38 and due in October

[J22]

Hello to Wingman, Glitterdiva & tessjs....congrats on your BFPs!! xx

 

[xxDreamxx]

Welcome thewingman, gitterdiva and tessjs - congratulations to you all

 

[heyluu]

Hey ladies...sorry I havent been around. Ive had the viability of my pregnancy in question...so Ive been a little depressed and scared to go on as if everything is going along normally. Ive had my HCG levels checked but never my progesterone...is this something I should ask about? What does it mean?

 

[thewingman]

Heyluu,

You poor love, are you ok?

From my understanding, Progesterone is what 'keeps' the pregnancy going. The placenta takes over production around week 12, which is why you can go on supplements until then if required.

Are your hcg numbers ok? What's your latest Progesterone?

 

[heyluu]

Heyluu,

You poor love, are you ok?

From my understanding, Progesterone is what 'keeps' the pregnancy going. The placenta takes over production around week 12, which is why you can go on supplements until then if required.

Are your hcg numbers ok? What's your latest Progesterone?

I called my OB and she said they hadnt checked them. I am going in for more blood work tomorrow and she said she would put in an order to check it with the HCG levels. My HCG have been pretty high. At 6 weeks + 2 days I was at 33085, and they couldnt see a heartbeat. And they saw something else that could be a hematoma, a partial molar, or a abnormal fetal pole. So I am just playing a waiting game for now until I hit 8 weeks to do another scan.

 

[goddess25]

Sorry to hear that its so difficult being in limbo just waiting.. fingers crossed your next scan will show everything.

 

[thewingman]

Hi again Heather,

That happened to me in my last pregnancy.

Really good hcg at 7 weeks - around 50000 from memory, scan at a radiology clinic showed a sac but no fetal pole. I was told to go home and wait to miscarry. Another scan by my obs 8 days later showed a heartbeat and normal looking pregnancy. Thank god he scanned me - we thought we were going in to organise a d&c, but walked out with a picture of our baby. Our Dr couldn't explain why nothing was seen on the initial u/s but said he would speak with the clinic who did the scan. By that stage we didn't care, we were just in shock that everything was ok.

Don't lose heart, I know it's a nightmare, all this waiting, but you still have a shot. The bloods tomorrow will shed further light on what's happening.

Thinking of you and keep me posted?

xx

 

[xxDreamxx]

Heyluu - ((((hugs)))) hope everything works out at your scan. It's horrid just waiting.

I spent whole day in hospital yesterday. Had pain on one side only and wasn't going away so worried about ectopic. I had bloods, internal and ultrasound and they saw the sack in the uterus but was too early to see anything inside. My hcg has gone from 551 last Thursday to 3040 on Monday but progesterone had gone down again, despite being on pessaries since last Friday. I am now on double the dose. My progesterone level last Monday was 102, by thursday it was 75.8 and yesterday it was 54. I go again tomorrow but right now, just feel like I am living in limbo land

 

[J22]

Hugs to you girls...hope all turns out well xx

 

[heyluu]

Thanks so much for the kind words ladies. I'm nervous to get my results. I honestly didn't even want to have the blood work done.

Dream...I'm so sorry you are going through this too. limbo land is the pits!!!!!

 

[xxDreamxx]

Thanks heyluu

Got results today that progesterone has gone up to 108 and hcg was 5600 so feeling better. First scan is booked for 18 march - I will be 7w 6d. Go for more bloods on sat. When do u get your results?

 

[goddess25]

excellent news dream..

 

[heyluu]

I am really nervous about my progesterone levels. My results just came back. My HCG still looks great at above 88 thousand. So they are doubling @ 3 or 4 days. But my progesterone was...she said above 18 but did not give me an exact number. She said above 18 was good? I know nothing about progesterone.

 

[xxDreamxx]

Wow 88000 how pregnant are you? I am not sure about progesterone, it differs in measurement country to country and in Australia we use iu ( international units )

My fertility nurse (and this could be limited to my clinic) like 40 for an unassisted pregnancy and above 70 for an assisted one ( like mine ). But it all gets very confusing if you google it.

Which country are you from? Are they going to repeat the tests?

 

[heyluu]

Oops I meant to say 86534! I'm the USA I've no idea how its measured. But she was not concerned with the level at all. I'm 7 weeks and 1 day.

 

[xxDreamxx]

Yep, it is. In iu it would be 55 which is good love your hcg levels - soo high

 

[thewingman]

Great news Dream, how many weeks are you now?

Heyluu - wow, that hcg is fantastic! great progesterone too - thanks dream for coverting it. I'm in Australia too and didn't know how to convert. Mine has been 59-60 every test i've had, the nurse says this is good but didn't give me a range.

Dream - are you on any Oestrogen? I started a few weeks ago as mine was low, 250. Now up around 1800, but again the nurse doesn't say much, just that they like it 'over 350'.

 

[xxDreamxx]

Thewingman - I am 5w2d.

No, I am not on oestrogen. They monitored the levels up to ovulation and I was on daily injections of FSH hormone. I then triggered with HCG hormone and had a few top up shots of HCG after the procedure and now the progesterone.

When I get my twice weekly bloods - they really only look at HCG and Progesterone. Did you have fertility treatment as well?

 

[Glitterdiva]

Wow this is all amazing, we don't get any of this info in the uk

 

[xxDreamxx]

Wow this is all amazing, we don't get any of this info in the uk

You generally don't here in Australia unless you had fertility treatment or there is a need for it.

With fertility treatment the drugs they use to get you to ovulate can cause multiple follicles (eggs) so the ovaries (corpus luteum) can sometimes not cope well afterwards due to the ovaries essentially pumping eggs out - hence careful monitoring of progesterone and hcg.

Where in the uk are you? I was born in Bristol and then lived in Ealing, West Lndon. Have lived in Australia now for 6 years