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how long before miscarriage occurs if i have blighted ovum
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I posted yesterday as I went for a first scan, I am 7 weeks today according to my lmp, the lady scanning us saw & pointed out the yolk sac, and said the pregnancy looked fine for how far along I should be. We were then taken into a room by another lady who told us the reason the baby could not be seen could be for 2 reasons. 1 being the baby is too small, the second and in her words "the most likely" blighted ovum as the sac is 21mm and the baby should be seen by this point.
I feel really frightened now that at our next scan in 6 days they arent gonna see any improvement & suggest & d&c. If this pregnancy is blighted ovum, how soon would I expect to miscarry?
I have had no bleeding & still have all my symptoms. Would it be quite quick or take a while? I had blighted ovum with my second pregnancy, but had a d&c, wish I had waited and let it occur naturally now, as I have doubts about the competency of the consultane that gave us the bad news after the scan.
I posted yesterday as I went for a first scan, I am 7 weeks today according to my lmp, the lady scanning us saw & pointed out the yolk sac, and said the pregnancy looked fine for how far along I should be. We were then taken into a room by another lady who told us the reason the baby could not be seen could be for 2 reasons. 1 being the baby is too small, the second and in her words "the most likely" blighted ovum as the sac is 21mm and the baby should be seen by this point.
I feel really frightened now that at our next scan in 6 days they arent gonna see any improvement & suggest & d&c. If this pregnancy is blighted ovum, how soon would I expect to miscarry?
I have had no bleeding & still have all my symptoms. Would it be quite quick or take a while? I had blighted ovum with my second pregnancy, but had a d&c, wish I had waited and let it occur naturally now, as I have doubts about the competency of the consultane that gave us the bad news after the scan.
UUGGHH!!!!!, Were praying the docs are wrong! i found out i prego's on sept 28, i waited about 2wks to go into the dr to confirm it. I figured i should of been about..5 wks. Once i received the confirmation that i was prego's i had mentioned that my boobs were not as sore as they were the previous week. This caused for a red flag and i had to give blood test. my HCG levels went from 3599 (which she said was right if i was 4-5wks along) it went up to 5599. I had an u/s done and they saw a sac, but thats it. I went back in for more blood work including testing my progesterone,and thyroid. my hcg went up again, my thyroid was fine and progesterone was a little "low"of the normal side...she said i should be between a 7 and 10...i was at 7.5. another ultra sound was taken, they said i should see something now, because my hcg should be over 10,000. we saw nothing. They want me to wait 1 more week and if nothing, get a D&C..... Im so confused..My levels are rising, i have some waves of sickness, sore boobs, tired,gaining weight.... I was told before my 1st pregnancy i had a tilted uterus. I'm wondering if the baby is hiding back there. I should be now about 8 wks my lmp was 8-25 . The Doctors havn't even mentioned about a possible hiding baby.. and i have been reading that is very commen with tilted uterus's. Im not giving up, i have a feeling it's not a blighted ovum. Well I'm crossing my fingers it's not. I have to wait now until mon 10-25 to see whats going on. If they still dont see anything..... do i do the D&C or wait until i pass it?
I myself am going thru a similar situation. I initially had found out I was pregnant when i was about 4-5 wks.. or so i believe i was.(not 100% sure) I had a ultrasound done on Sept 2, 2010 what they said was 5 wks & she couldnt see anything because she said i was too early. I had another ultrasound done at the ER on Sept 22, 2010(should be 8 wks) and at that point she said my ultrasound showed my sac had grown but should be a little bigger& that she did not see anything inside it still. I thought I saw something but Im not a professional. Another ultrasound done at ER 2 days later showed same thing.. sac continues to grow larger along with very high hcg lvls. Although at ultrasound the 24th My sac then was measuring larger than it should be..
Then the doc office called me Oct. 5th & said i needed to come in and talk to a doc that had been flown in from Cali to replace my doc while she was on vacation.. He proceeded to tell me that either ive had a blighted ovum or I could be carrying twins & just not be as far along as I thought(due to the fact my hormone levels are higher than normal) I am not completely sure about my period date as I bled for a few days every 2 wks. This lasted about 2 months. Im not sure which one was actually my period. I still feel very much pregnant and still have all of my symptoms. I am so very confused and am really hoping for the best. I had healthy little boys then got with my fiance and we had 2 miscarraiges then had a 2 month premature daughter, and now all of this. I am starting to wonder if it is problems with our genetics.. do they not cross well?
Then the doc office called me Oct. 5th & said i needed to come in and talk to a doc that had been flown in from Cali to replace my doc while she was on vacation.. He proceeded to tell me that either ive had a blighted ovum or I could be carrying twins & just not be as far along as I thought(due to the fact my hormone levels are higher than normal) I am not completely sure about my period date as I bled for a few days every 2 wks. This lasted about 2 months. Im not sure which one was actually my period. I still feel very much pregnant and still have all of my symptoms. I am so very confused and am really hoping for the best. I had healthy little boys then got with my fiance and we had 2 miscarraiges then had a 2 month premature daughter, and now all of this. I am starting to wonder if it is problems with our genetics.. do they not cross well?
just been for my follow up appointment and scan (which i have been dreading.......this has been a very long and anxious week waiting for this appointment)
Anyway......it turns out the doctor was wrong and I was right......i am very much pregnant and heard a lovely strong heart beat.......the doctor had got my dates completley wrong and i am infact 2 weeks earlier than what they originally thought.....so i am now 7 weeks pregnant and not 9 weeks like they were telling me i was.........i am deliriously happy.
I am so glad i waited and trusted my instinct that everything was ok or this could of been a comletley different story.....i was so close to getting a d&c (which the doctor was insistent on me having done), as in his words....'he was 99.9% sure there was no baby and it was a blighted ovum', so i have spent the last week feeling like a ticking time bomb, i have made myself ill through worry and every single twinge has felt like this is it.....i am so angry at him for having put me and my family through this but so happy that everythings turned out ok in the end and that im finally out of limbo land and can get back to some sort of normality. xx
Anyway......it turns out the doctor was wrong and I was right......i am very much pregnant and heard a lovely strong heart beat.......the doctor had got my dates completley wrong and i am infact 2 weeks earlier than what they originally thought.....so i am now 7 weeks pregnant and not 9 weeks like they were telling me i was.........i am deliriously happy.
I am so glad i waited and trusted my instinct that everything was ok or this could of been a comletley different story.....i was so close to getting a d&c (which the doctor was insistent on me having done), as in his words....'he was 99.9% sure there was no baby and it was a blighted ovum', so i have spent the last week feeling like a ticking time bomb, i have made myself ill through worry and every single twinge has felt like this is it.....i am so angry at him for having put me and my family through this but so happy that everythings turned out ok in the end and that im finally out of limbo land and can get back to some sort of normality. xx
This is my 5th pregnancy (although i have had a lot of problems in my previous 4 pregnancy's and my last 3 were 6 weeks premature, they are all healthy little boys).
I am really worried with this 1 though.
I went for my 1st scan, which id worked out i was roughly round 5/6 weeks pregnant, the doctor at no point confirmed this and the whole appointment was rushed and i was just told there was a sac but it was empty.
I left not feeling too worried as i knew i was early and that they shouldn't of really been able to see anything by then anyway.
I have been putting on weight (again this is something that i struggle with normally as i have an extremley high metabolism and never put on weight) and i was also having all the pregnancy symptoms and had a positive pregnancy test (which they did at the hospital).
I went back for my 2nd scan 2 weeks later.
I saw a different doctor (i had seen him a few times on my previous pregnancy and i dont have the greatest trust in him as he didnt listen to me the last time when i was having a few problems)
I had my scan (again extremley rushed and still no confirmation of dates - by now i assumed i should be 7/8 weeks pregnant) and was told extremley abruptly and very rudely that the sac was empty, there was nothing there and my pregnancy wasnt viable and that he was 99.9% sure that he was right and he tried to push me into a d&c straight away.
I refused this and i was told that if i wanted i could go and get my HCG levels done but he wouldnt do them, i told him i wanted to do this and went to a private lab and had them done there.
My 1st set came back at 20310 (the technician that done them told me this was normal levels for being 6 weeks pregnant)
I've gone home and gone through my dates with a fine tooth comb and there is indeed an extremley good chance that i could be 2 weeks earlier than what i thought originally, so this would tally up).
I have scoured the internet for information on blighted ovum and have found that my dates could be wrong if ive ovulated later or if ive got a tilted uterus then the baby wouldnt show up until a lot later anyway (ive never had this but theres still a small chance of this?)
I have also suffered from vanishing twin syndrom with my 3rd pregnancy, i started miscarring the empty sac at 6 weeks and by 8 weeks it was gone but the other baby was fine and hes now 3 years old.
I am convinced that i saw 2 empty sacs on my 1st scan with this pregnancy but both doctors have not said anything.
I am wondering if it could be possibly any of these problems happening?
My 2nd set of results (2 days later) came back at 29360. So even though it hasnt doubled my levels are rising.
From the day i got my 2nd set of HCG levels back i have been having extreme fatigue and morning sickness.
I am virtually sleeping through most of the day and still crashing out early on the night.
Today though i have started having very light pinky / brown mucous (wouldnt even class it as blood) when i wipe. I put a pad on but nothings on there, its only when i wipe and is very little and im not having any cramps.
This is starting to worry me but at the same time i still do feel pregnant and cant help but think my doctor could be wrong.
Surely at my last scan (if i am actually only 6 weeks) then he still wouldnt have been able to of seen anything as it was still too early?
I really dont want to have a d&c and would prefer for nature to take its course but my doctor is very insistent and not a very nice man and hes basically wrote this pregnancy off already.
I go back to the hospital in 3 days, which i am really nervous about.
Has anyone else been in this situation and gone on to have a normal pregnancy
I feel like im on melt down at the moment and living in limbo land.....i just want to know what happening :(
I am really worried with this 1 though.
I went for my 1st scan, which id worked out i was roughly round 5/6 weeks pregnant, the doctor at no point confirmed this and the whole appointment was rushed and i was just told there was a sac but it was empty.
I left not feeling too worried as i knew i was early and that they shouldn't of really been able to see anything by then anyway.
I have been putting on weight (again this is something that i struggle with normally as i have an extremley high metabolism and never put on weight) and i was also having all the pregnancy symptoms and had a positive pregnancy test (which they did at the hospital).
I went back for my 2nd scan 2 weeks later.
I saw a different doctor (i had seen him a few times on my previous pregnancy and i dont have the greatest trust in him as he didnt listen to me the last time when i was having a few problems)
I had my scan (again extremley rushed and still no confirmation of dates - by now i assumed i should be 7/8 weeks pregnant) and was told extremley abruptly and very rudely that the sac was empty, there was nothing there and my pregnancy wasnt viable and that he was 99.9% sure that he was right and he tried to push me into a d&c straight away.
I refused this and i was told that if i wanted i could go and get my HCG levels done but he wouldnt do them, i told him i wanted to do this and went to a private lab and had them done there.
My 1st set came back at 20310 (the technician that done them told me this was normal levels for being 6 weeks pregnant)
I've gone home and gone through my dates with a fine tooth comb and there is indeed an extremley good chance that i could be 2 weeks earlier than what i thought originally, so this would tally up).
I have scoured the internet for information on blighted ovum and have found that my dates could be wrong if ive ovulated later or if ive got a tilted uterus then the baby wouldnt show up until a lot later anyway (ive never had this but theres still a small chance of this?)
I have also suffered from vanishing twin syndrom with my 3rd pregnancy, i started miscarring the empty sac at 6 weeks and by 8 weeks it was gone but the other baby was fine and hes now 3 years old.
I am convinced that i saw 2 empty sacs on my 1st scan with this pregnancy but both doctors have not said anything.
I am wondering if it could be possibly any of these problems happening?
My 2nd set of results (2 days later) came back at 29360. So even though it hasnt doubled my levels are rising.
From the day i got my 2nd set of HCG levels back i have been having extreme fatigue and morning sickness.
I am virtually sleeping through most of the day and still crashing out early on the night.
Today though i have started having very light pinky / brown mucous (wouldnt even class it as blood) when i wipe. I put a pad on but nothings on there, its only when i wipe and is very little and im not having any cramps.
This is starting to worry me but at the same time i still do feel pregnant and cant help but think my doctor could be wrong.
Surely at my last scan (if i am actually only 6 weeks) then he still wouldnt have been able to of seen anything as it was still too early?
I really dont want to have a d&c and would prefer for nature to take its course but my doctor is very insistent and not a very nice man and hes basically wrote this pregnancy off already.
I go back to the hospital in 3 days, which i am really nervous about.
Has anyone else been in this situation and gone on to have a normal pregnancy
I feel like im on melt down at the moment and living in limbo land.....i just want to know what happening :(
Hi everyone, I took a pregnancy test July 18 and found out I was pregnant. The following day I got my HcG checked and it was 1353 and they told me I was about 2 weeks pregnant. Well I had just gotten off birth control and had a two week long period, so I had no clue when I had ovulated. I went in on the 26th of July to get a dating u/s and they could not find anything but an empty gestational sac so I went in on the 30th to get some blood work and the 1st for another u/s, which they still couldn't find anything so they diagnosed me with a blighted ovum and urged me to get a D & C, but I am opting to wait for it to pass. My DR wouldn't tell me what my HcG level was on the 30th, but said "it was something like 100,000." I guess my concern is that my body will get the hint and pass this naturally. I have lost ALL pregnancy symptoms, and do not feel pregnant in the least bit, and am worried they are going to make me do the D & C. I am just ready for this to be over, but am wondering how long it took other people to pass naturally?
Hi my name is Michelle, and When i first found out i was pg they estimated me to be around 5wks, went in for an us at 6 wks and they said everything looked good and they showed me the yolk sac , well went for 7wk us and they showed me a empty sac in which they said it was flat on one side i havent experienced any mc symptoms , my boobs are still sore and extremely heavy no bleeding at this point, i go again for another us in a 2 days , i'm so scared this is my first pg and they told me that I couldnt have children on my own , that I would have to do ivf and look what happened, i have faith in GOD and I dont think he did this all for nothing, just wondering if there are some similar stories to mine
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