chemical vs. m/c

Trish36 · #1 June 17th, 2009, 03:40 PM

I went in for another bt this morning to a walk in clinic. (I can't sit in limbo until next week to know what is going on) The dr. there was super nice. I actually felt like I could have asked him anything and he would have taken the time to chat with me. He sent me for a bt and gave me a requisition for an u/s - but said to wait until 7 weeks if everything was ok with the bt.

I did poas again (I know crazy!!!) and the line is actually lighter than it was last night, so I am 99% sure that the numbers are going down. I think it's just a matter of time now. I'm doing okay...just want this to be over with. We'll probably take a break for a couple of months after this and wait for my appointment with the fertility specialist. No point in getting pregnant if I keep on losing the baby. I feel like I'm on an emotional rollercoaster right now.

I'm wondering, since I'm only 4 weeks 2 days today, do you think that the baby will be reabsorbed or will I actually m/c? Not sure what to expect. Will this be considered a chemical cause it's so early or a m/c cause it was actually confirmed by bt.

Should I expect contractions and passing of clots and tissue or just a heavy period? So many questions.

Sue46 · #2 June 17th, 2009, 04:06 PM

Trish I JUST went through the same thing. *** is going on?

Anyway, I was sitting in class when I swear I felt what I would call my uterus contract. I went ot the bathroom about 30 minutes later and I had started bleeding. It got progressively heavier within the next 2-3 hours. I was passing HUGE clots. It was nothing like a normal period. I also passed lots of tissue and sticky, stretchy, slimy like substance. I'm pretty sure I passed the little sack (it was about the size of a ping pong ball) over night. It didn't hurt much at all for me, less than my period cramps but by what was coming out of me it was definitly a m/c.

I'm sorry your going through this.

Trish36 · #3 June 17th, 2009, 04:13 PM

Thanks Sue. This just sucks! Not fair that we have to go through this again.

I'm just going to let my body deal with it in it's own time, since I'm not in a rush to ttc again. I just hope I won't be in the middle of a meeting when it decides to do it. that's my biggest fear.

Sue46 · #4 June 17th, 2009, 04:17 PM

Yep, we're taking a TTC break til the fall too. I am in no rush! I'm also going to a new Dr and they will hopefully be proactive.

~Angela~ · #5 June 17th, 2009, 04:32 PM

I am so sorry that both of you have to go through this...AGAIN. Trish, I hope it goes easily physically for you.

momof6lopez · #6 June 17th, 2009, 07:12 PM

Trish, again I cant even say words to show how much this sucks. Since your in your 4th week, you very well could absorb the baby into your lining. the only way to know for sure if there will be clots and lots of m/c material, is to do an u/s and see if your baby ever developed a sac. If there is a sac, then I would say yes, you will experience more than just a heavy period. If there is a sac, then this would be a m/c not a chemical. A chemical pregnancy by definition is only when the fertilized egg attaches but never developes beyond that point. Usually a chemical is diagonsed as a pregnancy before the 6th. week. But, if the sac did develope, and it were empty, than it would be a blighted ovum, not a chemical . With a blighted ovum you have to watch the numbers as they usually do get higher, but not actually double. And the sac keeps getting bigger until your body realizes there is no baby in it, this can go all the way to 12wks like this. (happened to me 10yrs ago.) If there were a sac and a yolk, than it would be a m/c. I hope this helps, but even with all the different terms, a baby is still a baby, no matter how far along you were and it hurts just the same. When our dreams our shattered yet once again, it never really matters what stage of the pregnancy you were in when you lost it for it to be real. Im so sorry for this to happen to you.

Trish36 · #7 June 18th, 2009, 07:14 AM

Thanks Lori for the great explanation. It totally makes sense. I guess I will have to wait and see and go for an u/s next week if nothing happens. Still hoping that a miracle will happen and the number do go up!

momof6lopez · #8 June 18th, 2009, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Trish36

Thanks Lori for the great explanation. It totally makes sense. I guess I will have to wait and see and go for an u/s next week if nothing happens. Still hoping that a miracle will happen and the number do go up!

Me too. You can never out smart mother nature. Even with the smartest Dr.'s and all the facts on the table, she holds the "Ace" in whole. Im praying for you sweetie.