How many mc after seeing healthy hb?

[ssjad]

Just wondering... I had an ultrasound with my last bubby and it showed a good strong heartbeat. I later mced. I know once you've seen the heartbeat the chance of mcing is supposed to drop to 5%.
I have an ultrasound in 7 days and am worrying that I'll see a hb, but still lose the baby.
Anyone else have this?

 

[crancherry]

I know it's statistics and not a personal story, but I found this in an old thread:

This is what the miscarriage association says: "Research has shown that if you see a heartbeat at 6 weeks of pregnancy, the chances of the pregnancy continuing are 78%. A heartbeat at 8 weeks increases the chance of a continuing pregnancy to 98% and at 10 weeks to 99.4%."

I hope you have a good scan and stay healthy

 

[brittybird]

I'm sorry about your loss. My first pregnancy (planned) I saw a good hb at 6w4d, but m/c at 7ish weeks. The second pregnancy (planned) I saw a good hb at 7w5d, but ended up having a missed m/c @ 10 weeks. THIS brand new pregnancy is going amazing. I saw the hb at 7w4d and it was 150 bpm, the u/s tech said that was perfect. And just last Thursday for the first time ever I heard the heartbeat at 11w2d, and I cried like a baby lol.

 

[Eloquence]

This happened to me as well.

Usually the statistics show that your chance of a m/c decreases drastically after you HEAR the heartbeat with the doppler.

Best of luck. I hope all goes well xx

 

[Yam87]

I saw the heartbeat at 6 weeks with my first pregnancy and all looked good. Had a scan at 11 weeks, no heartbeat and no movement.

I saw the heartbeat at 5w4d this time (had a scan after a bleed) and have another scan in a week at 7w4d. Praying that the heartbeat is still there.

I feel that the "decreased chance of m/c after hb seen" thing is a myth. A heck of a lot of pregnancies end well after the 6 week mark which is usually when the heartbeat can be seen. Just my opinion from experiences of myself and friends.

 

[ssjad]

Yeah it is pretty scary. I'm having my first ultrasound in 3 hours, and seeing the heartbeat isn't actually going to make me feel safer, I don't think :/

 

[sandrab]

I seen heartbeat at 6w4days and had a missed miscarriage at 11w

Second time seen heartbeat at 7w4 days and had a missed miscarriage at 9w

I am now pregnant with twins and have seen heartbeat at 6w 7w3. 7w6 and have another scan on Friday making me 9w3 so everything going well this time around xxx

 

[Preggies]

I lost my baby at 17 weeks after hearing his heartbeat two different times. However the first time, there was a blip on it, like it stopped for a second and then started again. Of course the doctor said that it was nothing to worry about unless it happened later on in the pregnancy. I guess she was wrong because my baby died. I am scared all the time the same thing will happen with this one, even though the heartbeat is strong (no blips). I don't think it is possible just to stop worrying. But I do believe that the odds really are in our favor and there is a way better chance it will turn out right the next time after a loss because it is rare to lose the baby after seeing healthy heartbeat.