Possible Missed Miscarriage?!

[Splot]

Hi Guys,
Hoping you can help me...
In the middle of October I found out I was pregnant, completely unplanned and still on the pill. Anyway, we discussed things at great length and weren't sure that now was the right time (we had had this conversation a couple of weeks prior and only got married in August).
So, I booked an appointment at a clinic to discuss some options and to set our minds straight. I had a scan whilst there and on 26th Oct was dated at 5 weeks, 3 days.
We decided to keep the baby, and I booked to see the midwife etc.
2 days ago I went for my first 'proper' scan and was dated at 5-6 weeks, I was told to go back in 2 weeks to have a 2nd u/s but I'm not feeling v hopeful as unless the first scan was way out how can my baby have not grown at all in 4 weeks...?!?!
Sorry for the rambling, but the point of this was to ask if the baby stopped growing nearly 4 weeks ago how long does a missed miscarriage take? Does anyone have any experiences / theories?
Thank you!!

[PetiteWonder]

You should start passing clots .. .Tissue is suppose to look like white grey fleshy stuff.  It could take a several days to a week or so to pass everything.  You may experience painful cramps.  

I would go get check out by the doctor in a weeks time to see how things are going even if the bleeding stopped.  It might be safer to go to the ER if you start passing clots larger than a golfball, or you are soaking a pad in an hour for more than 2 hours

In most cases with a natural miscarriage, you can start TTC as soon as the bleeding stops..   It can take a couple weeks for your HCG to drop down to under 5.  But you will not ovulate until then.  If you pass everything smoothly, and  your HCG was not too high to start, you could ovulate quite shortly after your miscarriage.  They usually say it happens 10-14 days after but it can happen sooner as people ahve gotten pregnant the same week as their miscarriage.

I am sorry for your loss

[Splot]

Well, I guess my questions / suspicions have been answered - I started bleeding last night so it would appear that it wasn't meant to be...

Thank you for your responses so far, just one more question for you:
Is there anything I need to do / look for, etc?
Also, how soon after a miscarriage can / should you concieve again? I work outdoors so we wanted a summer baby so I can get back out as soon as possible. In my head I know that a Spetember / October baby is too late in the year weather wise but my heart is telling me that even though this one was unplanned I know now that I really want to start a family!!!

Thanks again, x

[spade22]

Unfortunately, everything you have mentioned suggests that you have had a missed miscarriage and that baby stopped growing between 5-6 weeks.  Sometimes it can take weeks for a womens body to recognize baby stopped growing and sometimes her body wont recognize this at all and she may require medical intervention - this will likely be the case if nothing has changed within 2 weeks.

[Splot]

thanks superchoc, will give the docs a bell on Monday re bloods...
I wonder if it stopped growing or something went wrong, or even that it was an empty sac at the first "5 week" scan and it's only come about now i've had the second "5 week" scan...?!
I'll see what the docs say on Monday and then wait a little longer I guess - could really do with a glass of wine just now, not that I will obviously but feel it might cheer me up a little!!
Thanks again.

[superchoc]

what you could do is have your blood checked reagularly to see if numbers are doubling every 48-72 hours. we ladies wait to test, then wait for a positive, then wait for a scan, then another. its so painful waiting. it may be a blighted ovum, an empty sac where no baby will develop, but even into 6 weeks its normal to not see anything. doctors do not usually diagnose blighted ovum until 8-12 weeks. it is very bizzare that both scans are dated about 5 weeks, being 4 weeks apart.

[Splot]

I didn't hear a heartbeat on either scan, at the first I assumed it was because it was too young, at the second scan I was rather surprised to have it dated at 5 weeks, again.
In the second scan she could see the sac but no fetal pole, i got the impression that the lady scanning didn't think it would survive although the doctors were slightly more hopeful at 50:50 chance...
I just hate this waiting game of not knowing, another 2 weeks of am i pregnant or not?!

[superchoc]

at my 6 week scan, i was 6 weeks and maybe a day or two, i only saw a sac but its completely normal to not see anything in a sac at 6 weeks, even though some people see something and even a heart beat, everyone and every pregnancy is different. by 6 weeks, the sac would grow or continue to grow at least so every week it would be bigger. normally it only grows a matter of millimetres each week but a difference would be measured. sometimes it takes your body a few weeks to recognise a baby not growing and some people need a d&c to remove any matter in the womb not passed naturally. if you do not start to bleed, you will find out at your next ultrasound what is happening. usually at the start of pregnancy, ultrasounds are pretty accurate although they can be off. best of luck x

[PetiteWonder]

Was there a heat beat on either scan... and is there a fetal pole.....