Does anyone know how common mmc is?

Does anyone know how common it is to have a missed miscarriage? I’m pregnant but terrified of losing the baby due to previous missed miscarriage. Everyone keeps telling me “as long as you’re not bleeding then you’re fine”. Is that true? Is it true that missed miscarriages are rarer than ‘normal’ miscarriages?
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My first pregnancy ended in missed miscarriage so I understand the fear. If you're worried then best thing you can do is book a private reassurance scan for peace of mind. My 2nd pregnancy I had spotting at 5 weeks 6 days, exactly how far along I was when it first happened with my miscarriage. You can imagine how that scared the crap out of us! I ended up being given a scan at the early pregnancy unit on the NHS & that put my mind at rest because she was fine. She's 2½ now. Age is a factor, it's much more likely if you're over 35, even more so over 40. My sister in law had 2 missed miscarriages before getting pregnant with my niece who's 5 now. I felt even more confident when my clothes started getting tight at 10 weeks without my having put any weight on yet. If you can't relax & stop worrying then definitely try & get a reassurance scan ❤️

I’m only 5 weeks at the moment so I don’t think they’ll see me yet. Maybe I’ll be able to get one soon but the midwives don’t seem bothered so who knows!

I mean, a MMC or silent miscarriage is generally is one that happens without a sign, so there would be no bleeding. I had a MMC at 12 weeks, there was no sign anything was wrong. If I’d been for a private scan up until 10 weeks, all would have most likely looked fine. There was no bleeding to hint anything was wrong. I have however had spotting and bleeding in both of my successful pregnancies. I do think they’re less common than ‘regular’ miscarriages.

I had a MMC in 22 with my very first. I didn’t have bleeding, or any other symptoms. The way I knew was I had lost all pregnancy symptoms. My doctor, my ex, everyone told me it was fine because I wasn’t bleeding, but it wasn’t fine. I lost them at 9 weeks, found out at 12 weeks, and actually miscarried at 15 weeks. Roughly 10-15% of all pregnancies are losses. 50-75% are chemical pregnancies, and only roughly 3% are MMC. They are quite uncommon, but sadly it happens. If you still have pregnancy symptoms you’re likely still pregnant. I am constantly freezing when pregnant, I stopped when I lost them at 9 weeks which was my biggest tell. Try to breath. I’m pregnant again and I went to the ER at 5 weeks for bleeding (I thought I was further) and they diagnosed me with a threatened which is just unexplained bleeding and no heart beat. I went into my doctor a week later and I seen the heartbeat. Next week hopefully I’ll hear it. Sending love and 🤞🏻 for a sticky nugget!

If you’re really nervous I’d say wait a week till you’re 6 weeks and go to the ER. You can’t do it regularly as your insurance will throw a fit… but it would give you peace of mind for at least a little while.

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