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i began bleeding lightly on sat 18 i went to hosp they did blood work which showed hcg 2150 they said slightly low i then went for us on mon the baby has a strong heart beat 148bpm but the gestational sac is small 7mm equivalent to approx 5 weeks gestation fetus measures 6 weeks and 4 days have had more blood work done this morning to check hcg levels again i will get results this arvo i keep my fingers crossed i feel slightly nauses and sore b___bs but i also have cramping it was also mentioned that there was no yolk sac i was told by the dr he feel i will miscarry does any one no if a fetus can survive without a yolk sac?

The yolk sac first appears during the fifth week of pregnancy. Failure to identify a yolk sac when the gestational sac has grown to 12 mm is also usually indicative of a failed pregnancy. Although the fact that your baby has a good heatbeat is a good sign as the yolk sac could have been missed during your scan.

hi, just an update my hcg level has risen to 2980 since my last reading 4 days prior it has only gone up 830 it has not doubled as per normal pregnancy the bleeding also has not stopped i questioned doctor regarding yolk sac he says that it is not seen but it does not mean that it is not there in my research it says that yolk sac is visible from when gestational sac is 10mm my one was only 7mm he still has grave dobuts as to the viabilty of this preganacy as the blood work and ultrasound findings show abnormal findings i keep my fingers crossed as i go for us thur 2nd march to check baby again i also should mention that this preganacy happened only 8 weeks after giving birth to my second child

Olivia, I certainly hope that your results go well next week... Did your dr. tell you that maybe the pregnancy may not be viable because of how close it is to the time you gave birth? I wonder if you perhaps were not producing something (i.e. a hormone) since your uterus was still recovering from your last pregnancy? With my second miscarrige, my HcG levels continued to go up but they did not double so I ended up having a d & c. My situation was no heartbeat though. Good luck and keep us posted.

hi another update unfortunatley yesterday bleeding became very heavy was soaking pad every 10 mins went to hosp they didi internal and said cervix is still closed they think only threataned miscarriage they refused me an ultrasound on the basis of this and the fact that blood pressure was normal they did a blood test which showed hcg level had fallen to 2000 they sent me home i had extrmely bad cramping and back pain i knew this was the end the bleeding was just too heavy one hour after returning home from hosp i had a shower i felt the baby coming out i caught it in my hand the whole product was the size of my hand i put it in container in fridge i will be buying a plant and burying it tonight the preist will come to my home to bless the baby they asked me to pick a name and choose a s_x this is something i can not do so i will give a unis_x name some people think it's silly as it was just a fetus but to me it was my child it existed it was loved and will be missed i never expected something like this could happen to me but i guess it's just one of those things i feel blessed with my 2 wondeful boys as i was told i would never have children naturally and i did !! my experience taught me that you can't belive everything that the doctor's tell you nobody knows your body like you and sometimes miracles just happen i won't be trying to fall preganant again for at least another 2 years i will give my body a chance to recover the one surprising thing i found was the pain i never expected a miscarriage to be so painfull my thoughts go out to anyone who has ever experienced a misscarriage a person cannot truly understanfd the emotional and physical pain untill it is experienced.

Hi, Oliva: hope you get better soon. yes, as you said, people never understand the pain of a miscarriage until they experience one. I just had one last week and I can really feel the pain. Reading your note made me cry again. but we shall keep the faith...

Olivia, sorry to hear about your loss. I'm glad you are positive about this and have a healthy baby at home! :) Take care

i just got back from my follow up exam after the d&c. i asked for genetic test before the procedure to see whether there are some problems in me or my husband so we can try to avoid this from happening again if possible. i was informed that the test wasn't done because my doctor's a__sistant sent the sample in wrong solution. i am so upset. we had waited for a baby for so long and we are not at our prime time any more. really hate to miss a chance to give us some clues as to what had happened...

Anita, I would be really mad too! I got the call from our nurse yesterday saying we both need to come in tomorrow for our dr. to explain our chromosome test results. Not sounding good. I'm really scared. The nurse told me not to research on the internet and I said I don't know what the problem is yet so I can't anyway. I did ask if it is something they can work around and she said yes, there are some options. That's hopeful, but she sure didn't sound it.

I am 9.5 weeks at age 44. I have had spotting this past week. I had a misc last summer and that is how it started last year. Yesterday I went to the doc to check fetal heart tones. (fht)I almost expected no heartbeat to be found. The doc even did not expect to hear any with the doppler. But she did get good strongfht right away. I was so happy I just laid there and cried. So don't give up hope!

Hi Ladies, sorry to have had to read about all your losses, a few very few positive outcomes (congrats) and a few rebound pgs (congrats) I know I o'd late into my cycle, I either had delayed O, or anov. cycle, as my lmp was dec 15, 05. I was lost when af didn't arrive by jan 12, so did hpt, bfn, and kept getting bfn until Jan 28th - Jan 30th had u/s showed NOTHING, nothing wrong (like eptopic) or anything like that, but didn't show anything in my uterus either. Well, when I got out of u/s, they read my lab results, hcg was only 53, therefore wayyyy to early to see anything on u/s (all transv____al u/s that's all I've had throughout this whole "nightmare pg") As you may or may not know, hcg levels need to be 1800+ too see much of anything. So, went home, told to come back for repeat beta, had 3 more betas: Feb 1st - 95, feb 6th - 1895 and feb 9th - 4345 Had dating u/s on Feb 13th, seen sac, yolk sac, and thought a flutter of heartbeat (could have been my own, as the u/s machine wouldn't pick up any bpm) dated me at 5w5d. OK great, so everythings moving right along, just as I felt in my heart. Had another u/s 2 weeks later, on Feb 27th, and this time, the gestational sac was def. bigger, but bean only measured 6 weeks, and NO heartbeat. The tech is supposidly very "good" and if she was "certain" this pg was "over" she wouldn't hesitiate to tell ob that, however ob said tech said she can't be sure of this one. So, they drew hcg levels, and that came back at 45,477 said to come back in the morning (2/28) to see if rises or falls. Well, went back in yesterday, and it went up, 45,789 not back for like 12 hrs. Said, I'm not out of the woods yet, and to come in monday (3/6) for u/s. Then we'll know "for sure", and I'll have d/c. I'm just in some weird shock like state. I mean in my heart, and my maternal self tells me, it's fine, just lagging behind a bit. I mean I thought I was 7w5d on Monday, so 6 weeks isn't all that far off. and the only big thing that's throwing everyone "off" is that supposedly "flutter" she couldn't get the machine to read 2 weeks earlier. I think that was a fluke, and think that it was my heartbeat... as that's common. Plus, according to my dating, I'm certainly not 6 weeks from lmp, but I am pretty close to 6 weeks gestation...(O) as my bfp was the 28th, and my last u/s was 27th, that leaves 4 weeks, add 2 more... makes sense to me, but thought I would share my story, and ask for some heartbeat dust, and some growing vibes..... Thanks ladies, your endless support amazes me.

I am supposed to be 8 weeks pregnant but we really weren't sure how far along I was because I don't have periods very often. The doctor did a US and according to the yolk sac, I was 5 wks 2 days. My hcg levels at just 5 wks were 10,000. That immediately made me think something wasn't right but everyone kept telling me they don't pay attention to those numbers. I was 8 weeks yesterday and woke up with a little spotting that stopped and never happened again. I got a yeast infection two days ago and figured that's what was causing it. I called the doctor's office any ways and they decided to work me in so I would feel better. Again telling me nothing was probalby wrong. The doc did an internal exam and said everything looked fine and he was very encouraged by my nausea and other symptoms. I asked him to do a US any ways and he said he would if I would feel better but he really didn't think it was necessary. The tech could NOT find a heartbeat during the US. This was a complete and horrible shock to me. She also said the baby only showed 7 wks 4 days and the yolk sac looked larger than it should. My doc wants to wait a week and repeat to make sure there's no heartbeat but he said he didn't have any hope. I had my first child 6 years ago and had no problems at all during my pregnancy. This is all new and I'm 36 and do not get pregnant easily and am so worried this may have been my only chance at having another child. Now having to wait another week feels like an eternity. I know I shouldn't have hope, but there is a part of me that wants to believe a heartbeat will show up next week. Has anyone else ever had a heartbeat show up on the 2nd US??

Hlmiller69 - We have all been in similar situations as yourself. The desperate battle with time... just waiting until the next week arrives to have that next ultrasound done to see if the heartbeat is there. It is so painful to be going through this "unknown" period in time. I personally have not heard of anyone finding a heartbeat when they returned a week later for their u/s. That is, as long as you were far along to see the heartbeat the first time (which you were at 8 weeks). I think rare exceptions occur when some women have a tilted uterus... but even then, the u/s should pick it up. I too had false hope of seeing a heartbeat the second round.... and I think that it is completely normal to feel that. But it is also important to brace yourself for what will probably be the outcome. I am sorry you are going through this and will be thinking of you. I thought I would never get over the emotional pain from those weeks, but after a little time you do begin to feel better. And I don't think you missed your chance at having a second child by a long shot.... Many women even in their 40's are having babies and you are many years from that age still. Good luck and please keep us posted on next week's u/s.

Hopeful4bean - As I mentioned to hlmiller69, the waiting can be more painful than any other part of the miscarriage process. You have certainly been riding the emotional roller coaster with your HcG levels rising but only possibly seeing a flutter. One thing that you can be a__sured of is that when you go back, if the sac has not grown from your last u/s, you will know that the pregnancy is not viable. One thing that I do want to mention though is that your levels can still rise for a while even before dropping. That makes it even harder. When do you return to get another check up? Please know that in the worst case scenario, the d & c is painless & fast. In my personal opinion (and I have gone through it twice), the d & c allows you to recuperate faster and gives you a head start at getting your mind and body prepared to begin to start to TTC again. Best of luck!!

Well....we got the chromosome results and 90% of mine are normal and unfortunately 10% are abmormal (won't create a baby and if it does, it will have MAJOR problems). My dr. thinks that b/c I've had 2 m/c's that my ovaries have the bad 10% strand of chromosomes. He referred us to a geneticist. I am in shock. My whole life I have pictured myself being a mom and looking at my kids and seeing my features in them. Now I can't. I don't know anyone else in my position and that makes me feel even more alone. My dh is being so supportive. I don't know what to do or what to look forward to.

On Feb 11, I explained the first 1/2 of my story. Here is the rest. When I went back to do another followup US, the baby had died-- no more heartbeat-- and the yolk sack has calcified. My husband and I were not surprised, but it still disappointed us. I waiting a week to see if I would miscarry on my own, but nothing. From the research I read online, it could take 4 weeks or so and I needed to put this behind me and be able to grieve the loss of my child and move on. I had the D&C yesterday and the entire producere went great. We will wait atleast 3 months before we try to conceive again.