You can't be 1 week pregnant, so 3 weeks. If your doctor told you one week I wouldn't be surprised that he couldn't tell you why, but sometimes there just is no known cause.

I was only 1 week pregnant. My blood test confirmed it by the level of hcg in my system. If I was 3 weeks pregnant the levels would have been higher. My Dr. Couldn't tell me why I miscarried b/c there was nothing to see during the miscarriage that she could test. She said most likely it was not a "good pregnancy". That is what I don't understand- was it the egg? Something with my uterus? What?

You are 2 weeks pregnant when you concieve.... They add two weeks.
Have you tried calling her to ask her?

The doctor is most likely meaning that the baby was 1 week along. In doctors terms, you would be 3 weeks pregnant, but the baby was only a week old.

I am not sure how common it is too miscarry so soon, I am sorry to hear about your loss!

I am sorry to hear 'bout your loss. There are a lot of factors that are believed to somewhat increase the risk of a miscarriage. Yes, it is possible to happen during the first trimester of your pregnancy. In your case, your embryo is 1 week old but you are already considered 3 weeks pregnant. The count starts on the day that you conceived. Miscarriages during the first trimester are usually associated with the embryo either did not attached to the uterus lining properly or underdeveloped, etc. I had my miscarriage between 6th-7th week of my first pregnancy pregnancy. I had some spotting again during the 6th -7th week of my second pregnancy. My ob prescribed me to take a medicine as treatment of progesterone deficiency. My spotting stopped immediately and I am just 4 months away from my due date. Your dr / ob will be the best person to explain the reason of your miscarriage.

I appreciated everyone's thoughts. However, I was truly only 1 week along. I know exactly when I concieved. It was 9 days prior to the test. And yes I have called my Dr. To explain. They told me it was not a good pregnancy but can't tell me why. Like I said I didn't have enough (if at all) tissue to pass. It was so early that nothing could be seen on an ultrasound. I was just wondering if anyone else has had this happen and had normal pregnancies before/after. Thanks.

That is called a pregnancy when you are technically pregnant but the fetus just doesn't keep growing. It is estimated thatmore than 50% of pregnancies are lost in chemical pregnancy. It is very common. I have gone through a miscarriage so I know your pain. What has helped me is reminding myself "at least I wasn't further along" "atleast I can try again" "atleast it wasn't still born..." if anyone reading this has had any of my 'at leasts' happen to you I am increadably sorry. I do not mean to offend and I praise anyone from being able to recover from that and my prayers are with you. I'm just being honest that that's how I survived my miscarriage.

I would say 95% of the time mom had nothing to do with it. Especially at only one week. Baby hadnt even implanted yet--yes that would be a chemical preg. Cuz at that point it is only a fertilized egg floating around. When implantation takes place 10-12 days commonly then it is more than chemical pregnancy and becomes a viable pregnancy.

Just keep trying hon--youll do fine

im sorry for your loss

Something like 1 in 4 pregnancys end in miscarriage- I know that seems really high, but the figure has gooten so high now, because people find out they are pregnant so soon. In times gone by, women would just have what they thought was a heavy period, or be a little late, none the wiser that they were ever pregnant at all.

Some times it just doesn't "take"- and there's no explaining it, or doing anything to prevent it happening again. It's very, very common, and has probably happened more times than anybody realised -it could've happened to me, other women on the forum, or even happened to you before.
I remember passing a big lump of something strange during a late period- it was definately tissue of some sort, not a blood clot- i'm now almost certain that it was an early miscarriage. At the time I didn't take an especially huge amount of notice.

Try not to think about it too much. Keep trying for a child, if that's what you want, sometimes the body just does a "trial run" before you have a baby. At least you know you can conceive.

Good luck