Brief History:
LMP - 09/03/12
Cycle length - 34-37 days
+OPK - 09/22/12
Est. conception - 09/24/12
BFP - 10/5/12
My husband and I have been TTC for approx. 5 yrs and in July we began charting and I began drinking Fertilitea in August, but stopped after I got my BFP.
10/19/12 - 4 wks 4 days - First DRs appt. Nothing appeared in vaginal ultrasound. Had HCG blood work done. DR wanted me to have another HCG done on Sun. 10/21/12, but since I'd be out of town, it was scheduled for Mon. 10/22/12.
10/22/12 - 5 wks - HCG blood work. Later in the evening my DR called and gave me the results. On Fri. 10/19/12 my HCG came back w/ 8,521 and Mon. 10/22/12 was 15,293. She said it was hopeful that we'd see something on our next appointment on Wed. 10/25/12.
10/24/12 - 5 wks 2 days - I had a couple drops of dark blood and one small blood clot came out after taking a shower. We went to the ER. After a series of blood test and vaginal and standard ultrasound the ER OBGYN came and gave us the news that she believed this to be an abnormal pregnancy. That although I had a nice thick lining, there was nothing found. I asked if it was possible that it was too early to see anything. However she said with my high HCG level, 23,000 (I wasn't given the exact number), they should be able to see something and there was nothing seen on the ultrasounds. Not a gestational sac, nothing. She believes that at some point the embryo had stopped growing so she recommended that I go forward with a D&C so I can immediately try to conceive again. As if getting to this point for my husband and I wasn't a big deal. Anyway, I immediately declined the D&C and said we'd like to wait at least until I'm 8 weeks to revisit the procedure. I had already stopped bleeding (only had a couple more drops on my pad), I wasn't cramping, and had no back pains.
The 10/25/12 appointment was cancelled and rescheduled for 10/26/12.
10/26/12 - 5 wks 4 days - Had another vaginal ultrasound and again nothing. This DR was more sympathetic to our situation and I still didn't have any pain or bleeding. She ruled out ectopic because of the high HCG. She said at those numbers it would've already burst. She mentioned a molar pregnancy, but I'm not having any of the symptoms and nothing was detected in the ultrasounds.
I will have weekly appointments and HCG blood work will be done every 3rd day until 8 weeks. HCG was 27,836.
What I'd like to ask is, has this ever happened to anyone and the end result was a beautiful baby? I'm trying to hold on to hope, but with my HCG, although high, but now slowly rising, I feel hope slipping from my grasp. I've tried looking for stories with a similar situation to mine, but I haven't found any. I've found stories with high HCG, but there was at least a sac or they were too early to see anything. Am I unique or... I don't know... I'm at a loss right now. Any opinions or thoughts are welcome. Thank you!
LMP - 09/03/12
Cycle length - 34-37 days
+OPK - 09/22/12
Est. conception - 09/24/12
BFP - 10/5/12
My husband and I have been TTC for approx. 5 yrs and in July we began charting and I began drinking Fertilitea in August, but stopped after I got my BFP.
10/19/12 - 4 wks 4 days - First DRs appt. Nothing appeared in vaginal ultrasound. Had HCG blood work done. DR wanted me to have another HCG done on Sun. 10/21/12, but since I'd be out of town, it was scheduled for Mon. 10/22/12.
10/22/12 - 5 wks - HCG blood work. Later in the evening my DR called and gave me the results. On Fri. 10/19/12 my HCG came back w/ 8,521 and Mon. 10/22/12 was 15,293. She said it was hopeful that we'd see something on our next appointment on Wed. 10/25/12.
10/24/12 - 5 wks 2 days - I had a couple drops of dark blood and one small blood clot came out after taking a shower. We went to the ER. After a series of blood test and vaginal and standard ultrasound the ER OBGYN came and gave us the news that she believed this to be an abnormal pregnancy. That although I had a nice thick lining, there was nothing found. I asked if it was possible that it was too early to see anything. However she said with my high HCG level, 23,000 (I wasn't given the exact number), they should be able to see something and there was nothing seen on the ultrasounds. Not a gestational sac, nothing. She believes that at some point the embryo had stopped growing so she recommended that I go forward with a D&C so I can immediately try to conceive again. As if getting to this point for my husband and I wasn't a big deal. Anyway, I immediately declined the D&C and said we'd like to wait at least until I'm 8 weeks to revisit the procedure. I had already stopped bleeding (only had a couple more drops on my pad), I wasn't cramping, and had no back pains.
The 10/25/12 appointment was cancelled and rescheduled for 10/26/12.
10/26/12 - 5 wks 4 days - Had another vaginal ultrasound and again nothing. This DR was more sympathetic to our situation and I still didn't have any pain or bleeding. She ruled out ectopic because of the high HCG. She said at those numbers it would've already burst. She mentioned a molar pregnancy, but I'm not having any of the symptoms and nothing was detected in the ultrasounds.
I will have weekly appointments and HCG blood work will be done every 3rd day until 8 weeks. HCG was 27,836.
What I'd like to ask is, has this ever happened to anyone and the end result was a beautiful baby? I'm trying to hold on to hope, but with my HCG, although high, but now slowly rising, I feel hope slipping from my grasp. I've tried looking for stories with a similar situation to mine, but I haven't found any. I've found stories with high HCG, but there was at least a sac or they were too early to see anything. Am I unique or... I don't know... I'm at a loss right now. Any opinions or thoughts are welcome. Thank you!
broke my heart, I continued to bleed but my hcg was going up, a bit at a time and I beleived in my heart that something good will come out of it. I have my paper work put away so I cant give you exact numbers but again, my dr said I was wasting my time and that if this even did go a bit further I could expect that it would end befor 2nd trimester much like my other miscarriages. At 6 weeks we found something, abnormal shapes sac but the heart beat was so low they told me again, cus of the bleeding its going to end. They told me I had a sch (subchronic hem) bleeding outside of the sac and sometimes it heals sometimes it doesnt and it just lets the pregnancy go (in short term) well I want to give you hope, I have a baby hes 16 weeks old, he was born healthy and more. Altho my pregnancy was not normal, I continued to bleed the entire pregnancy, they even warned me he may be not normal, hes very normal. (what is normal anyways) Id just give it a bit longer. If your heart is telling you to give it a bit longer, give it a bit longer. Your hcg is very high and it does take time to get up there after 1000.. I know you were charting but is there a way you may of conceived later than expecte? I do beleive in loss twins, .. so that could of been a bleed? I also want to ask if you hav a tilted uterus? Tilted uteruses are very hard to conceive very hard to get a good scan on, abdominal and vaginal. Well I dont thinK I was much help, but just letting you know there is hope. Dont give up.
I definitely have to ask the doctor next time about my uterus. They didn't offer any information and I didn't think to ask, but now I will. I got my BFP 11 DPO so I believe I conceived on 9/24.
