Hello and help please ladies PLU & Cysts 5 weeks

[Flutterby1976]

Hello Ladies, I found out I was pregnant last Tuesday 20/09 following 1st new round of Clomid after losing 7.5 stone. After initially getting 2 neg tests the previous Sat and Weds and suffering severe cramps but monthly didn't arrive and just feeling different to every other time over the last 6 years that I was convinced in the 2ww I was pregnant, I tested with OPK's and got 5 positives, then used 2 First response HPK's when hubs came home and yes realised that finally, 16 years after being told it would never happen, I was pregnant!

Shock is not the word but also panic as to what the pains were so on Weds I contacted my Fertility nurse who booked me into EPU on Thursday for a scan.

I was told I had a PLU - pregnancy of unknown location as no gestational sac present, so either too early to see, possible ectopic, or pregnancy already failing. What was present was right ovary very enlarged to 10cms x 7 cms containing 2 cysts of 5cms x 7cms and 5cms x 5cms, which is more than likely the cause of the pains which have had me doubled over and awake every night since last Saturday. (No spotting or bleeding whatsoever though)

The huge ovary and cysts were blocking view of top of uterus and they couldn't find my left ovary despite 2 sonographers trying for nearly 40 mins. they also found fluid in my pouch of douglas and dont know why. I then had an exam by a doctor and had bloods taken which showed HCG of 215 and progesterone of 129, and came home very sore and absolutely devastated and told to continue bed rest.

I had bloods again yesterday and my HCG had gone up to 451 so that is a positive rise I think, but they didn't tell me what the progesterone was, and couldn't tell me if that means risk of ectopic is now reduced, so have to wait for EPU to call tomorrow and arrange next scan.

Anyone going through or been through similar please? Just want bubs to appear on that screen and for these pains to go away. I have now done 13 tests altogether since Tues so paranoid that it was failing, but boobies are more painful by the day, my sense of smell is outragous and i have nausea so I do feel pregnant.

So anxious, been a hell of week emotionally, trying to remian positive, but also not get my hope up too much that all will be ok. Any advise or words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated please. Thanks xx

 

[megangrohl]

The pain is most likely from your cysts and you are very early on. Nothing will show in an ultrasound until at least 5 weeks. I'd give it another week and a half to two weeks and get rescanned if nothing serious happens between now and then. Good luck and try to be positive. They can't say for sure its PLU until you are further along, and they still don't find anything in the uterus. Good luck

 

[Flutterby1976]

Thank you for reply. I think I was more prepared not to see anything on the scan when we went in as although my LMP date is definite as 18 Aug, I ovulated later this month due to clomid on CD day 18 or 19 so thought that actual being pregnant time was only just 2 weeks so very early, and therefore bubs would be too small, but when they started saying possible ectopic, and already failing pregnancy it just freaked me.

EDD calculators are giving me dates ranging from 4.2 weeks to 5.3 pregnant and due dates bewteen 25 - 30 May so god knows how far along I actually am.

Roll on next week and next scan x

 

[megangrohl]

yeah so I'd say you are only 4 weeks and on an ultrasound all you see at 4 weeks is a thicker uterine lining. Good luck with your next ultrasound.

 

[stellargaze]

Don't worry too much-- you can have fluid released during ovulation-- I had that.I've also had fluid before from a hemorraged cyst and let me tell you, that hurts horribly and the pain can last awhile.

Also Clomid can cause the ovary to enlarge because it stimulates the follicles and I have heard stories of women getting cysts on it who didn't previously have them-- its a side-effect. I'm bfp after my first round too. There are also cysts like the corpus luteum that can show up after ovulation, and these can't necessarily be distinguished from other cysts on an ultrasound.

I have to say I understand your worries, as I'm also having strange pains right now, but I'm hoping it's due to the fluid and cysts and not an eptopic. Have to call the doc tmw.

Stay strong! There is still very much a possibility that your pregnancy is fine! All of these symptoms can be attributed to other possiblities, and it's too early to see much of anything on a scan. My cyst was only 4 cm (before I got preggers) and it hurt terribly. Hopefully things will get a bit better and you can wait for another ultrasound after enough time has passed to see the sac and put your mind at ease.

 

[Flutterby1976]

Don't worry too much-- you can have fluid released during ovulation-- I had that.I've also had fluid before from a hemorraged cyst and let me tell you, that hurts horribly and the pain can last awhile.

Also Clomid can cause the ovary to enlarge because it stimulates the follicles and I have heard stories of women getting cysts on it who didn't previously have them-- its a side-effect. I'm bfp after my first round too. There are also cysts like the corpus luteum that can show up after ovulation, and these can't necessarily be distinguished from other cysts on an ultrasound.

I have to say I understand your worries, as I'm also having strange pains right now, but I'm hoping it's due to the fluid and cysts and not an eptopic. Have to call the doc tmw.

Stay strong! There is still very much a possibility that your pregnancy is fine! All of these symptoms can be attributed to other possiblities, and it's too early to see much of anything on a scan. My cyst was only 4 cm (before I got preggers) and it hurt terribly. Hopefully things will get a bit better and you can wait for another ultrasound after enough time has passed to see the sac and put your mind at ease.

Good luck with doc, and please keep me posted with how you get on. I am booked in for another scan on Wednesday afternoon. Have been in agony this morning and bless my doctor but she rang me to find out how scan went, told her whole long story and she said she is very anxious to know where the sac is. Dont think she was trying to worry me more as she's lovely but I'm in a bit of a state again today.

Please be in the right place on Wednesday little one! x