Blighted Ovum - Misdiagnosed?
Hi,
I was recently told that I have had a missed miscarriage. U/s at 6w3d showed that I had a gestational sac & yolk sac but no embryo.
I have been scheduled for a d&c this Friday, but because I had bleeding over the weekend my gp wanted me to have an u/s to check if everything had gone naturally so I could avoid Friday's procedure.
Today's u/s showed a fetal pole which was not visible in previous scans.. The doc at the u/s office recommended not to go ahead with d&c as yet and a follow up u/s in 1 week and blood tests for hormone levels.
Is this just false hope?
Blighted Ovum - Misdiagnosed
I've had a blighted ovum (diagnosed at 7wks) and missed m/c at 10 weeks. With the blighted ovum, there was no change between scans and definitely no fetal pole. I think that a second scan is definitely worth doing in your case. If possible, request a transvaginal scan as they show alot more detail than abdominal scans for early pregnancies, particularly those that are a bit iffy.