From what everyone els is saying, my body must be weird, as with my first successful pregnancy, they were able to pick up a heartbeat at 4 weeks via internal ultrasound.

Hun, I've been through this too, before finally having success.  My current partner and I went through 16 weeks (ok, so I did!) of a pregnancy only to be told that our baby had died around 6 weeks.  There was a sac and what looked like the remains of our baby to be.  Wasn't impressed as I had gone through terrible morning sickness for the whole time!!

Any ways, if you feel you need a second opinion, then get it.  That is your right and their responsibility to help you to gain one.

While by now, there should be a detectable heartbeat, it is possible that the baby is deeply buried in the sac still, which could mean you are less along than first thought.  If this is the case, then their equipment will have a harder time picking up on a heartbeat.

Miscarriage doesn't always come with bleeding.  I've had some that I did bleed, but as given above, I never bled with that one, and to prevent toxicity, had a d&c done to prevent complications with my health too.  It was a sad time, but it can also be an indication that your body is just not ready right now.  You might be stressed too much.

I'm sorry you are going through this.  Here on minti, you will find a lot of support to help you through it.

Hey honey, Firstly I am really sorry to hear the bad news. My thoughts are with you.

Secondly, you have the right to seek a second professional opinion if thats what you wish to do. I have very recently been through this myself and my doc dragged it out and out even after I asked him to end it. I still had all the symptoms of a normal healthy pregnancy. Went for my scan, and there was a sac but no baby. Blood tests showed my beta hcg levels were still rising even though I was bleeding. and had been since the day after my scan. three weeks later and millions of blood tests They had started to drop and quiet signifigantly. After this I was booked in for a d&c. It is called blighted ovum.

Thirdly you have the choice to have a d&c or to let your body to expel everything naturally. Doctors generally reccomend a d&c to try and help prevent infections which can become quiet nasty.

If you feel you need someone to chat to about this please feel free to minti mail mail me. And again, my thoughts are with you and your husband. Fingers are crossed for the best outcome. xxx.

are you sure you're 7 weeks? if you happen to have your dates wrong and you're 4 or 5 then it could  be that it's too small to detect, but around 7-8 weeks onwards generally there isn't a chance of a baby in there.

if you're adamant and certain then get a second opinion, i hope for your sake that there is a baby there, but pregnancy hormones do weird things to you. you will still feel pregnant cos of the hormones even if there's not actual baby inside the sac. i think you can risk infection or infertility if you wait too long, i'd ask the doctor what the problems could be.

just on a side note i didn't think scans were booked until 10 weeks of gestation.

I would suggest seeking councelling if the procedure is to be performed.

hey first of all sorry to hear this xxxx, my sis inlaw went through this she got 3 different opinions and she was right ,she was preg.  soo if i want get a second opinion if it helps you

xxx good luck

Try talking to a doctor about it again before the procedure, INSIST on a second opinion as it is your body they're dealing with here, not a lab rat, and just tell him/her EXACTLY what you told us here. Explain that you're horrified of the thought that maybe the scans are wrong and the baby just wasn't seen and to have it removed like that if there is one is a thought you can't bare. If they have even a slight doubt, they might send you off for another test just to be sure, but if they are ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE without a doubt that there is no baby, then they will still want you to go ahead with the procedure, and if they have any common sense or respect for you, they will also send you to a counselor who can help you get through it.

I am really sorry to say but this has happened to me, it is what is called a mole pregnancy....

My body still believed it was pregnant.  But my baby died at four weeks. The sac kept growing.

I know it is a very upsetting thing to have to go through.  I have been though it.

I actually asked to wait before they removed it, but I was told the sooner the better or it could stay and cause an infection and possibly become infertile.

I know it is horrible, and nothing could really make up for that loss, but on my bright side, I fell pregnant with my son a few months after. 

I had trouble getting pregnant, it took me four years to fall pregnant the first time. And then I had the miscarriage. I was very upset. 

I believe though for me my body needed to be cleaned out, and maybe had I have had myself looked at before I fell pregnant this may not have occurred.  But it did...

I am now pregnant with my second.   I don't know if that is any comfort to you and I am really sorry for what you are going through. 

I have been there, I know what it is like.  I could not believe it when they told me there was no baby, but my body was saying three months pregnant.... 

I wish you all the luck with this and that you get though it...  My heart is with you....

Jess xxxxx