No baby - titled uterus UPDATE: MISDIAGNOSED

[goldie]

I can't believe it - after two of the longest weeks of my life since my last ultrasound, we received the best news!!! Yesterday I saw my little 8 week old baby, heartbeat and all!

Two weeks ago i experienced some heavy bleeding and went in for an ultrasound. I was 6 weeks along and my hormone levels were good at 17,000. But the doctor could only find a gestational sac, no yolk sac, no baby. It looked like a blighted ovum or eptopic pregnancy. He said we really should have been seeing something by then, and given my bleeding and cramping, thought a miscarriage was probably immenent. To make sure, he said to come back in at my regularly scheduled 8 week appt to check again before we scheduled a D&C. He was careful not to rush into anything but was not optimistic.

In the meantime, I have been exhausted trying to balance my grief and worry and trying to figure out how to not give up hope but not set myself up for devastation either. Visiting this site every day has helped tremendously. However, I continued to have brown spotting and then fairly heavy bleeding every few days. Things were not looking good, but I held out hope as my pregnancy symptoms got worse - slight nausea had turned to daily vomitting.

But sure enough, at yesterday's ultrasound we immediately saw an 8 week baby with a strong heartbeat. That little rascal must have just been hiding out last time! The doctors still can't explain my bleeding and have just said to stay off my feet as much as possible. But overall it looks like things are going to be okay. If we can get through the next month, I think I'll really feel like we're out of the woods.

Reading success stories here helped me so much, so I just wanted to share our happy ending (knock on wood). I'll be laying in bed, fighting off the nausea, and thinking of all of you still waiting for news. You will be in our thoughts and prayers.

[Bambi]

:yay: :cheer: :joytears: :jive: :yay: :joytears: :cheer: :cheer: :jive: WOOHOO!!!! I am soooo happy for you Congrats!!!!!!!!!

I hope the rest of your pregnancy goes GREAT!!!!

Bambi

[Lark]

I just got chills! Oh my goodness, CONGRATULATIONS! :yay: That is truly a miracle. Thank you, God, for placing your hand on this tiny little life and preserving it against all odds!

God bless you and your little munchkin!

Lark

[Mom In Waiting]

:yay: :joytears: :cheer: :jive:
Goldie,
(first of all, let me tell you this was the name of a Florist Shop that my mom and I owned for the past 14 yrs. and just recently sold!) Just thought I'd throw that in.
Now, WOW!!! Yours is the 2nd story this week that turned into precious miracles!!! This is so exciting and I am so happy for you. You and your lil one will continue to be in my thoughts and prayers! Blessings to you and your sweet baby!!! Cyndi :heart:

[Kay]

Oh Goldie, what wonderful news. I am just so thrilled for you and I can only imagine the joy and tears upon seeing your little one.

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YAY!

[Katrinad]

Oh yes!!! Wonderful, WONDERFUL news!!! Praise the Lord!!

When are you due? We might be due date buddies!!!

[faerie64]

Your doctor couldn't explain your bleeding?

Gosh I'm so upset with doctors!

there are a couple of reasons you could have been bleeding. The most likely is that when your baby implanted, when it drilled into the lining of your uterus it caused vascular lakes or pools. Once the baby and sac start to increase in size it can eat into one of these lakes and cause bleeding. Its pretty common actually. The other reason is that your baby just plain old wallowed into a very vascular area of your uterus and you saw some of the after effects of that! After all, an embryo implanting and growing inside your uterus is very much like a quick growing cancer!

But, its in the past now! Your baby is in there and kicking! YAY!

[Tania3910]

That is sooooo awesome, please keep us posted on your next appointment. Praying for you Tania :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray: :heart:

[Arena]

THAT'S SO GREAT. THANK YOU, YOU'VE GIVEN ME SOME HOPE. I HAD AN EMPTY SAC AT 6 WEEKS, REPEAT U/S TOMORROW. :pray:

[Mom In Waiting]

Arena,
Sending out prayers that your u/s goes well tomorrow. I pray that they will find your lil one healthy and strong! Please let us know how it goes. Blessings, Cyndi :heart:

[treena]

i had an internal vag us at five weeks they could not see anything but a dark spot. my hcg has been slow to rise, doubling every three and a half days, dropping once when i was dehydrated. i know i have a tilted uterus but they insist they would have seen something with the internal us.
what do u think?
treena

[NESSA]

I'M A 21 YR OLD FEMALE EXPECTING MY 1ST BABY. YOU ALL KNOW HOW EXCITING IT IS WHEN YOU FIND OUT AND HOW YOU LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE, FEELING THE BABY MOVE, GIVING BIRTH, HOLDING YOUR CHILD. BUT THEN THEY GIVE YOU DEVASTATING NEWS. THERE IS NO BABY. :cry: WELL ON SATURDAY I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE I SAW A PINK SPOT (DEFINETLY NOT RED.) AGAIN THIS IS MY 1ST PREGNANCY SO I WORRY ABOUT EVERYTHING. SO ANYWAY THE ULTRASOUND SHOWED THE GESTATIONAL SAC BUT NOTHING MORE. I THAN HAD ANOTHER ULTRASOUND AND IT INDICATED I WAS 7 WKS 3 DAYS. WELL I THEN HAD ANOTHER ULTRASOUND WITH AS THEY CALL IT A SPECIAL ULTRASOUND MACHINE AND NOTHING. I HAD A BLIGTHEND OVUM. THE DOCTOR VERY COLDLY TOLD ME TO TRY AGAIN IN A FEW MONTHS, TO EXPECT MY PERIOD. I MEAN HE DIDNT GIVE ME THE CHANCE TO EVEN QUESTION OTHER POSSIBILITIES. THAT WAS IT ACCORDING TO HIM. WELL AFTER READING DIFFERENT SITES I FIGURED I HAD HOPE, THEN I LOST THEM WHEN I READ SOMETHING NEGATIVE. WELL THIS SITE HAS GIVEN ME THE MOST HOPE. THE FIRST DAY OF MY LAST PERIOD WAS 28 JUL 05 WHICH PUTS ME AT 7 WKS 5 DAYS. PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON, IF I HAVE HOPE LIKE MOST OF THE WOMEN HERE DO. I WANT THIS CHILD MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD. :help: I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR POSTING YOUR STORIES HERE OR ANYWHERE ELSE IT GIVES US HOPE, SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. I HAVE MY SYMPTOMS, I HAVENT HAD BLOOD WORK IN ABOUT A WEEK BUT THE LAST TIME I DID THEY WERE RISING. I'LL BE GOING TO THE DOCTOR TOMORROW. WISH ME LUCK AND PLEASE KEEP MY I HOPE "MIRACLE" BABY IN YOUR PRAYERS. THANKS! :heart:

[NESSA]

I HAD A TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND.....

[Mom In Waiting]

Nessa,
sorry for not seeing this post sooner, but I just wanted to let you know that I will definitely keep you and your lil one in my prayers. I pray that he/she was just too small to find just yet. Many gals here did not find their babies til later on. I am glad that you found this site and that it is giving you some hope. Hope is all we have to hang on to, so hard as it may seem, try to hang in there and keep the faith. No matter the outcome, we'll be here for you. Please keep us posted on what happens. Hugs and blessings to you, Cyndi :heart:

[Kay]

Oh Nessa, I'm sorry I missed your post too. Sometimes when posts get attached to older posts, they are missed.

I hope you've gotten better news. My u/s's at 5 1/2, 6, 7 and 8 weeks all showed an empty sac and a week later we saw our baby. How are your hcg's looking?

Keeping you in prayer.