- Joined
- Aug 26, 2014
- Messages
- 6,109
- Reaction score
- 2
I posted earlier that my midwife told me today to expect the worst. I had a beta done and my levels came back that they were still rising. What she couldn't explain was why my levels were so high if there was no heartbeat and so she confirmed my pregnancy as a "blighted ovum".
My hcg levels were running on the lower side for me but still within "normal" range for the weeks I am at which could explain my lack of symptoms. I have not had much symptom-wise with this pregnancy. Typically I have full blown HG (severe morning sickness) by now but this time all I've had was a sour taste in my mouth.
I have only had two bouts of bleeding... some brown spotting after a transvaginal ultrasound and a gush of bright red blood that came as quickly as it went. Nothing since. No cramping either.
I had a scan done at what was supposed to be 7 weeks exactly. We saw a gestational sac measuring 6w6d and a big round yolk sac. Hcg levels were at 29,000.
Fast forward to today at 7w6d when I had my second ultrasound. The gestational sac didn't grow much but we did see a baby this time, however the baby didn't have a heartbeat and was only measuring 6w3d. Hcg levels were now at 41,000 so they hadn't doubled but were still slowly rising.
I don't know if I'm just in denial or what but I have a nagging feeling in my heart that truly believes this baby still has a chance (after all it went from just a yolk sac to a baby and a yolk in a week) so what I'm wondering is if any of you have had a misdiagnosed miscarriage or what are your thoughts on the situation?
My hcg levels were running on the lower side for me but still within "normal" range for the weeks I am at which could explain my lack of symptoms. I have not had much symptom-wise with this pregnancy. Typically I have full blown HG (severe morning sickness) by now but this time all I've had was a sour taste in my mouth.
I have only had two bouts of bleeding... some brown spotting after a transvaginal ultrasound and a gush of bright red blood that came as quickly as it went. Nothing since. No cramping either.
I had a scan done at what was supposed to be 7 weeks exactly. We saw a gestational sac measuring 6w6d and a big round yolk sac. Hcg levels were at 29,000.
Fast forward to today at 7w6d when I had my second ultrasound. The gestational sac didn't grow much but we did see a baby this time, however the baby didn't have a heartbeat and was only measuring 6w3d. Hcg levels were now at 41,000 so they hadn't doubled but were still slowly rising.
I don't know if I'm just in denial or what but I have a nagging feeling in my heart that truly believes this baby still has a chance (after all it went from just a yolk sac to a baby and a yolk in a week) so what I'm wondering is if any of you have had a misdiagnosed miscarriage or what are your thoughts on the situation?