Hello All! I am new to this kind of thing. My story is going to be really long so I apologize and I am hoping to hear all of your opinions...
In Sept '11 my boyfriend and I decided to start a family. I got off my BC pills and got pregnant within 2 weeks after. We were both amazed at how fast it happened. We were looking forward to this journey and could not wait to become parents! I made my first OB appointment Oct 31st and then on Nov 15th for my ultrasound. They did an ultrasound and said the baby was about 6-7 weeks along. We got to see our little baby's heartbeating and even got to hear it! It was amazing! I was making a life inside of me! They said I was due June 26th 2012.
Dec 15th We went to the doctor for my normal check up at 12 weeks and the doctor tried to find the heartbeat on the doppler. He wasn't successful. He said not to worry (he didn't try long enough to find it) he just wanted to throw us into ultrasound as a early Christmas gift so we can see our baby. Which we were both very excited for! After hearing that, we were not expecting the worst... The ultrasound technician looked for a minute and said my name and immediately grabbed my arm giving me her deepest apologies that she had to give me the following news.... The baby's heart was no longer beating. Our baby died. No one expected this news! She said it had stopped growing at 8 weeks! a week to a week and a half after we saw it in the first ultrasound!
The OB scheduled me for a D&C the next day (Dec 16th). Everything went smoothly with the procedure and I only bled for one day. I went in a week later for a check up and everything looked great. The doc then advised me to wait until after one normal menstrual cycle had passed to start trying to get pregnant again. Well, then the next day I got my period. It was a lot lighter and still lasted as long as it normally did before. After that passed, My BF and I began having unprotected sex.
Within a week after having sex I started getting the same symptoms I got when I first was pregnant... Hot flashes, crazy vivid dreams (every night to this day!), first the loss of apetite and now starving all the time, craving junk foods, nauseated, tired all the time, and frequent urination. I am still having all these symptoms. In the past 3 weeks I have taken 3 negative tests and I am a week late for my period based on my last cycle after the D&C
Has anyone else experienced this? Do you think my hCg levels are just not lowering fast enough? or Do you think I really am pregnant?
I will obviously be going back to the doctor if this persists with another negative test...
Thanks for your time!
In Sept '11 my boyfriend and I decided to start a family. I got off my BC pills and got pregnant within 2 weeks after. We were both amazed at how fast it happened. We were looking forward to this journey and could not wait to become parents! I made my first OB appointment Oct 31st and then on Nov 15th for my ultrasound. They did an ultrasound and said the baby was about 6-7 weeks along. We got to see our little baby's heartbeating and even got to hear it! It was amazing! I was making a life inside of me! They said I was due June 26th 2012.
Dec 15th We went to the doctor for my normal check up at 12 weeks and the doctor tried to find the heartbeat on the doppler. He wasn't successful. He said not to worry (he didn't try long enough to find it) he just wanted to throw us into ultrasound as a early Christmas gift so we can see our baby. Which we were both very excited for! After hearing that, we were not expecting the worst... The ultrasound technician looked for a minute and said my name and immediately grabbed my arm giving me her deepest apologies that she had to give me the following news.... The baby's heart was no longer beating. Our baby died. No one expected this news! She said it had stopped growing at 8 weeks! a week to a week and a half after we saw it in the first ultrasound!
The OB scheduled me for a D&C the next day (Dec 16th). Everything went smoothly with the procedure and I only bled for one day. I went in a week later for a check up and everything looked great. The doc then advised me to wait until after one normal menstrual cycle had passed to start trying to get pregnant again. Well, then the next day I got my period. It was a lot lighter and still lasted as long as it normally did before. After that passed, My BF and I began having unprotected sex.
Within a week after having sex I started getting the same symptoms I got when I first was pregnant... Hot flashes, crazy vivid dreams (every night to this day!), first the loss of apetite and now starving all the time, craving junk foods, nauseated, tired all the time, and frequent urination. I am still having all these symptoms. In the past 3 weeks I have taken 3 negative tests and I am a week late for my period based on my last cycle after the D&C
Has anyone else experienced this? Do you think my hCg levels are just not lowering fast enough? or Do you think I really am pregnant?
I will obviously be going back to the doctor if this persists with another negative test...
Thanks for your time!
