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I just wanted to share my story so hopefully no one else goes through it. I found out I was pregnant on July 23rd and on July 27th I started spotting. They did hcg quants and my levels were really good 2537. They also did an internal ultrasound but there was nothing visible in either my uterus or my tubes. They warned me that the pregnancy could be ectopic, an impending miscarriage, or that I may have just been to early to see anything. They did another quant 48 hrs later and my levels had dropped to 908. They told me I was for sure going to miscarry. The doctor that I saw when I first started spotting wanted to do an endometrial biopsy to ensure that the baby wasn't in my tubes but my doctor advised against it. He said that with such a dramatic drop in my levels that he wasn't concerned about ectopic and that I should just let the baby past naturally. On that sunday July 31st I had horrible pains and contractions and passed what I thought was the sac. I assumed the miscarriage was over. I met with my doctor and he agreed it was but just had me check my levels to make sure they had cleared out of my system or at least gone down. They had dropped but they were only at 728 that Wednesday. I was concerned because this is my third miscarriage and my levels had never dropped so slow. The doctor told me not to worry about it and to come back and have my levels checked again in a week. The next Monday I started hemorrhaging they told me to go to the er but I didn't wanna miss work and said I would see if the bleeding let up a little by the time I got off. It had but my husband was still pissed I didn't listen. The next Wednesday they checked my levels again and they were down to 481. Still slow and the next week only 391 and I begin to feel this unbearable pressure. It started in my rectum and radiated around to my left side uterus. It got so bad that it was hurting to sit stand or take steps. I called the nurse line and they told me to go get an ultrasound the next day or go to the er. I scheduled an ultrasound for the next afternoon. That Friday they called me in the morning and said they wanted me to get the ultrasound then. I went for the ultrasound and they saw fluid in my uterus and still nothing visible in my uterus or tubes. They called me in for the endometrial biopsy and then told me to await further instruction from the doctor at the er. They called and the biopsy showed nothing in my uterus. They told me then I had the option of coming to get the methotrexate shot to be on the safe side or I could just wait for the levels to drop on their own. That days hcg level was down to 281. I did research on the shot and was uncomfortable with it so I opted to wAIT OUT. They called me last Monday and said they needed me to go in for another ultrasound asap since I opted not to get the shot. I couldn't go until Wednesday morning and I honestly started not to go get it since they never showed anything anyway. I went for my ultrasound and they saw even more fluid and this time a large mass in my tube. I had to have my tube removed and with my pcos im sure that means I wont be able to conceive naturally ever again. Just wanted to share my story because I would have been able to save my tube had I not been so stubborn and I also wanted to make sure women know just because they cant see the baby in the tubes doesnt mean that it didnt implant there. It took almost four weeks for it to be visible in my tubes and the only thing that kept me from having a complete rupture was the pressure in my rectum and left side uterus worried me enough to ask the doctors. I had no shoulder pain and only minimal lower back pain nothing that would have causght my attention. Just wanted to let ladies know the symptoms i underwent with my ectopic.
