby had died at 6 weeks. They saw a perfect gestational sac and normal yolk sac but no fetal pole or heartbeat and the size of my uterus and sac measured at 6 weeks 0 days. He said to followup with OB on Friday and then return to hospital on Saturday for repeat Beta HCG levels (because my OB's office is closed on weekends).

So Friday by BG was down to 245 but my BP was 145/93. The OB doc did another U/S and she basically told me that my High BG killed the baby at 6 weeks and I would miscarry soon. She offered to set up a D&C but I told her that I wanted to wait so she is giving me 2 weeks. She also told me not to waste my time going back to the hospital as she was confident my levels were decreasing.

Well, I was feeling more pregnancy symptoms that week so I went ahead and went to the hospital to check my levels. My BG was now at 229 after eating and my blood pressure was still high. My HCG levels were at 11, 495 on Thursday and on Saturday they were 15, 405. The ER doc said to be cautiously hopeful since they were going up but not doubling. I did some research and I did find articles that say after your HCG is 6,000+ it can take over 96 hours for the levels to double which would put me right on track.

Today though I'm really confused and not sure what to feel. Mainly just feel like crying thinking that because I was unaware that I had high BG and BP that I killed my baby. I've seen other people's U/S pics at 6 weeks and you can see the baby already so even if I ovulated late and I was only 6 weeks why was the sac empty? How long does it take for your body to naturally miscarry? From what the doc says the baby died over 2 weeks ago. Do your levels still increase if the baby had died? I'm really confused. Also, read that if you have a tipped uterus is may make it harder to see the baby in the sac....maybe that's what's going on?

I did have a similar situation with my last pregnancy but I was healthier and didn't have high BG or BP but they told me that my levels were too low, the could only see a sac, etc but I waited at switched doctors and by my 10th week you could see the baby and a heartbeat and he is now a very healthy 2 year old. I'm really trying to hold out hope that this is what is happening again but so worried about my BG and BP. No one will do anything for me. My Primary Physician says since I'm pregnant I have to see OB for treatment and my OB says since I will miscarry I have to see my Primary so I had to switch Primary docs and won't be able to see him til next Monday. In the mean time I have been doing very light work outs and eating better and taking supplements.

Thanks for reading this long post. I guess I'm just having a bad day. Really hoping that things work out.

[angelsrejoice]

UPDATE:

So I had my last ultrasound today. I should have been 10 weeks 5 days but I'm still only measuring 6 weeks. They could see a baby today but no heartbeat. So looks like a missed miscarriage. Very sad day for me, heart is very heavy. I just wish I could hold my baby. I'm so sorry that I could not protect him and give him the chance to be born :(

[angelsrejoice]

Thanks everyone. I am sorry for your losses. It's not easy but trying to remember that there is a reason for everything. I wish I could get into OB earlier than Aug. 9 to get another U/S or blood test but gotta wait for insurance to approve the OB because I switched doctors....it's ridiculous. They'd rather pay for me to go to ER than to just let me see a doctor!

[pb95]

I also carried my baby for several weeks after it was no longer alive without cramping or any bleeding or spotting.  I was told pregnancy hormones can go up and down while this goes on as the body is confused why there is no longer a pregnancy but a fetus remains.  Sounds like you really were given the run around which is horrible at a time like this.  It is also horrible that they are saying for certain fact that high bp is the reason when there are so many reasons beyond anyone's control.  This is totally not anything you could have prevented.  Wishing you the best!

[tinsea1]

i just completed my miscarriage today. according to last period date i was 6 weeks 3 days, but started light spotting 6 days ago and immediately started doctoring. They said it could be normal, monitor and come back. it started to worsen two days later, getting redder. so i went back, they did a urine pregnancy test and checked my cervix. positive test and closed cervix so doctor still not very worried, but set up a ultrasound appointment. in the days to follow i started to not feel pregnant, lost the tender breast and other symptoms that i was experiencing. Doctor kept saying if there is no cramping and no clots you should be okay. Went to the ultrasound this morning, they couldn't find any sign of pregnacy, but thought i might be too early, said i should get a blood preganancy test to test hormones. so off i went, the doctor i saw was very reassuring that because i wasn't having any cramps or clotting that i could be okay. got the blood work done, have to repeat in 3 days to test changing levels. but about an hour after i was urinating and passed a large-ish tissue like mass, that i think was the sac. then an hour later passed a bean like clot. positive i have miscarried - no cramping at all, but the bleeding is already slowing down - and it wasn't heavy to begin with. mostly just when i wiped and the last day a bit of trace on a panty liner.

[babybaby11]

I've had 2 miscarriages and both have been missed miscarriages.  That means that the baby has died sometime ago, but your body is still carrying the pregnancy as usual.  Sometimes this can go on for several weeks without cramping or bleeding.  At some point, if it is really a miscarriage, you will have the symptoms of a miscarriage.  I wish you the best.

[angelsrejoice]

Sorry one more thing.....since that one time of very light spotting I have been fine. No cramps or bleeding.