2 weeks behind with very low heartbeat... how bad is this?

Question

Help! I had my first ultrasound this morning, as I was supposed to be eight weeks today. Instead, my baby was measured at only 6w1d, and also with a particularly low heart rate of only 82bpm. I'm really afraid this is more than a miscalculation of my dates, and that it's actually that his/her development stopped at six weeks and that the heartbeat won't last much longer either. I've been referred to the early pregnancy unit in the local hospital, but they haven't booked me in yet, and apparently it's likely that they won't see me until next week at the earliest! Has anyone gone through anything similar? If so, how did it work out for you? I'd like to hear both good and bad, so please let me know, whatever the outcome. I think it'll help give me a little hope, but also prepare me for the worst, in case that is what's going to happen! I can't stop thinking about it... This wait, not knowing what's going to happen, or what I can possibly do to help him/her survive is just torturous!

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This is a situation where it's really hard to say. You could really be off on the dates. And then the early heart rate is sometimes low bc that little thing has only just started working.

I went at seven weeks for my first scan and there was no heart beat. They waited a week to see if they would find one. I went back, and they couldn't. But waiting a week also let them see that there was no growth, making it 100 percent clear without a doubt that I had had a missed miscarriage.

The wait sucks but more often than not women get good news! Just try to remain positive!

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Well something kind of similar. I had abnormal bleeding at 5w 5d so they told me to come in the next day for an ultrasound my original appointment was for the next week. Well the heart was 72. They said it should be like over 100. So just had me come in that next(I had stopped bleeding) Of course it was hard waiting a week as I'm also a FTM. But went in and it was 125. So relieved. Then the next week I had abnormal bleeding again, but this time it was more and lasted almost all day. The baby was fine, but because of the bleeding they said I could very well be starting a miscarriage. And it was just natures call at that point. They put me on bed rest for the week. And since then everything has been fine. I'm 28 weeks with a baby boy. So I know the feeling, it's horrible. But I just kept praying and trusting god that no matter what happens he has a reason for it.

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I am so sorry. The same thing happened to me in 2015 and it ended up a missed miscarriage. We heard the heartbeat at 7 weeks but it was 86 bpm. I was told not to worry because maybe my dates were off and the heart had just started beating. I knew that was not the case because my cycles were regular like clock work. I went back at 8 weeks 5 days and there was no longer a heartbeat. I even went a 3rd time because I needed to be sure and unfortunately, it was. I had another loss after that and both were due to low progesterone. I never had bloodwork done because my doctor felt I was extremely healthy and we didn't expect issues. Sorry you are going through this. Hopefully, your outcome will be different. Love and light to you, dear.

2 weeks behind with very low heartbeat... how bad is this?

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