possible complete miscarriage diagnosis

[sammyjoe34]

hi
i just wanted to know has anyone been diagnosed a miscarriage only for it to be misdiagnosed. my dilemma is i started bleeding on saturday and went to er, bleeding was light but red and they did a uss and diagnosed me with a threatened miscarriage, er then told me to go to early pregnancy unit on Monday for blood tests to see if HCG levels were doubling. so i went on Monday but they  said its better to do another uss, they said they could dee the gestational and yolk sac and the uterus looked normal even though bleeding was moderate with mild period pains, and booked me for another appointment in 2 weeks. when saying moderate i used a maximum of a pad and a half  a day for the rest of the week till date, and strangely found that when i sat or lay down i hardly bled but when i went toilet i used to drip ( not pour)as they also suggested bed rest for 2 weeks. so here i am 1 week later and yesterday i began to clot about the size of like 50p  it did again today twice and so i went back to er and they did another uss and told me that its coming away slowly. i could see the gestational sac there and the doctor even asked if i had pictures from the last scan to compare hers too. she discharged me saying i have had a complete miscarriage but if i was to start bleeding heavier i should go back to the early pregnancy unit.
by my lmp dates i am 6 weeks 5 days today... if i go on monday i will be 7 weeks gestational age 5 weeks fetus, is that too early to hear a heartbeat?

[steph9803]

I'm so sorry for your loss. You sound like a very strong woman. Hopefully it will all be over soon for you and you can begin the healing process... I wish you the best of luck.

[kgokgo]

I`m sorry for your loss. I hope everything will be ok at your next app. Its nothing you have or haven`t done. I also had an `abnormally` shaped gestational sac and I chose to miscarry naturally and it took me four weeks. I miscarried 3 weeks ago and I found a lot of comfort from communicating with others in my situation on this forum.  Good luck.

[bam1014]

I'm so sorry it turned out this way.  But it sounds like you are keeping a positive attitude and that's good.  Best of luck to you and I hope you have a quick and easy recovery.

[sammyjoe34]

hi everyone
Thank you for your replies, warm wishes and support. i have just come back from the ER and i'm sad to say it is a miscarriage, this time the sac was not present, but the doctor said that my uterus is thick and diagnosed me with an incomplete miscarriage (unlike the er doctor). i also have an appointment to go back in two weeks to make sure everything has come out and is ok. The doctor told me that when i previously came in on the monday the scan pictures showed abnormality with the gestational sac- the sac at 1 angle was round, but another angle was like a kidney shape. she said that the gestational sacs should look quite rounded, but doctors are not allowed to say anything to the mother at this stage as it can scare them and the fact that pregnancy can still continue, but in the later stages are found to have some birth defect problems, she said this stems from chromosone defects. i now feel so much better, because i think it's just my bodies natural way of telling me something was wrong.

Thanks again
Sam

[MiaIvan]

A heartbeat can be heard approx.  5.6 weeks transvaginally..give or take a few days.

[bam1014]

I'm so sorry that you are having to go through this.  I hate to be negative, but it doesn't sound so good.  I heard our baby's HB at 7 weeks, but stopped growing when they had me come back the following week and I m/c a few days later.  I really hope that the dr's are wrong.  Please let us know what happens.  We are here for you.