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GIna, I should have 14 weeks on Tues. They the biggest the baby every got was a 5-6week range. I lost the fetus (not seen in the ultrasound) between the 12-13 week. I began spotting about the 12th week and I have now just began having cramping and heavy bleeding. (today being the worst). I went in for blood work and they said that my hormones are showing that I am at 5-6 week preg. So too, my body is still wanting to be pregnant. It alomst like an internal fight, the uterus is trying to get rid of it while my hormones don't want to. And looking back I think they baby was still slightly growing so if you count from where something went wrong in the 5 week fetal stage to know (even though it is still not over) it has taken about 9 weeks. It is a difficult time. You just want it to be over, you either want to feel (and be) pregnant or just go back to being not pregnant. Sometimes that is why women opt of a d&c to help get it over with quickly. Did you take the pills? If so you may have a quicker process.?. But ultimately I think our bodies do what they want, whether we like it or NOT. Hope I answered your question and was some help.

Christina and Gina-When we didn't hear a heart beat my doc went in and did 4 ultrasounds (all spread apart) to look for growth. I know that I would have always had doubts about what ifs, if we had done a d&c at 10 weeks when we didn't hear a heart beat. I am glad that we did not go in and do a d&c. Even though my situation turned out bad. I am glad that I can say that we knew the baby died on it's own without our interference. So all I am trying to say is make sure (for your peace of mind) that the doc is 100% sure the baby did not survive, or will not survive. ( I have heard that a tilted uterus can prevent from hearing a heart beat but I do not know how accurate that really is)

Wow that is a long time to wait. I had heard that about tilted uteruses too but my Dr said no. I don't know what to think. I feel nasaueous today so my numbers are definately not going down. Even if we do hear a heartbeat the next visit I highly doubt it would be a healthy pregnancy with a large yolk anyway. It's so great to have such wonderful support. You guys are the best!!

My husband and I decided that I should get my blood test tomorrow to check if my HCG level went down from the 167,000 it was last week. If it has and my dr. still doesn't see a heartbeat on Tuesday, then I am going to schedule the D & C. As you said KP, whatever gives you peace of mind. And I think both of these tests coming back negative will give me that last piece of rea__surance. At least I know I can get pregnant and I will just try again in a few months.

KP I think you are right...for peace of mind we should weigh all of our options. The pregnancy progressed from nothing in the sac to 2 sacs with a yolk sac in each. Hcg's still rising. I go again on Monday and then for another ultrasound next week. I saw the look on the Dr's face that it wasn't good so I will probably opt for the pills next week after the hcg levels come back and the ultrasound. Ironically today was the first day I fel nauseas and my b___bs still hurt. Cristina your Hcg level is high. You should definately check again. I am just 8 weeks today and my Hcg level on Friday was 28,878. Like you this will be my second miscarriage. At least we can get pregnant. :) My prayers are with you all. Please keep me posted. KP I hope you are not in too much pain. I know how painful it can be.

OOPS not 28,000 48,000 up from 23,000

I've just read all of your recents posts - My thoughts and prayers go out to all of you. - It is so good to talk it through and ask so many tough questions. Just put your faith in God and your dr. that whatever decision is best for you - is a good decision. I just got an email the other day from a friend that said, "If God brings me to it, he'll bring me through it" and keep posting - we are all here to help!

Please help me! I just had an U/S done today and there is no heartbeat. The doctor said that it is small for being 6wks 5 days although the sac looks good. I had 2 past pregnancies that were healthy, but I am 36 now. I've had a lot of stress in the last couple of weeks. Days after I found out that I was pregnant, I discovered my husband is cheating on me. We are heading for divorce. My 2 children are my world and I want this baby more than anything. I feel like I have lost so much already. I can't handle losing this baby. Does anyone have a similar pregnancy that has a happy ending? This is probably my last chance for having a third child. I have an U/S 8 days from now which seems like an eternity.

Lee Ann ok first of all this is not your last chance to have a child. These days women are just starting to have kids at 36. I'm 38 and all my friends just had healthy babies. I would wait and see what your hcg levels are and have another ultrasound in about a week or so. Good Luck to you!!

Hi Everyone. I'm just checking to see how everyone is doing today. Cristina did you have your hcg levels done? I did mine today after work and will call tomorrow morning. Ultrasound scheduled for Thursday. Just for the final diagnosis. Has anyone taken the "miscarriage pills"?

Well I got the hcg levels back. Went from 48,585 to 55,027. Not quite the improvement the Dr was looking for I'm sure. So will go to the ultrasound appointment on Thursday and take it from there. I'm sure if I stopped the progesterone it would happen on it's own. I'm just afraid at how long it will take.

I went to the dr. today and got back my HcG results as well as had a second sono. My HcG levels went up even more (almost 200,00) however they did not duplicate every two days from the last time I had my blood test done. Then I had my sono-- still no heart beat. At almost 9 weeks, I feel that the heartbeat should be quite visible as my dr. did too of course. Lastly, they measured the fetus and it had not grown since my last sono. All of these results prepared me to take the next step and get the D & C scheduled for Thursday. The time it took from last week until this week sure did feel like an eternity so I defintiley feel everyone's pain. Gina-- the very best thing I did during this waiting time was prepared myself for the worst. Now that the worst is here, I am actually dealing with it pretty well. My advice would be not to let your hopes get up and to always remember-- if you have a child already or have been pregnant before, you know you can conceive again and you can try in a few months time. It is a difficult and devastating time but keep those chins up as your body was telling you that the baby was unhealthy to begin with. Better to deal with it in the first trimester than later. Good luck Gina.. let me know how it goes.

Cristina- my heart goes out to you. Your Hcg levels went up so much and it is so much higher then mine. I hope your Dr is right. I am definately preparing myself for the worst. My Dr called me this morning and said my hcg level looked really good. I said but it didn't double and he said it only doubles in the very beginning. Said I was in normal range but also said that he should have hear the heartbeat last week at almost 8 weeks. He scheduled me an appointment for Friday with I will be almost 9 weeks. I tried everything to have a miscarriage on my own this weekend. Drank lots of caffeine, had some wine, lifted heavy things all the things they say you should stay away from. Nothing! I do not have any kids yet this will be my second miscarriage and my husband is so upset. We will try again. I'm sending my very best thoughts to you!! Where do you live? Please keep in touch.

I had something like that happen to me. I was about 6 and 7 weeks, and they did an ultrasound, when they discovered no heart beat. I was given several more ultrasounds and still not heart beat, and eventually declining in HCG, then a few days later a terrible miscarriage. Everyone is different, so hopefully this isn't the case with you, but I did get pregnant again like 2 months later, and had a very healthy little boy.

I had a natural miscarriage yesterday. I have had a kidney stone and I would rate the pain close to the same. I soak several pad and when I would sit on the toilet you could hear the gush of blood hit the water. We went to the ER becase they told us to if I soaked a pad within an hour and it was taking me 15 min. I was pa__sing huge blood clots but no tissue. We got there about 7ish and they sent us home about 12 to return at 3 for a D&C scheduled at 6. As soon as I got home the pain killers were wearing off and my cramps (or maybe contractions) were unbearable! I just laid there and cried as my husband rubbed my back. about 2 I finally had no pain. I was convinced not to move becasue I thougth that I had the right position. I got up a little later to change my pads and I had tissue partially coming out. Called the doc, they said to pull it out and go see them imediately. So we did(not painful at all, just scary). My bleeding went down to a light flow/ spotting. My body felt 100X better. He did an exam and said it didn't look like I had any tissue left and my uterus was already felling smaller. We opted not to continue with the d&c and he sent me home with a contraction med that will make me contract so if there is any "products of conception" left the uterus would push it out. I also recieved antibiotics to prevent infection and painkillers to help the the contractions (which are supposed to be mild). Overall this was a horrible experienc. Not to mention my normal doc was out of town. But I feel so much better. I hope that my bady has been throuhg it all and is ready to start healing. I am sharing my story not to get anybody upset or scared but I guess to prepare. Although all women are different. It may be alot easier for someone else. I want people to know it is not always easy, so they will not be as scared as I was. I kept thinking this is not normal and praying that I would make it through the blood loss and pain. It would have been nice to know what might happen. So I hope that I may be some help to someone else.

KP Oh my gosh you are a strong lady to go through that. My first miscarriage was so easy. I had cramps for about 45 minutes and then went to the bathroom pa__sed the tissue and it was over but I was only 7 weeks. I am so sorry you had to go through that. You will be able to try again soon. Your body knows and wants to carry a pregnancy...look how long your body held on to this one. I go tomorrow for the confirming "no heartbeat" ultrasound and then will get the "contracting pills" your Dr gave you. I guess it takes 24 hours and then it will be over. Two babies...how sad I would have thought at least one would have survived. Dr said we can do the IUI again in December. I will be thinking about you and if I have any questions I will write you. Thanks for sharing your story as scary as it was for you. Please keep in touch.