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If she had miscarried previously she would've bled. My guess is either her pregnancy test was a false positive or the ultrasound tech is wrong or the babies are measuring behind. I don't think she is having a miscarriage. Light bleeding/spotting is normal in early pregnancy and especially in twin pregnancies. Best thing for her to do is call her OB and have them take a look.

She's going in tomorrow morning for more bloodwork and another u/s. This waiting is so hard though. I had a m/c so that's like all I can think. I can't be objective anymore.
Thanks, I didn't think about perhaps a false positive. It was a blue dye test... hmmm

If I'm understanding this correctly,, it sounds like a missed miscarriage. That is when the embryo stops development, usually for chromosomal reasons, yet the body doesn't realize that the embryo has died. Hcg will continue to rise, symptoms continue, etc. Missed miscarriages can even occur after an early ultrasound has detected a heartbeat. Sadly, something goes wrong.

@eag923

That's what I was worried about. Do you think it's possible for her to bleed a little and then stop if it's a missed m/c? Wouldn't the bleeding get worse if she was miscarrying?

Not necessarily. It could just start off as off/on spotting. Sometimes, it takes so long they just do the d&c once it is obvious the pregnancy isn't viable. A co worker of mine had a blighted ovum. She didn't start to bleed until 14 weeks. She had been seeing a midwife, so she never had an early u/s to show no development. Most embryos have a heartbeat by 6.4 wks, so it is most likely a missed miscarriage. I'm sorry. It is heart breaking.

I can relate to the situation that you describe. With one of my pregnancies I experienced spotting at 11'weeks. I had no ultrasound done at 6 weeks that time to confirm a heartbeat. So at 11 weeks they checked me because of the spotting and found a yolk sac and a fetal pole with no heartbeat measuring around 6 weeks. My dr called it a missed miscarriage and I ended up having an emergency D&C because of massive bleeding at home. I hope things will go differently for your friend, but what you describe reminds me very much of what happened to me a few years ago. The best wishes.

Thanks for the support. That's my favorite thing about this site.
My friend went to her Dr appt this morning and they told her that her babies stopped growing at 8 weeks and had shrunk down to 6 weeks. She is opting for a D & C tomorrow.
It's weird because growing up, I thought it was always easy to get pregnant and carry a baby to term. No one ever really talked about miscarriage. Now both my best friend and I have been through one. And so many other ladies here on this site. It's so heartbreaking. But it is what it is and thank you ladies for being there.