Am 8 weeks pregnant and have had a scan that showed a pregnancy sac in womb, but no baby yet? has anyone ever experienced this before?

[matildarose]

[mummy2]

i had the same experience that it means that what u got it is called blighted ovum with just sack no baby. You going to miscarriage and the sack will come out of u and heavy bleeding and big blood cloths and i am sorry for ur lost. good luck . x

[Skyblueboston]

No I haven't personally, but this doesn't sound good, by six weeks a heartbeat can be seen and by eight weeks your baby is a little jelly bean bouncing around.

My first pregnancy I saw the baby at six weeks , looks like a diamond ring with a flashing heartbeat, by seven weeks tiny but taking form with a heart beat, but for me at nine weeks I had a tiny drop if red blood and cramping, had a scan and the baby was still there but no heartbeat. I had an erpc.

I hope that maybe your dates are wrong and you are earlier than you think! Are they going to re-scan you?

I wish you luck and I hope you have lots of support if its not a good outcome. X

[matildarose in reply to Skyblueboston]

Thank you for your response. Even though it is not the answer I was wanting to hear. I have a scan next week, hopefully that will show something, and maybe not as many weeks as originally thought.

[kimmy01]

hi, don't give up hope, just think positive,

you could be earlier on that's why cant see baby yet,

take care x

[matildarose in reply to kimmy01]

Thanks Kimmy01 appreciate your response. I will stay positive until the scan, but will bare in mind it could be bad news.

I do think that is the point of this website. Even though it should be to helpful and honest. I do think someone answering positively does help.

[hyawoffa]

Hya hun just read ur post. I misscarried in october 2012 . I went for a scan to see how far I was and I was positive I got my dates right and I should of been 11 weeks when they scanned me but the scan shown just a sac at 6 weeks with no heart beat the booked me back for a week later to see if it was my mistake with the dates but it wasnt I was sure I was right and I was there was no heart beat I just didnt misscarry for a furthee 6 weeks . A heart beat can be detected from as early as 4 weeks . Misscarrages happen when the baby is not meant to be its hard but keep strong ur time will come. Hopefully u have got ur dates wrong sorry to be so blunt but like u said its best to not get ur hopes up . When I went back for my scan a week later I said to myself . Im not pregnant im just going for my pregnancy test and if theres no heart beat its negative and if its formed it positive I learned from getting my hopes up I bought bottles clothes the lot and it devastated me more try not to think about it ur time will come good luck keep us updates hunny x