Misdiagnosed Miscarriage Stories

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Miscarriages Can Be Misdiagnosed!

Hi. My name is Kay and I am the mother of a now six-year-old not-so-blighted ovum.

I was misdiagnosed back in 2002 and told at my 5 1/2 and 6 week ultrasounds that I most likely had a blighted ovum. After my 7 and 8 week ultrasounds, my doctor strongly recommended a D&C due to blighted ovum. At nearly 9 weeks, we saw my baby for the first time on ultrasound, beating heart and all!  I was also misdiagnosed with miscarriage due to heavy bleeding during my first pregnancy.  As a result, I have a passion for getting the word out that, yes, miscarriages are sometimes misdiagnosed.

I believe every woman deserves to have no doubt before having her pregnancy ended.

 

I am not a medical professional. The information I share is meant to supplement the information given you by your doctor. If you feel your doctor is not doing enough for you or not willing to listen to your concerns, I strongly encourage you to take what you've learned here and get a second opinion.

A Word about "False Hope" 

Some folks might say that by sharing these stories, we are giving false hope to other women who are diagnosed with a miscarriage. Many women are destined to miscarry and none of these stories will change the pregnancy's ultimate destiny. However, when somebody is diagnosed with a serious condition or terminal illness, they are told to seek a second opinion. Often times the second opinion will simply verify what the patient has already been told. On the flip side however, many people find they've been misdiagnosed. Miscarriage is no different and, yes, miscarriages are misdiagnosed, more often than once thought.

My hope by sharing these stories is that you ask the important questions of your doctor and don't feel pressured into ending your pregnancy too soon especially if you have no serious complications (i.e. infection, ectopic or molar pregnancy, etc...). If you feel you are being rushed into ending your pregnancy, get a second opinion. We've even had women get third and fourth opinions before finding their babies! You deserve to have no doubt you are miscarrying before ending your pregnancy.

The Background Behind these Stories 

These stories have been collected on the Misdiagnosed Miscarriage site. By compiling these stories, our hope is that the medical community will stand up, take notice and reevaluate how they evaluate a pregnancy.

So, Can a Miscarriage be Misdiagnosed? 

You Decide.

Some of these stories fit into several categories and you may find them in several different areas here. Also, you'll find women definitively diagnosed and others are just given the possibility. Either way, you may find some helpful information in these stories.

This is a post in progress. We'll be adding new posts over time.

High HCGs (over 10,000) and no baby
PortlandJen's story
Angel's story
Kimpbrakke's story
Tao's story
RawBanana's story
LilPippi's story
LoriMomTo3's story
Christa's story
Teresa's story
Peanut's story
Nikkixo's story
KatrinaD's story
Elegit's story
Goldie's story
3under2's story
ShelBelle's story
Lola's story
Kat318's story
AllyKhata's story
Prayin4you's story
Sadie's story
Grandma's story
Christy's story
KelMac's story
GonetoExplore's story
Tera's story
SarahJan's story
lltruc's story
Steph's story
Swolladad's story
Becky's story
ArcMedic's story
HopefulMom23's story
AlexM's story
Becky Lee's story
Beth's story
AutumnMuse's story
Seraphina's story
Mommyof3waitingon4's story
Chaos' story
Ashley1985's story
AspensMommi's story
Suzanne's story
BelievingGod's story
NurseErvin's story
Tanya's story
Eproosow's story
Linbran's story
AmyCeleste's story
Jen's story

Looking one to two weeks behind (keep in mind, this is very common if you have a tilted uterus)
OctoberLibreMom1's story
Starparticle's story
Nikkixo's story
Isabel's story
PrayingFor#2's story
KatrinaD's story
Amy's story
Hate2Wait's story
Lanzandbaz's story
JessHoping's story
Katiej1's story
Dlaysia's story
LaLa's story
Carson'sMommy's story
Living4Christ's story
MargaretEllen's story
Hunee's story
Fabi42's story
Christine's story
JLABoss's story
MrsRhone's story
Sarah's post
BelievingGod's story

High hCG's or beyond seven weeks, non-retroverted uterus
PipersMomma13's story
RayRay's story
MargaretEllen's story
Sarah's post

Large gestational sac and no baby
SnagglePussMommy's story
CarinaNatalie's story
PaulaK's story
Nicola's story
Jewelie Cheek's story

And Yet More Stories: 

Diagnosed with blighted ovum too soon (before eight weeks)
Hedr22's story
Mothershipof4's story
Moore&Moore's story
Azgrl's story
NolosMom's story
Flick's story
Rheil's story
ShelBelle's story
Shelley75's story
Browngirl24's story
Tanikit's story
Lee6009's Story
Pleiades' story
Emily825's story
Dannie's story
Stormyluv269's story
RayRay's story
Conrad's story
MetaZone's story
Carmen's story
Liz's story
Leila's story
JLABoss's story
JuleS77's story
Kelsey177's post
MystiMae's story
NurseErvin's story
KimmyAnn's story
HG's story
SummerBreeze's story
HappyHusbands story

Misdiagnosed blighted ovum babies found at eight or nine weeks
Barbyqt11's post
Teresa's story
Peanut's story
Carol's story
Amy's story
Goldie's story
dygpr97's story
Susan's story
Mom2jenmae's story
Prayin4you's story
Living4Christ's story
SunshineSuprises story
Tera's story
Beth's story
Crystal's story
Christine's story
Kellene's story
Liz's story
DJCal's story
KaiserRoll's story
Suzanne's story

Babies found after ten weeks
TummySquirrel's story
RagMomma's story
AndBabieMakes3's story
Cathy's story
Jraestarshooter's story
BeccaB's story
Nantucket's story
Akd619's story
BelovedSteph_Mom of Ethan's story
SammieJo's story
KayeinAZ's story
Shelley's story
MrsCK's story

Misdiagnosed ectopic
Swolladad's story
Jennifer's story
MissyMedic
Summer70's story
Ashley1985's story

Misdiagnosed molar or partial molar
ljscooby's story
TessaMommy's story

Low Progesterone
JeanneBud's story
Nikkixo's story
MystiMae's story

Diagnosed with dilated cervix
TwinsMama's story
Theresa's story
Jkautzgirl's story

Misdiagnosed and dealing with MTHFR
MaFielder's story

Thoughts, Comments, Links to more Stories? 

Do you know of another misdiagnosed miscarriage story on the web? Do you have one of your own? We'd love to add that story to our list. We still find some in the medical profession who claim a misdiagnosed miscarriage never happens or rarely happens. This list is making them take notice.

Also, if you can think of any way to improve this list and make it more helpful for women, please, let me know.

If I don't reply to you here, please feel free to e-mail me directly at bonzobean@gmail.com

If you are wondering if you are misdiagnosed, please visit The Misdiagnosed Miscarriage site for support.

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    Sagelet Sagelet Aug 10, 2009 @ 9:33 pm
    I have to thank you for helping to give me hope over a very difficult weekend. While my outcome is by no means assured, I did want to let you know about my miscarriage scare, relating to HCG levels. At 2 weeks my HCG levels were 143, at 5 weeks I got a reading of roughly 6,000 then 2 days later the levels had dropped down to 4,000. My GP told me that this meant a missed abortion and that we needed to discuss options (D & C, letting nature take its course, vs meds to induce contractions). She was very good about not pressuring me to decide right away. I knew I needed to take another blood test to be able to accept this result. I took one today (3 days after the 4,000 level reading), and received results of over 11,000! What I now suspect happened (based on readings at another website) is that I had taken a sleeping pill 2 nights before the 6,000 level blood test & apparently hypnotic sleeping pills (eg: ambien, zopiclone) have been linked with falsely high HCG readings.
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    Kellypaz Kellypaz Jun 14, 2009 @ 6:16 am
    I had transvaginal ultrasound and the doctor said there was no fetal pole, it was an empty gestational sac, I am worried now coz I really want this pregnancy, also the doctor said I should have a sonogram again after two weeks though it was already 6 weeks and 5 days since my first ultrasound, i was also told I probably have dc, I 'm afraid and still had a trauma coz I already had one 7 months ago, I am really terrified, and trying to keep my hopes up, some stories here are really inspiring.....
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    Kellypaz Kellypaz Jun 14, 2009 @ 6:16 am
    I had transvaginal ultrasound and the doctor said there was no fetal pole, it was an empty gestational sac, I am worried now coz I really want this pregnancy, also the doctor said I should have a sonogram again after two weeks though it was already 6 weeks and 5 days since my first ultrasound, i was also told I probably have dc, I 'm afraid and still had a trauma coz I already had one 7 months ago, I am really terrified, and trying to keep my hopes up, some stories here are really inspiring.....
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    Kellypaz Kellypaz Jun 14, 2009 @ 6:16 am
    I had transvaginal ultrasound and the doctor said there was no fetal pole, it was an empty gestational sac, I am worried now coz I really want this pregnancy, also the doctor said I should have a sonogram again after two weeks though it was already 6 weeks and 5 days since my first ultrasound, i was also told I probably have dc, I 'm afraid and still had a trauma coz I already had one 7 months ago, I am really terrified, and trying to keep my hopes up, some stories here are really inspiring.....
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    Guitarnut Guitarnut Jun 12, 2009 @ 1:09 pm
    Awesome lens. I just wish I had found it 2 days ago. Yesterday evening, my youngest daughter had a D&C because there was no heartbeat visible on ultrasound and she was spotting. After reading only a few of the stories I will now always wonder what if.
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