Needing advice about ultrasounds

As you may know, they told me I have a blighted ovum. I have to have another ultrasound in a week to see if anything changed. I have only had a transvaginal ultrasound for this pregnancy. Has anyone ever heard of having an abdominal ultrasound and it showing more than the transvaginal ultrasound?

I know I sound silly. I am not trying to give myself hope but I just don't want to settle for a d&c until I know for sure. Peace of mind, I reckon.

[cjappert]

i'm sorry you're going through this.unfortunately you will see more on a transvaginal than on an abdominal ultrasound.i know its hard to accept, they told me at 20 Weeks that we had lost our son and hadto have a stillbirth.

[coffeebuzzedliz]

You are definatly going to see more in a vaginal U/S because everything starts out soooo small. If they only go by an abdominal U/S and you are under 10 weeks I would not trust it and ask for a vaginal one, especially if you are trying to detect a Heartbeat.
And I agree that you should have some peace of mind. When I was going through a similar situation I waited several weeks, getting one U/S a week, until there was no doubt that baby was not developing, at that point I opted for a D&C. I was of course sad but able to go in without any doubt in my mind and still have no doubt it was the right choice.

[greatexpectations_4_2012]

I didn't know if certain situations would cause an abdominal ultrasound show better, such as a tilted uterus. I have read that sometimes that is the case. I was wondering if anyone ever had that happen on here.

[mikaleen]

I have a tilted uterus and transvaginal is still better.  A tilted uterus makes it even more difficult to see clearly on an abdominal u/s because your uterus tilts away from your abdomen, towards your back, so is farther away from the probe.
I'm sorry. =(

[greatexpectations_4_2012]

It is okay. I appreciate all of the advice. I believe I will have them to do both though, just so I can say they have two different angled views. I need the doc to be confident that a d&c is the option I have before I will settle with that. I don't want to think that there was a chance that I agreed to kill a baby. A blighted ovum is the most miss diagn

[greatexpectations_4_2012]

Misdiagnosed miscariage in pregnancy.

[Ashmommie008]

To be honest with you girl, That ultrasound shows more than the reg. ultrasound. I myself had a blightened ovum, I tryed giving my self as much hope as possible, the dr. told me to come back in two weeks if I didnt miscarry naturally, I was 14 weeks preg. then. and 3 days before I was suppose to go back I miscarried, It was the worse pain I have ever been in,.. ended up having to have an emergancy D&C cuz  I was losing so much blood even had to have a blood transfusion and was in the hospital for 3 daays... I dont mean to scare you but Im just being honest about it. Who knows it might be just a mistake that the dr. made.
Wishing you all baby dust****

[greatexpectations_4_2012]

Thank you. I appreciate the honesty and I don't want to wait for a natural miscarriage. I have known something was wrong almost from the beginning so I don't feel like anything will change with the ultrasounds. I just want him to be certain before he decides to remove it. I don't want to agree to it if that isn't the issue. He isn't certain right now. He seems more confused than I am. I don't want him to go on a whim.

[Ashmommie008]

Yeah I understand, but try not to hope so much... it will only hurt u in the end... you can always get preg. again... I had my blightened ovum in oct. i was 14 weeks preg. its the hardest thing I went through... I cired for days felt like it was maybe something I did... i still think about it... My fiance tells me that god needed another baby angel in heaven or that god knew there was something wrong with the baby and diddnt want us to be in pain over it. So he took him to heaven. It still hurt to think about it like that... this may we would of had our first kid together... but I think I may be preg. now... have all the symptoms..except that I wont be late til tomrrow... So keep your fingers crossed I am...

[greatexpectations_4_2012]

Baby dust your way.

[luvmy2girls]

have you had your blood work done?  what is the hcg saying?

[greatexpectations_4_2012]

I have had my hcg drawed every 2 weeks. The first time it was 64. Two weeks ago it was 5,634. Monday it was 27,000+. I don't remember the exact number. I have to have it drawn again this Monday.

[stacey10]

1 had a blighted ovum in nov and once my hcg levels started dropping it was all over in about 2 weeks, I miscarried naturally and had about 6 days of bleeding, only one day was what I would consider heavy the rest was like my period, your cycles return to normal alot quicker if you can miscarry naturally

[greatexpectations_4_2012]

I had a d&c in November, not for a miscarriage though. My cycle never seemed to be much affected by the d&c. It actually seemed to help. Of course, like I said, it wasn't for a miscarriage.