If baby's heartbeat has stopped. How long will I have symptoms for?

[live_in_hope]

after suffering a mmc afew years ago, Im so anxious about it happening again. I never exoerienced much in terms of symptoms with my daughter so when I had even less last time, I didnt really question it...that should have been my clue that things werent right.this time, again I have very few symtpoms and I am really hoping that I am one of these lucky ladies who breeze through it but I cant help but worry.....im 11 weeks and cant remember the last time I felt nauseous....over a week ago. All I feel now is tired, where Im napping in the afternoons.

For those who have experienced a mmc and dont mind talking about it, how long did you have symptoms for after babys heart stopped beating? Ive got my 12 week scan next thursday and Im so scared that it will happen again xx

Thanks in advance xx

 

[hopie2015]

Hi there- please try not to worry. I learned that symptoms or lack of,
do not mean very much.
I was extremely nauseous up to the day of my d and c last year at 10 weeks
Wishing you the best of luck.

 

[dairymomma]

Something to remember is that your hCG levels start to level out around 9 weeks so it's perfectly normal for your symptoms to ease off around or after that point. And as the pp said, you can't go by symptoms alone. I don't get strong symptoms ever and ironically, they've been less with my rainbow pregnancies than with my miscarriages. Anxiety and worry can also mask your symptoms so it's possible that you aren't noticing them as much for that reason as well.

I know it's hard to not worry when you've had previous losses (believe me do I ever know. I have a history of recurrent loss.) but do the best you can. If it feels too much to deal with, call your doctor. They may be able to give you suggestions on how to relax or possibly even move your scan date up a few days so you can see bubs that much sooner. Good luck!

 

[eva1978]

Hi, I know it's so hard not to worry. The early stages are so stressful since there is no way (other than ultrasound - and maybe to some degree home doppler) to see if things are going OK in there.

With my mmc the embryo had a good HB at 7w2d. I still felt pretty ill until about 8 weeks or longer, and at 9w2d I had no morning sickness for the first time. That was the day I found out the heart had stopped... at 7w3d. So, depending on how far along you are symptoms can definitely go a couple of weeks. I would say though that it started "getting better" after about a week. I also noticed my breasts weren't changing/getting sore, but neither did they for my current pregnancy (which is going very well), until about 12 weeks.

To paraphrase what someone already said - symptom spotting will drive you nuts, and usually the symptoms or lack thereof are not good indicators of what's going on inside. I found my home doppler reassuring after 9 weeks - but sometimes you can't find the HB until after 12+ weeks... so it's a gamble!

 

[live_in_hope]

thank you for sharing it really is a worry but then I think thats pregnancy after a loss altogether! I was blissfully happy throughout my first pregnancy, had no reason to question or worry over anything and my symptoms then were quite subtle then so i should know to not get myself too worried over lack of symptoms this time too! my heart rate is still up (i have a fitbit and i knew i was preg from 3dpo when it went sky high after ov!) and so im using that as my sign that my body is still wokring hard to keep my baby growning as it should xx xx

 

[hanni]

I had a MMC 2 years ago (to the day actually!). My baby died at 6+4 but I didn't find out until 12 weeks. I had strong symptoms up until the day I had my d&c, even stronger than any of the symptoms I've had in my 2 healthy pregnancies since.
It's perfectly normal to be anxious about following pregnancies.