how long before miscarriage occurs if i have blighted ovum

[snagglepuss1]

Hi

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.

[moorekids]

scared and just want to know never had a misscarriage and i just found out that i'm pregnant my levels keep goin up but the dr. keep telling me i'm going to misscarry what should i do is this normal have 3 healthy kids

[littlelulu77]

i just wanted to let everyone know that just because they don't see anything at the first few weeks do not get dicouraged i had 3 scans before they saw the baby i was eight wks and they had to do an internal A/S to see! but they told me at my first scan at only 4wks that it was probably a blighted ovum it was a horrible feeling . i am now 26wks with a little girl and iam sooo excited and glad i kept pushing and not just listening to them doctors do make mistakes more often then we would like to think they do....

[jdsgm71507]

Here is my experience with a blighted ovum pregnancy: (I am 27 years old, this was my first pregnancy) When I was 5 weeks 5 days pregnant I had my first vaginal ultrasound. I was told I was only measuring at 4 weeks. I knew that was impossible bc I knew exactly when I conceived.  I had really sore breasts even before I knew I was pregnant at around 4 weeks. At 6 weeks, the soreness just suddenly went away. Since that was my only pregnancy symptom, and it suddenly went away, I had a feeling that something was wrong.  I had another sono done 1 week later at 6 weeks 5 days and was diagnosed with a blighted ovum. The Dr. told me there was no fetal pole, no yolk sac and that it stopped developing at around 4 weeks. To make sure, they wanted me to have one more sono done in 1 week. I told my Dr. I wanted to have the miscarriage naturally and would not have a d&c.  4 days after the sono that was done at 6 weeks, 5 days, (when I was at 7 weeks 2 days) I started having some brown spotting. At 7 weeks 5 days I had my 3rd sono. I had the brown spotting for 3 days at this point.  Dr. told me the sac grew a little bit, about 2 mm, but still not fetus. They checked my hcg levels and I was at 4017 that day. Later that same day (at 7 weeks, 5 days) I began having painful cramping that night but still only brown spotting. The next morning (at 7 weeks 6 days) I woke up and I was bleeding. I passed the tissue/clots that day (when it came out, I felt a gushing and when I looked at it, it was about the size of a golf ball and looked like raw liver). After I passed the tissue, the cramping stopped and I just had heavy bleeding (like a heavy period). Two days after I began to bleed they checked my hcg levels again and I was at 299.  I bled for 8 days.  2 weeks after the miscarriage I had my hcg levels checked again and I was back down to 0. I was told by my doctor to wait for 2 periods before trying to conceive again. I am still waiting for my first period (its been almost 4 weeks since my miscarriage) and I cannot wait to try again. I am hopeing and praying we will be blessed with a healthy baby the next time we conceive. So in short, my miscarriage began almost 4 weeks after the baby stopped developing.

[Oxy7]

Hi all,
This is my second pregnancy and I went to see my obgyn on nov. 16th and by my lmp I was 9w6d, she was not able to find a heart beat. My hcg levels was 64000. On Nov. 20th I notices slightly pink discharge, so my doctor ordered an US, On Nov. 23rd by lmp I was 11w6d and doctor said that my sac measured at 7w4d and it was a blighted ovum. I decided to wait for a natural m/c and had my blood drawn weekly. On Nov, 30th my hcg was 15000 and I started bleeding. On Dec. 3rd I started bleeding heavily and cramping badly. up untill Dec. 9th. I had light bleeding and no cramping so I thought it is over. On Dec. 6th my hcg was 5664 and my doctor said its still too high, my US showed some retained tissue and sac measuring 5w4d. I just had another hcg level done but don't know the results yet and have US scheduled tomorrow, Dec. 15th. It's very hard, emotionally and physically so I really feel very sorry for those that going through a m/c.

[dna20112009]

Hi....this is my second pregnancy. i had no problems with my first one. my lmp was 10th of sep09. the GP wanted to get a dating scan done. i had no bleeding/no cramping and he asked me to go for a scan on 5th of nov09. i do not know my ovulation dates. the scan detected an empty gestational sac. prior to 5th of nov09 (my scan
), i used to have morning sickness and tiredness. i still do...but the level of morning sickness or tiredness is low as compared to what i used to have before my scan. the doctor says it looks like a blighted ovum. i went for 3 blood tests for getting my HCG levels tested. they are increasing but not doubling every 48 hours. my tummy does not feel bloated any more. on 23rd november i have another ultrasound and have taken an appoinment with the specialist on 24th of november. i am surely confused as with my first one i had an ulteasound at 12 weeks. i am very worried...looks like i have lost this one

[april7984]

Hello...my husband and I have been trying for not too long to have another baby.  Our daughter is 4.  I was taking ovulation predictor tests so I know that I ovulated around the 10th of October.  I took a preg test and it came back positive around the 17th of October.  That seems really early to be able to detect a pregnancy to me but none the less...it did.  I went in for an ultrasound last week and they said that there wasn't anything in the sac.  I have another appt this week.  My concerns are: they are saying I am like 7 wks pregnant, but I know when I ovulated which was like 4.5 - 5 wks ago???  My lmp was Sept 12th so they aren't going off of that.  I told them when I ovulated and they didn't seem to care.  I want to know at what point it is safe to assume you have truly had a blighted ovum and at what point is it premature guessing??  I mean, if they say "at 7 wks you would def be able to see something" but I know I can only be about 5wks then what gives??