Hi, I'm sorry if I'm posting in the wrong forum...but I'm over 40 and I thought maybe some of you might have some experience....
I've been diagnosed with my 5th miscarriage last week... at 6 weeks 6 days I had a yolk sac and the gestational sac measured right on target, but no fetal pole...waiting to miscarry now... It's heartbreaking and part of me wants to give up...but another part can't stop trying...
and then I have my moments where I grasp onto that fantasy that maybe the embryo just couldn't be seen for some reason...
has anyone had a blighted ovum before, and did your gestational sac measure correctly? I know I'm grasping here...
Anyway, thank you....
I'm sorry to hear about your losses. I recall a v old thread where one of the ladies had a suspected blighted ovum but in the end it all turned out ok. Her suspected blighted ovum was diagnosed a little earlier than yours and she saw a heart beat at 6 +2. So I'm not sure if this helps.The beginning is page 39 where she starts bleeding:
https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/ttc-buddies/250179-ttc-1-35-a-38.html
(her name is Ellas mom so if this link doesn't take you to right page (39) look for her name).
Then this is her good news:
https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/ttc-buddies/250179-ttc-1-35-a-49.html
Quote:
'Well, my dr. says it's a miracle. Her words!
Basically after the bleeding a week ago, I had a scan that showed an empty sac. So the dr. thought it was a blighted ovum. At 5 weeks and 2 days (what I was then) she should have been able to see the yoke sac. But
there was nothing.
So I did blood tests, and whereas the hcg level should have doubled, mine rose only 17%. So today was to be a final scan before the D&C.
I told the scanner it was a blighted ovum, and I'm still bleeding a bit. So she was quiet and kind. But then she slapped my calf to get my attention, turned the screen and said, "There's the heartbeat!"
Everything looks perfect on the scan, and my doctor thinks that a subchorionic hematoma (a bruise or clot in the uterus at implantation) hindered the baby's growth. It's smaller now, so that might have let the baby continue developing normally.
I won't have another scan until 12 weeks, and probably won't sleep until then (6 weeks away). But for now I'm cautiously hopeful, shocked, amazed, and grateful to the universe as well as to you!
So instead of a D&C today, I have a blurry picture of my healthy 6+2 little loved one.
Love and thanks to everyone!
-- Ella
I really hope that everything works out for you.
