10 weeks, fetus 10 weeks but no heartbeat

[VONZ]

I went for my first u/s when I was 10 weeks & 5 days. The midwife verified the size & development of fetus also 10 weeks & 5 days, however we could not trace a heartbeat. Also had a transvaginal u/s with the same result. This means that the fetus died that day or night previously. This is all too much for me to comprehend. The gyno confirmed diagnosis. Since 3 days I no longer feel pregnant & am now waiting to miscarry. I am overwhelmed with emotions & tried to continue working, however could not so therefore I am at home with my daugther (2 y/o) How long will it take to Miscarry? I want to let nature take its course, however I have an appt at the gyno on Thurs (2 weeks after no hb traced) to discuss D&C etc. Has anyone been in the same situation????

[HusbyNana]

my wife is 9 weeks pregnant and today we found out baby has no heartbeat.  The doctor quickly recommended DNC and has scheduled my wife for D/C this coming wednesday.  I am sad and I just dont know what to do.

[beyondgrief]

Hi all,

This is the first time am posting a message online. I am sooo grief stricken today as I have just been told my precious baby has no heartbeat!!

I wailed so loudly and just wanted to die...this is my third pregnancy and third miscarriage!! Life can be so cruel. I literally don't know what to do and how I am going to move on. I have another appointment in a week to "confirm" the prognosis which the doctor told me would not be good as it is very rare for there to be a heartbeat after none is found.

I have read alot of the posts here and although they are sooo sad, they somehow comfort me to know someone else understands and feels the pain am going through. OMG!! OMG!! Am numb with grief and shock...thanks for reading my post. Take care all and may our dream of having a baby come true one day.

[Basham09]

I am 20 years old, and this is my first pregnancy. When my fiance and I found out I was pregnant...it was hard to accept at first since I had no job, and we both had little income to live off of.....we in time came to the realization that we are having a baby...I found a job and the income situation looked brighter. I went in for my first appointment August 12th 2011.  They said I was 7 weeks pregnant....they took blood...and the normal tests and I followed up on the 16th for my first ultrasound. There it was plain as day...only looking like a small bubble...but it was definitely there...they had told me they heard a heartbeat (but i never heard one) I was scheduled for a 4 week check up on September 6th.....and that day is the day that I will never forget. It was a routine check up so I went in by myself. I felt normal...no out of the ordinary symptoms....and the doctor came in saying we would try to get a heartbeat today...but it varys with each pregnancy and we may or may not get one...there was no heart beat detected on the Doppler monitor so the doctor suggested we try an ultrasound....again no heart beat....(the whole time the doctor had the screen turned away from me so I could not see what she was seeing) I insisted on seeing my baby but she never complied...she said there was no heartbeat detected so they would try the trans-vaginal ultrasound...again no heartbeat.... she concluded by saying that i had a missed miscarriage....I could not understand how or why this happened...I had not experienced any signs or symptoms that anything was wrong...the doctor set me up with an ultrasound a week after her diagnosis to see if anything had changed and we are going to that appointment tomorrow....not sure what they will say....just curious to see if anyone has had any similar situation.....
Sincerely...Kat

[joanne194]

Hi I have recently had two natural misscairages. the first was at 13 weeks it was messy with pains like period pains. the second was at 6 weeks i hardly noticed it but you justknow thats it when it comes out, gross. i  gonna keep trying they told me they only investigate when someone has miscarried 3 timesin a row. I wish you luck. i find this site comforting and fel normal seeing so may other women suffer the same loss.  

[wenlu4]

I am so sorry to hear of your loss.  I too went through the same agonizing and horrible experience of loosing a baby.  I found out we lost our little one at ten weeks.  The doctor said it stoped growing at 8wks.  I know what you are all going through and it's a nightmare.  Just be strong and know that God doesn't give us a load we can't handle and He knows why He holds our precious babies in his hands.  The only advice I can give you is double or triple check for that heartbeat.  This will only help convince you of the reality you are facing and so that you won't have any doubts if you elect the D&C, but it won't bring the baby back unless it's God's will.  In my case it wasn't in His plans.  After you make sure, I would then opt for the D&C.  I decided to let my body naturally pass the baby.  But it was an awful experience for me.  Nobody told me that letting it pass naturally is just like giving birth.  You go through all the labor pains and they never gave me any pain medication.  All they said I could take was motrin, but if you've had a baby before, you know that doesn't do a thing for the intense labor pain.  I went a day and a half going through the pain and then in the end I ended up having to do the D&C because they were afraid of infection.  I'm not trying to tell you what to do, but I just wanted to warn you of the process of letting the baby pass naturally.  I hope this helps.  Take care, and know that God will see you through this and this will only make you stronger.

[Kim253]

Came across this forum while blindly searching for some perspective on the recent news of my impending miscarriage.  I thank everyone for their posts, because while in this time of overwhelming sorrow, it helps a little to know that others have felt the same way I am.  I was 7 weeks 2 days at my first ultrasound, doctor noticed what she said was a strong heartbeat and everything was great.  Went in yesterday for my 10 week 2 days ultrasound and the babys heartbeat was gone and baby was only measuring at 8 weeks 1 day.  Didn't have any signs or symptoms of a miscarriage, so this came as a complete shock to my husband and I.  We are devastated.  Unfortunately for us, we have fertility issues and had to use IVF to get pregnant.  This was our last embryo from our IVF cycle.  Anyone else out there experience such a miscarriage after IVF, it feels so much more painful knowing that we can just "try again" in a couple months.  I will now wait until this weekend to take the medication that my doctor prescribed that should begin to expel our precious little baby.  I wish I could wake up from this nightmare.