Why does a Fetal Heart Stop Beating?

[Hopingforasign]

I just found out that I m/c for the second time.  This time the baby was 9weeks and fourdays.  I'm supposed to be 11 weeks pregnant.  I thought everything was find...but Iwas wrong. I'm going in for a D&C tomorrow.  

I'm just wondering...will the D&C lessen my chances of having a healthy child?  

Why did the heart stop beating when everything else was just fine?

Should I have my OB examine the fetal tissue?  She says that it will not really show anything.  She says that it is more helpful for us to just have a work-up done for myself and my husband...what will this entail?

Life is a nightmare right now...and I don't know what to do.

[Sorg]

If I did not experience it, I would never have imagined that a fetus heart actually does stop. It's very painful indeed. I was 10 weeks and 4days gone, and discovered I had brownish discharge as against the normal colourless/creamy discharge and decided to visit my gynea. We conducted a scan and I was told the baby wasn't breathing meaning my baby had died. Surprising because I did not bleed, felt no pain at all, and can't remember doing any strenuous work. It was hard to accept as my husband and I had been ttc for the past 2years. He who gives has taken and I can only pray that I conceive again really soon.

[journeeriver7wks]

I am also going through this I don't understand how and why some thing like this happen it's truly heartbreaking I am 7wks and 1 day and Today I found out my baby heartbeat stop I haven't had and cramping or bleeding I was told I was going through a silent miscarriage with the symptoms of pregnancy still there but slowly fading I can't believe this is really happening I've even thought about going to get a second opinion I just can't understand why this has never happened before feeling disbelief.

[pnt81]

I've just found out today that I lost my 4th child at week 8. Yes, 4 miscarriges for the lat 3 years without any reason! 1 ectopic pregnancy, 1 no heartbeat, 2 heartbeat stops at week 7-8. Sad, frustrated, angry, disappointed, depressed, what else can I say!? I just want to know the reason so that I can decide if I should keep trying or just giving up. "You are just bad-luck" explanation from my specialist is not good enough to comfort me. Doctors always says to me  thay "You are A healthy, young woman, etc, what happened is just bad-luck". So, is it true bad-luck happens to bad person. I pray eveyday during my pregnancy to wish for my baby will be born healthy. I am loosing my hope, my belief in my religion.

[susanashows]

Thank you all for sharing your stories. As others posted, I feel that only here you ladies can understand our feelings I just got back from my first ultrasound to find out that was no heart beat. This is the second time this is happening to me, but this time I knew the date of my last period, I have no questions it is what it is.  Yes, I am sad, angry , all of that. The only difference is that I want to let you ladies know that the first time, they told me it had stopped growing at 6 weeks, and that I could pass it at home, if I wanted. I was hoping for a miracle so I decided to wait at home. BAD decision! Long story short, I fainted, blacked out bleeding so much, my husband found me passed out in the bathroom, in and out. I had an emergency D&C and I do not wish this to anybody. This time I will have the D&C in 2 days. It is a small chance that something will go wrong at home. It ***** to loose a pregnancy, but an emergency D&C is awful too. Thank you for sharing your stories. I am lucky to have has 2 succefull pregnancies, and I never thought miscarriage was something that would happen to me. It did. Twice.  It ***** to have no anwers. Like most of you, I am here asking myself WHY... asking GOD WHY...  I've turned the internet upside down... WHY ? WHY does my body tells me everything is ok? Nausea, cravings, weight gain... My body tricked me.. again! It ***** not be able to talk about it with anybody... I don't want to make people sad... I don't want everybody to be saying OH I am so sorry...  But I do want to talk about it, but I don't want to make pregnant ladies worried or sad... So THANK YOU ALL who stopped by here... thank you for "listening" to me... I wish I could follow up w each one of you and see how are you all doing today.. September 2014. Just sending you all love, because love never hurts! :)

[AandM1]

Us too...at 7 weeks, saw two heartbeats and everything was fine...at 8 weeks, one of the heartbeats had stopped and the 2nd embryo was already fading.  We are in our 40's and are praying the 2nd baby remains strong.  

[Samuel_mom]

I had a miscarriage in early September 2011, my baby Samuel went, to heaven at 8 weeks.  When my doctor told me that my baby had no heartbeat, I asked her is that mean my baby died.  She said yes and tried to comfort me.  I told her it's fine because the Lord gave and the Lord had taken away.  May the name of our Lord be praised.  I'm going to be 40 years old this year.  Samuel is my first baby, and may be the last too.  I know I will see him again in heaven because God confirmed it.  God comforted my heart.  Someone asked me whether I got mad at God.  I answered "no, where can I find a better nanny than God?"  I know my Heavenly Father will take good care of my baby in heaven and I will see him when I get to heaven.  My husband and I are trying to get pregnant again.  My obgyn told me last month that my ovarian reserve is going down and suggested me to try IVF.  However, we just want natural pregnancy.  We trust in God.  If He wants to give us a baby, He will.  If not, may His will be done.  May God get all the glory and praise!  May God bless you all!  Jesus loves you!