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Wow!! Daniella, you're in Japan too? Small world! I'm in Yokota. I know what you mean about being protective of the only tube you have left! lol... That's amazing!

Donna, you need to change dr's - they sound like a pack of idiots which you don't need. You need to find someone compasionate not give you negativity. If you are able to change dr's - definately do so!! Personally, I think most ob's have a blighted ovum for a brain... Ya know? The skull is there, but there's just not anything in it...

I had the same thing only it was with twins. at 10 weeks I had a u/s which showed three sacs two with a placenta and the third was sac only. No fetus' where present. It ended up to be a miscarrage. I had no symptoms of a miscarrage and everything was going good except my uterus was big for the g.a. I went on to get p.g. four months later and everything with that p.g. went great.

Julie- your husband airforce? I'm not too far from yokota. LOL... anyhow, you are in my prayers and I hope the best for you!!

I wanted to share my story. With both pregnancies I had very few symptoms--- only tender b___sts & sick to stomach off & on. Never any miscarriage symptoms. My first pregnancy was ectopic. My second one, I was 9 weeks pregnant on August 2, 2005 and my HCG was 64,000. Note, on July 16th my HCG was only 16,000. At 6 wks the sonogram showed an empty sac & yolk. Nn August 2nd (9 wks) the doctor was concerned there was a problem b/c my HCG should not have leaped so high--even with twins. At 9 wks, a doppler sonogram--internal & external as well as a second opinion revealed no heartbeat could be seen (all you could see was the sac & yolk--no little fetus). You should be able to see a heartbeat at 6 wks. The doctor ran more tests & stated I had a blighted ovum which is when the fetus does not develope inside the yolk. They were also concerned that I might have a ectopic pregnancy b/c ovary swollen, etc as well. Anyway, they did a D & C on Monday, August 8th (HCG was at 68,000) & pathology reports confirmed there was no fetal parts within the yolk so the fetus indeed did not develope (a blighted ovum). Today they checked my HCG level again to make sure it is dropping & it is down to 14,000. I have to continue to go in for quant_tative HCG every Thursday until it is down to zero--- and they are still watching the ovary & tube. If levels continue to drop & I have no pain they can rule out ectopic pregnancy too which means no laproscopy surgery. The problem will then just be considered a ruptured cyst. My point is......to large of a HCG jump in a small amount of time can signal trouble & not necessarily twins. Just continue to follow-up on prenatal visits. Best of luck to all!

con't...... I forgot to mention that I don't necessarily think some doctor's mean to be negative but rather "up front". Until you have been through a miscarriage, let alone 2 in a row & have no children yet you have no idea how hard it is much less if a doctor feeds you all this positive att_tude when they think something might be wrong. Sometimes a doctor getting yours hopes up can make losing a pregnancy even more difficult. I think your doctor & his nurses might just be trying to confirm everything before they lead you down a path either good or bad. I think you should try to be patient & also try to find out what your HCG levels are. They should be checking those & not just going by a sonogram. Good luck.

HCG is supposed to double nearly every 48 hours. I would have been happy with those numbers (if blighted ovum wasn't the issue)

Daniella, yes, he is - that is so cool we are in the same country! lol Ranae, Doctors have a way of being negative before they know what is going on. I have had three m/c in a row so, yes, I know about the pain of losing. But if my doctor now was anything other then supportive, I would change. In Donna's case, they could have been "up front" without being rude. You can be up front and still be compa__sionate which is something us women who have been through this before needs. So yes, I still say for she should change providers....

Ya, I had an a__s of a dr. that was TOO straight forward with me and compa__sionate was the furthers thing that describes him. The most rude dr. I have ever met. But, sadly, he was right. Even still though, right or not... he should at least care about the patients feelings. I think doctors need to read these forums. lol. Oh Julie- I am in Yokosuka. Have you ever been this way??

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Yup! Been to the Navy exchange and the furnature shop a few years ago... Have you been up here? Not that we have anything to offer - everything is bigger there, your exchange is bigger and has more to offer, your furnature shop is bigger and has more to offer... I told my dh he was in the wrong branch.. he just gave me a weird look.

LOL- that is funny. He's not in the wrong brach, lol.. just in the wrong location. hehe. Wow, how long have you lived here for? I've only been here for 10 months. and I've never been to Yokota (maybe to fly out of only). Heck, I've only been to Ropongi and Shibuya like 3 times. Yokohama about 5 or 6 times (TGI Fridays) and Tokyo only to go to the airport. I want to go explore more. Where in the states you from?

Can anyone tell me why the body would hold on to an empty sack? Or rather, if the sack is empty, and there's no baby, when does the body figure that out and let go of everything? IT will happen, right? I can't bear the thought of a D&C. The thought makes me physically ill. Someone rea__sure me that my body will miscarry on its own! (Thanks to all of you for your stories, it's made it a little easier to bear. I'm just amazed it's so common. This is the stuff that happens to everyone ELSE, right?)

CC- your body does figure out that something isn't right, eventually. Just sometimes takes longer on some woman than others. Even if there was a fetus pole and it stopped growing, it could take 4 weeks before you have a natural m/c. For the most part a blighted ovum (sac with no fetus) was trying to be a good pregnancy in the beginning, but early on it just didn't take, so the sac keeps growing but not the fetus because it just didn't develop correctly from the beginning. The good news is that its very rear to have a second blighted ovum in a row, much less ever again. A D&C isn't a bad decision if you are completely comfortable that its not a good pregnancy. Just so that you don't have to always wonder every time when you go to the bathroom if there is going to be blood this time, etc. Plus, then the faster you get rid of the bad, the sooner you can have TTC again. :) Trust me, there is hope!! But do NOT get a D&C if your not 100% comfortable. Just because you don't always want to bare around with you the "what ifs." If you are at least 8 wks along and had 2 ultrasounds at least a week or 2 from one another and nothing has changed, etc. then its a good chance that its not going the way it should be. But its hard to tell if its so early and especially if you've only had one u/s. Best of luck!!!

On this very day, i have found out that my sac was empty. I guess I don't need to explain how gut wrenching it feels. I'm supposed to be 10 wks 2 days. this would be my second pregnancy, and i knew right away that there was something seriously wrong on the u/s screen! My exact words were "where is the lima bean?" Of coarse the technitian didnt say anything except "the doctor will explain it to you" I couldn't begin to tell you how much i have read up on pregnancies... healthy and otherewise... i have never heard of such a thing until today. needless to say i was very sceptical about even finding any info on the subject. so much thanks goes out to angela for posting this question. I myself would have found it hopeless. THE ONLY STUPID QUESTION IS A QUESTION NOT ASKED! thanks for everyones input and support!

Amy- it is devastating to go thru! And I believe the worst part is when you have an ultrasound by a tech and not the dr. especially when something is wrong and you just know it. It's like.... grrr... My last u/s the tech said that there was no fetal pole to be seen, etc. I told the dr. that is bs because where would it have gone (seen the fetal pole the day before at another dr. office) and so, the dr. herself actually checked and sure enough it was there. Small, and not growing the way it should, but she did find it. That tech lady really "p__sed" me off. But, at the same rate, it wasn't a good pregnancy. Just don't say there isn't a fetal pole to be seen when there is. It actually had a heartbeat the week before. So, blighted ovum ruled out. But, that tech made it look like I had a blighted ovum instead of a loss of the fetus. Its so frustrating to go thru. D&C 4 weeks ago today. Still waiting on af. For the first time in my life, I am anxious about getting it.