Thank you this post has helped me calm down so much its good to know im not the only one that has experienced this before.I think the mid wife was just trying to prepare me for what could be which i can understand and in a way im greatful for but at the same time she managed to scare the living day lights out of me!!!!! Anyway im sure the weekend will go quickly as i have a 6 month old son who insists on keeping me on my toes! thank you to everyone who have posted their experiences on here you have all helped so much i will let you all know how it goes on monday xxxxx

Hi,
I'm only 6 weeks +5; on Monday I went for a scan after some bleeding and the hospital did an internal scan straight away (they said that they would not see anything on an external scan). The baby was very tiny and a heartbeat could only just be made out. The hospital confirmed that I was 6 +2 on the day, my doctor thought I was 7 +5. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you may be less than 6 weeks and if they could not find the heartbeat on an external scan then this would be quite normal (apparently they can not detect the heartbeat with any degree of certainty on an external scan before about 10 weeks)! They would need to carry out an internal scan on you to find the baby.
I know Monday feels like a long way away now (I was in a similar boat last weekend); just try to relax and carry on with everyday things. Once Monday arrives you will know what it happening for sure; it is the fear of the unknown which affects us all.
Best wishes to you sweetie xxx

hi, with my first pregnancy i had a scan at not quite 4 weeks, as i was in agony and no period and doc was concerned it was an ectopic pregnancy. it needed to be an internal scan as they couldnt see anything. and they did confirm a sac and a blob of cells...so they confirmed a pregnancy in the right place..but not sure of viability due to no heartbeat ...but a re-scan 10 days later found a heartbeat. my internal scan was slightly uncomfortable (not painful) but only due to nerves...just take a deep breath and relax...

wish you the best of luck honey
xx

Thanks so much Danni you really have helped, im a logical person and have to know possible reasons for things that happen, you have helped me see things much clearer now and i have a better understanding.

Will let you know when i have any news!! xx

oh hunni, i'm sorry you had to go through that. there is also something called a chemical pregnancy. where we get a positive result, but miscarry so soon afterwards it was never really referred to as a pregnancy. (although, i, like you think that no matter how soon after taking the test we miscarry, we were still pregnant!) google it, it'll give you some more info tho. i dont know alot about blighted ovums so cant rally help with that one.
as for the remains of that pregnancy, you would either have passed some of the tissue / cells etc. when you started to bleed, or our body produces cells called phagocytes which ingest any 'foreign' matter that is in your body. it will change these, and excrete them again in numerous ways. we are advised to wait for our next period before trying to conceive again, so that they can date it easier, but also allowing our body to recover but shedding the old womb lining and making a strong new one ready for the next pregnancy.
sorry to waffle, but i hope i've helped. i wish you tonnes of luck with ttc, and hope you get a BFP soon! x

Im feeling worried now as 2 weeks ago i was spotting, i thought that i had come on my period but it was very light then that evening i started having severe abdominal pains so i did a pregnancy test and it was positive (faint but positive) I was still spotting the day after and then it stopped but i still had some abdominal pain.

Then 5 days after doing the test i started to bleed i rested all that day as i didn't want anything to go wrong. The next day i went to the early pregnancy clinic at the hospital and they did a test and it was negative? I was so confused? I asked why the test i did was positive and their test was negative? The doctor told me that the pregnancy tests are not 100% and that i might not have been pregnant in the first place? I know in myself that i was pregnant as i have 3 children already, so i have searched for more info and i have come across a blighted ovum pregnancy, this seems like what could have happened to me as i have had all the symptoms?

Im just worried now that i could still have the remains still inside me? I am trying for a baby and am worried that if i get pregnant that the remains of the other pregnancy will still be in there? What should i do? Can anyone help me?

Thanks.

Camilla.

thank u i will keep you posted haha literally!!! thank u again for ur support wish i'd joined on of these when i was pregnant with my son!! xxxx

i know, it's a difficult time, and you really need to pull together at the min. it's horrid not knowing either way. i wish you all the luck in the world and really hope everything's ok for you both. let's hope the little monsters just hiding in there! take care xx