I'm 9 week & 2 day pregnant, No heart beat found in vaginal ultrasound, No bleeding / cramps yet - Should I have any hope?

[n_chutki]

This happened to me yesterday. Yes, it is a very fresh wound and I need help....

I went for my routine vaginal ultrasound check up yetsreday and the doctor said she could not find a heart beat. It was very unexpected. She suggested me 3 options for passing out the miscairrage -

1. Wait for a week from yesterday for the body to pass out the baby by itself.
2. Take medecine, with which I will have heavy crampings and baby will pass out in 24 hours from
    my body.
3. D& C - surgery.

I have my next appointment with the doctor in a weeks time to choose one of the above option and let them proceed.I am having no signs of miscairrage yet , No bleeding, no cramps ...no nothing...

All I want to know - Is there any hope ???- where the baby's heart beat can come back? Any other advice on to know for sure that the pregnancy is not progressing....? I am still continuing to take prenatals per my doctor's advice...

Any advice will be appreciated.... Please pray fro me..I believe in prayers ...

Thank you for all your help.

[teatime11]

I'm really sorry, the same exact thing happened to me only at 11 weeks...I got the exact same 3 options listed off to me, before I even had a chance to register what had happened....I had decided to go w/ the D&C...i had horrible complications....2 days later I ended up in the trauma room of my hospital, w/ contractions, a clamped shut cervix, and my uterus was swelling/I was hemmorhaging....I had to have another emergency surgery, it was horrible, and I don't remember much of the next 24 hrs..those complications happen in less than 3 percent of cases but looking back on it, I wish I had given my body some time to see if it would lose my baby naturally....its up to you of course, the D&C is usually very safe and is a good way to just get it over with! But after what I went through, I'll never do that ever again.....

[TyWynn]

I had my last period March 11 2010. I should be 9 weeks now. I got my first ultrasound nd nothing could be seen. My second one they saw the gestational sac & the next one a fetal pole. I dont have any cramping but my doctor hasnt found a heartbeat & its says im measuring at 6 weeks 2 days. I still feel pregnant and Im scared to go back to see if it is there. Is there any hope that I could just have the dates wrong and it's still too small to see? Id really appreciate the help.

[sam45673]

i am going through the same fustration , today i had no  heart beat but you can see the baby the doctor gave the options. i dont know what to do , baby has not grown since 6 weeks .. iam now 9 weeks and 4 days...and still feel pregnant.. i could wait or take misoprostol  to pass it out..

[KellyA74]

I had the same situation back in Dec.  I was carrying twins at the time.  9 week U/S showed that both had stopped growing at 7 1/2 weeks.  They gave me the D&C or wait options.  I chose to have Hcg levels drawn to make sure that the levels were dropping before going ahead with the D&C......The levels did drop, and I waited over the weekend and nothing happened...So I went ahead with the D&C on that Monday.

It's hard to believe that something is wrong when you still 'feel' pregnant....that was why I had the Hcg levels drawn......B/c I've heard so many stories that have turned out for the best......So there is always hope......But I would ask to have Hcg drawn.  

I wish you the best...I'll cross my fingers for you that they made a mistake......

[martikadragoon]

and to Vian also~ (vian this is if your currently pregnant and goint thru this) Honestly, I'd suggest getting a second opinion. Seriously. Because doctors can be off on the date of conception.

Are they going on the size of the fetus based on the ultrasound OR your last menstrual period?

Because I've seen women who thought they were 8-9weeks pregnant on here who turned out to only be 4-5w and had missed they're period for a month due to wacky hormones.

[vian]

Hi linny.. yes were the same situation.. im 7 weeks pregnant too accdg to the doctor.. cannot hear any heartbeat and worst no baby found on my u/s.. Doctor said that need to D&C.. but i refused but i can feel that im pregnant too.. although got some spotting.. i refused.. i want to wait for a week and make another u/s.. IF you still feel pregnant.. and dont feel any pain.. Do an u/s and check if theres a baby.. its not easy to decide.. but hate of waiting game..

on my 2nd baby got m/c.. theres a baby but weak and small no heartbeat too.. and they decided that i will undergo D&C.. its so easy.. but frustrating.. because i lose the baby..

just pray dear..take care