9Weeks Pregnancy but No Heartbeat. It Happens Second Time to Me

So very, very sorry.

Please go to a fertility specialist. They can test you to find out if you are missing something important that they can help you with. This happens to other women, too, and the doctors can give them hormones to protect the fetus. Maybe this would help you too.

There is a kind of infertility where you have no trouble getting pregnant but you have trouble staying pregnant.
It's called Luteal Phase Failure.
When a follicle pops to release an egg at ovulation, the follicle becomes the corpus luteum and produced progesterone to help you stay pregnant long enough until the placenta makes enough progesterone to keep everything going (the placenta takes over around the 2nd trimester).
Sometimes the corpus luteum doesn't make enough progesterone.
When we went through IVF to have our son the Dr had me take daily progesterone shots till I was several weeks into the 2nd trimester.
I got so tired of jabbing needles into my thighs but it was easy enough to do myself.
That might be a possibility in your case.
Talk to your doctor about it.

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I'm sorry. Having been through 3 miscarriages myself - between 12 and 22 weeks. It's never easy.

None of us here can tell you why this is happening. I don't know why I lost my first two babies at 12 and 14 weeks. We know why we lost Alexis at 22 weeks as we had an autopsy done.

You need to talk with your OB/GYN and see if you need to see a specialist in fertility to have tests run to see if there is a genetic problem for the miscarriages.

Please see your doctor. Talk with him/her about genetic testing to see what is going on.

Good luck!

I would ask my doctor to check my progesterone levels as well whether I have a genetic MTHFR mutation.

I'd get all the hormone levels checked while I'm at it.

Good luck - so sorry you're going through this. <<hugs>>

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Early miscarriage happens for a lot of reasons, and I don't think anyone can really pinpoint what is going on. But 1 in 4 pregnancies do result in miscarriage. it is natures way of making sure we have healthy babies.

Again, I am so sorry for your loss.

This happened to me many times as a young woman and it broke my heart every time. I did end up having two healthy children though. Sometimes there is no reason for it. In my case I found out many years later I had quite severe hypothyroidism which may have been a factor, as it has a strong effect on the reproductive system. Get a blood test done to check your TSH levels. Ideally they should be around 2 and not much higher for conception. Good luck and take heart - most of us have been through it and as much as it hurts, it does not necessarily mean you won't ever be able to carry to term.

I am so sorry you're going through this. I wish we could give you a concrete answer, but sometimes, there just isn't one. I would advise asking your OB to run various tests to make sure nothing is "off" with your body, hormones, etc.

A friend of mine had a healthy baby, followed by two first trimester miscarriages (one happened naturally, the second lost a heartbeat but didn't pass on its own). Her doctors confirmed that she could easily get pregnant but couldn't maintain the pregnancy. She saw an acupuncturist and an herbalist who each specialized in fertility for several months. She made changes to her diet and her environment. After several months of treatment, she and her husband started trying again and ended up with a healthy, full-term boy.

Obviously, alternative methods aren't for everyone, but it's worth considering.

Sending hugs and good thoughts.

I’m sorry that you are going through this. I had 2 missed miscarriages in a row around 6 1/2 weeks. The last one was February 2012. I was devastated and there was a chromosomal abnormality. We thought that we would never have another baby. Now, I am sitting next to my beautiful, healthy 6 month old baby girl Audrey. She truly is a blessing. I was so scared with this pregnancy. However, my Dr. gave me progesterone to help with the pregnancy. Either way, as devastated as I was with the loss of my two babies, I am thankful that I have my little blessing. Please hang I there and get some counseling. It really helped me come out of a very dark place.

I'm truly sorry for your loss. It is so hard to have questions and sometimes looking for someone, ANYONE, who can offer comfort or answers is all you can think of.
I'm sorry for the extremely INSENSITIVE remark below mine. Clearly someone who has never experienced a loss, or someone who only thinks her own questions are important.
Hang in there, and try to find an OB who can help you get to the bottom of why this is happening. You may have low progesterone, and that could be contributing to the losses. That was what my problem was. Find a OB who will check your progesterone levels throughout your 1st trimester, and prescribe Prometrium for you to support those levels.

I am so sorry for your losses. I have been told the doctors typically can't say what happened when a miscarriage happens so early. My mom's first two pregnancies resulted in miscarriages but then she went on to have 3 healthy kids. I lost my first to miscarriage too.

Once again so sorry about your babies.

So sorry! Generally, a second miscarriage like this triggers a trip to the fertility specialist --especially when they are back to back. It may be a hormonal imbalance that can be corrected.