Empty sac?

heathieo · July 2012

I just had my first appt at what I thought was 7.5 weeks and my yolk sac formed, but there is nothing in it. I'm beyond disappointed. They said because of that I am probably closer to 5 wks but this could indicate a problem. Has anyone else discovered an empty sac during an US and had a positive outcome still? Trying to stay hopeful....

dande2129 · July 2012

I have not, but just wanting to extend my T&Ps and good vibes. When will you know what's going on? Are they going to do a quantitative blood test?

mkanderson85 · July 2012

Your timing is probably just off. This happened to me with DD and they made me go back a week later for another u/s and that one was just fine.

PrimRoseMama · July 2012

You might be earlier than you thought or suffering a loss called blighted ovum. Try not to despair. Are they going to give you another ultrasound later or draw blood work to see what your numbers are?

I hope you are just earlier and baby is younger than you think. Fingers crossed that this has a happy ending for you.

heathieo · July 2012

Thanks ladies-next US is Aug 10th.

smurf605 · July 2012

August 10th is a long time to wait and worry. I would ask if they could do some blood work before then.

heathieo · July 2012

I am so new to this, I don't even know what you mean by "betas".

Shayliz · July 2012

Your dates could be off if you don't know exactly when you ovulated. When I was 5 weeks along, a gestational sac with yolk sac was all we saw. I went back 2 weeks later and we had a baby with a heartbeat.

Carla6394 · July 2012

I had an abdominal ultrasound at 6w1d that just showed an empty sac. Good luck.

Carla6394 · July 2012

heathieo:
I am so new to this, I don't even know what you mean by "betas".

its blood work which will measure that amount of HcG (pregnancy hormone). you have the blood work at 48 hour intervals and number should double.

heathieo · July 2012

And how did things turn out? Did your next appt give you more positive news?

PrimRoseMama · July 2012

heathieo:
And how did things turn out? Did your next appt give you more positive news?

If you use the quote button we will know who you are addressing this question to.

christycritter · July 2012

I'm experiencing the same thing. I thought I was about 8 weeks at my first appointment today, but my doctor said there wasn't anything in my sac. Then she thought she was able to see a flickering and said that could be the baby's heartbeat. I know she is trying to prepare me for the worst, but now I am obsessing over it. I go back next week for a more detailed ultrasound in the radiology department.

Sending good thoughts your way!

dande2129 · July 2012

smurf605:
August 10th is a long time to wait and worry. I would ask if they could do some blood work before then.

So two weeks from today?

We had the problem where my dates were off, and they thought LO stopped growing. They scheduled another u/s two weeks from the day, but in the meantime, gave us the option to draw and compare hcg levels. We opted for the blood draw AND the u/s.

I'd request the consecutive blood draws.

ETA: Once we had the results back from the blood, we breathed a sigh of relief and both agreed that we were glad we had them done, because we couldn't imagine waiting that loooooong two weeks to find out if our babe was even growing.

utgirl2 · July 2012

I had an empty sac at 5 weeks 2 days and went in for a 7 week ultra sound and there was a baby in there. You never know! The doc though for sure I was going to have a miscarriage.

jjhp2018 · July 2012

*lurking*

We thought we were about 6 weeks when I went to the ER for spotting red. My beta levels were well over 10,000 yet when they did the u/s there was only a small, empty sac. The tech even said it's so small I can't get a measurement on it.

Due to my high levels and still seeing nothing they diagnosed me as having a miscarriage. 4 days later our old RE got us in for a follow up u/s and there was a baby WITH a heartbeat. Turns out I was only 5w 2d at the ER and even though my levels were high it was still too early to see anything in the sac.

Try to hang in there and I would ask for some follow up bloodwork as well.

singingsea · July 2012

I had an empty sac at my 6 week u/s. Turned out I was actually 5 weeks. Had another one a week later and there was a embryo and heartbeat.

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