slow heart rate 6/7 weeks

[hcs204]

Hi everyone, I’ve just had an early scan and the heart rate was only 100bpm, I thought I was 7 weeks but they’re saying 6 weeks and that I need to come back for another scan in a week to see if things are progressing. Should I be preparing myself for the worst or have people had similar experiences and it been ok? Don’t know how to get through the next week waiting 😭 Thanks for any advice x

[Doodlebug23]

They often can’t see a heartbeat so early so hopefully it’s a good sign 🤞🏼

[Twiglet2]

Im so sorry you’ve got this worry, I’ve been there myself and time seems to stand still when you are waiting to go back. was this an IVF pregnancy or natural? With IVF we know the dates exactly so if you think you are 7 weeks with an IVF pregnancy then you are 7 weeks and the measurement was behind but if it’s not IVF it can very easily be out by a week. Even if it was IVF if it was an external scan it’s not as accurate and measurements between the weeks is tiny mm at this stage. Good news there was a heartbeat so early I hope everything is progressing nicely when you go back next week xx

[hcs204 in reply to Twiglet2]

Thank you for taking the time to reply, this was a natural pregnancy while in the process of doing fertility tests, I had a HyCoSy the month it happened. Unfortunately I've spent too many hours on google and it sounds like measuring a week behind on it's own wouldn't be such a worry but combined with low heart rate (99bpm) it doesn't look promising : ( It's the uncertainty that's the worst but hopefully I'll have an answer in a week's time. I hope you had a happy outcome x

[Twiglet2 in reply to hcs204]

I know I googled and googled until there wasn’t a google post I hadn’t read! I eventually miscarried at 10weeks after going back for 3 weeks in a row but we didn’t have a heartbeat until 8 weeks and were measuring quite a bit behind with an IVF one so I knew it wasn’t to be. With it being natural you could have ovulated later or conceived later than your dates so there is defo hope and 6weeks is really early for a heartbeat. With our little boy our clinic wouldn’t even tell us the BpM at 8 weeks as they said it was too early to give those details. I’m really hoping it all turns out okay for you 💜 I’m here if you need to chat xx

[hcs204 in reply to Twiglet2]

That's exactly what I've done, there's nothing left on Google, Reddit or Mumsnet 😂, what else am I going to read between now and the re-scan?! I'm so sorry to it didn't work out for you. That must have been an agonising few weeks, and no matter how supportive people are it's lonely too when it's your body and you're the only one who can over analyse every little twinge and symptom. Thanks again for replying and sharing ❤️

[Millbanks]

Hello lovely,

I'm in a similar boat - I had my viability scan at 6+3 and they could only see an empty sac. They basically told me to go home and wait for a miscarriage but to come back the following week to see if anything had grown.

After a god-awful week of stress we had a 2nd scan - this time they did see a fetal pole and a tiny flicker of what looked like a heartbeat. But it was all too small to really measure and although I should have been 7+3 they said it was more consistent with 6 weeks.

So here we are in another week of hell, waiting for another scan this week to see if anything has changed - if there is any more growth.

But if my little bean was able to grow in a week like that, there is definitely hope for your little one's heartbeat picking up. SO much can change in that time - literally overnight - so there is a lot of hope. I have everything crossed for you.

xx

[hcs204]

it’s just the worst isn’t it, so sorry you’re going through the same. I’m supposed to be going on a hen do the day of my rescan and can’t get out of it because I’m a bridesmaid 🤦🏼‍♀️ Hope you manage to keep busy and the time goes quickly xxx

[hcs204]

Just a quick update for anyone searching for similar situations in the future, we had another scan yesterday and the sonographer said everything is looking good, strong heartbeart and measuring 7 weeks 2 days. She said the previous scan may have been too early if I ovulated later or the embryo implanted later. It's still very early days but for now we're very relieved after a horrible week of anxiety and counting down to the NIPT test in three weeks 🤞

[Kate-92 in reply to hcs204]

Wonderful news 🙏🏼 I hope all goes well for you x sending love x