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Q: I couldn't hear baby's heartbeat and I'm exactly 7 weeks. This is my second baby, and I'm very concerned I'm going to miscarry. I've had no bleeding or spotting or cramping. It's often benign.
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But it can be hard to detect a heartbeat in early pregnancy and in those cases it can be hard to know whether the baby has died or not developed at all, or whether it is simply smaller than expected but still developing.
For that reason, you may be asked to return for another scan a week or so later. At that time, the person doing the scan will be looking for a clear difference in the size of the pregnancy sac and for a developing baby and a heartbeat. Sometimes, it can take several scans before you know for sure what is happening.
You may need to find some support for yourself if this happens to you. If the scan does pick up a heartbeat and the baby appears to be the right size according to your dates, this can be very reassuring, even if you are still bleeding.
So things could still go wrong and sadly sometimes do, but as long as there is a heartbeat, the risk of miscarriage decreases as the weeks go by. In some cases, if there is no sign of a pregnancy in the uterus, you may be given a blood test and possibly asked to return two days later for a repeat test.
In a normally developing pregnancy the hormone levels roughly double about every 48 hours and if the pattern is different, this can help to identify what is happening to the pregnancy. If there is no sign of a pregnancy in the uterus and you have symptoms that suggest ectopic pregnancy, you are more likely to have both a blood test and an investigation called a laparoscopy, which is done under general anaesthetic.
You can read more about this here and in our leaflet Ectopic pregnancy. In all of these situations, the pregnancy will fully miscarry with time, but there are several ways of managing the process. You may be offered a choice, or the hospital might make a recommendation. In most cases, you should be able to have time to think about what you can best cope with.
You can read more here. This leaflet explains what a blighted ovum is — and the different medical terms that might be used when it is diagnosed. Ectopic pregnancy can be a very distressing and frightening experience.
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