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Hi, first off congratulations on your pregnancy. I think every woman worries about miscarriage in pregnancy, i myself have suffered a couple of m/c this year, i am just given you a little insight as to what happened to me, with my first pregnancy i had a natural m/c at 5wks, perhaps a blighted ovumn, i bleed for 2days only as i would with a normal period, i actually got pregnant again straight away with no period in between, had an early scan at 6wks 5days when i saw and heard the heartbeat, i went back for my 12wk scan only to be told no longer a heartbeat and it only measured 8wks, i still had some of my pregnancy symptons at this stage but some had also left me around the 8wk mark. I had no miscarriage symptons at all, no pains, no bleeding, nothing, this is what is known as a MISSED MISCARRIAGE, i had to get a d&c this time. I just want you to know that i am only given you my story and explaining what a missed m/c is, by reading your story so far there is absolutely nothing to indicate there should be a problem, i wish you all the best of luck with your pregnancy and just take care of yourself.

I am pretty sure that missed miscarriages happen when you don't know your pregnant and you miscarry with a period. I had a miscarriage a little over a year ago and I bled (very light for a couple of days then like a regular period for a couple of weeks) and I had some very mild cramping. But the bleeding and cramping vary from person to person. I was 9 weeks along when I lost my baby and all my pregnancy symptoms gradually went away as my hormone levels returned back to normal.

Please try to relax! Remember stress is bad for your unborn baby and your body. Just have faith that everything is ok and more than likely it is. Call your doctor if you start bleeding or are having cramps that worry you and they will be able to guide you from there. Good luck!

I have been concerned about miscarriage too, from what I have read you loose your pregnancy symptoms before a miscarriage. I am 11 weeks and I still have nausea, tiredness and sore breasts so I take this to mean everything is going along ok. At around 14 weeks the placenta takes over and usually the nausea , etc get better (I think the sore breasts take a while to settle down, from my experience). I am looking forward to reaching the 2nd trimester when miscarriage is less of a risk. Try not to worry too much and good luck.

The stats are good that if you saw/heard the heart beat then you should be in the clear. Although there is always a chance for miscarriage even though that happened, it is a VERY low percentage. If you are not bleeding or cramping, there is no reason to believe baby is not progressing normally! Good luck mama and try to not worry so much!

With missed miscarriages, the symptoms of pregnancy persist. But there is no reason to believe that you have suffered one. So just be on the lookout for excessive cramps or bleeding.

Noleen's description of a missed miscarriage is correct. What Dark described early in his response is known as a chemical pregnancy. You have obviously not had one of those.

Also, you would not lose your symptoms before a miscarriage. It actually takes time for the hormones to decrease back to pre-pregnancy levels.

But remember, at your stage, every week means a decreased risk of miscarriage. And there is no reason to expect that you will suffer one.