TTC after Methotrexate shot

[Renzalxx]

Good luck to you both Leah... that MTX is awful stuff... poor little love will be feeling quite poopie for a while. All she can do is take it as easy as possible and let her body heal. Let us know how you go with your results. Hopefully you will get a decent drop xx

 

[resque07]

Hello, So I am back here again. if you remember back in march i posted my story. i gad a very faint pos after being a week late for af then the next day started bleeding very heavy and very painful went to obgyn they did blood work and my hcg was at 5.5 i repeated blood work every 2 to 3 days and hcg always doubled and trippled but progestrone was never over .04. so dr decided to use methotrexate. my levels never got above 246 and they dropped very quickly.
Well here i am 8 months later and kinda in the same boat. I got a faint pos on frer the day before my period was due. I wasn't bleeding but was having very painful cramps in my lower back so i went to er. they did urine test and it was neg so they did blood and it also came back neg so they sent me home. well the next morning i woke up to what i thought was my period. It wasn't painful or heavy like normal there were some small clots and it was bright red. back cramps were gone so i thought maybe bad test or chemical. Well a week later i break out on my chin and have this very large hunger then i start to have pain in my pelvic area mostly on left side so after laying in bed with no sleep til 4 am i decide what the heck ill take my last test just to put me at ease well to my surprise its a blazing positive as dark as it could be so i go to er again. the do exam said everything felt normal no blood in uterus , urine test is positive and ultra sound shows nothing in uterus and tubes looked good no fluid anywhere . then my blood work comes back to hcg 41. i cant get into dr for another week. i am so confused....

 

[LeahMSta]

Yesterday was one of the longest and hardest days of our lives. The Methotrexate did not resolve the pregnancy. We saw our baby's heartbeat and for a fleeting moment we were a family. Then DW was sent to emergency surgery and the distal end of her fallopian tube was removed. Thankfully I was able to bring her home from the hospital to sleep in our own bed last night. Today we are doing a bit better. DW's pain from surgery is less than she was experiencing with the pregnancy so I am blessed to see her more comfortable and relaxed although both of our hearts are broken we are leaning on each other and moving forward.

 

[PreshFest]

So sorry, Leah... Glad to hear she is feeling a little better, though. I will never forget the pain of the ectopic... Worse than any pain I've ever felt. I'm glad the situation is over for you guys, though, so hopefully you can properly grieve and start moving on soon. It's so hard, I know! You'll be proud parents before you know it, though

 

[LeahMSta]

Today is our first day of trying to get back to the day to day. Of course DW is still resting and has camp set up on the couch. I have access to the internet, video games, movies, television, snacks and drinks all within arm's reach. I returned to work from my home office today. So thankfully I am still right there with her if she needs me. We both feel a little bit like we are just going through the motions but I think right now that is about the best we can hope for. We tried to cheer ourselves up yesterday by doing some online holiday shopping for eachother and family. It was almost cute being on the couch with our jammies each trying to keep their laptop from being seen. It felt good to focus on somehting else for a while. I do feel some detachment from my work and interactions with others because all of the grief and worry is still right there in the back of my mind. I suppose that the best we can do is all that we can hope for and maybe that each day will get even just a little bit less painful. DW will heal physically and hopefully we both will emotionally. Nothing to do but go forward.

 

[baby_maybe]

Physically healing happens much sooner than the emotional, but as you come out the other side time does start to heal that too. Sending lots of your way xx

 

[resque07]

update , went into to er because i was weak and shaky they did blood work and my hcg level went from 41 to 30 in three days guess thats a sure sign its ectopic . waiting to see my dr on wed. i have had the metho shot last march i wonder if they will do the surgery to see where it is and maybe remove it that way and maybe see what is causing this to happen

 

[alleysm]

update , went into to er because i was weak and shaky they did blood work and my hcg level went from 41 to 30 in three days guess thats a sure sign its ectopic . waiting to see my dr on wed. i have had the metho shot last march i wonder if they will do the surgery to see where it is and maybe remove it that way and maybe see what is causing this to happen

Awe resque.. my heart goes out to you.. ive had mtx twice and my left side still ended up blocked.. keep us updated love!

 

[Renzalxx]

Sorry to hear your news Resque... will be thinking of you and hoping for the best possible outcome xxx let us know how you go and sending you a giant cyber cuddle on the breeze xxx

 

[resque07]

thank you girls im just so confused. i mean my last cycle has me at 8 weeks but then i had the other bleed on the 1 st for 5 days . was that a cycle ? i dont know my hcg is too low for a 8 week pregnancy. i just want answers....

 

[baby_maybe]

Sorry risqué, sending big your way. Hope you get some answers soon xxx

 

[01k204]

resque - i'm so sorry to hear you haven't gotten an answer yet.

leah - sorry to hear about your dw. hope she is recovering from the surgery well and the two of you continue to heal after your loss.

 

[chig]

I am so sorry to the ladies that are having to go through the the horrible MTX drug. Leah, Resque and 01k204 I am sending you big hugs your way.

 

[LeahMSta]

Hi ladies :wave:
DW and I are trying to return to life today. I had no idea it would be so hard emotionally to make it through this. Not that I thought we'd just get over it and get on with life but I didn't expect it to knock the wind out of me like it just happened. It's crazy, one moment I am happy and even enjoying the day and then out of nowhere it hits me and it's like I feel guilty for "Forgeting". I have not talked to DW since she went to work but her facebook status said that she had no idea it would be so hard to go back to life and that her bod, mind, and soul all hurt. Reading that was one of those moments. I was feeling proud of the days accomplishments. I grocery shopped, went to the post office, put together a stew and still got to work. I saw that post and was flooded with grief. People complaining at work is another trigger. It takes everything I have not to scream and cry like a two year old and tell them how annoying I find their petty complaints. I knew it wasn't going to be easy but I didn't know it would feel like this.

 

[01k204]

I just heard from my dr office, my hcg came back at >2 so I am considered back to normal!!! Just had a multi-vitamin and a B-6/Folic Acid/B-12 vitamin to celebrate! So glad to be done with the weekly blood draws (took 4 weeks total). I also had my period last week after my last blood draw so I am back on cycle. I have decided to go on birth control for a little while & work to boost my folic acid/B vitamins back to normal before we make any future pregnancy plans. Thank you all again for all the support and advice. I wish everyone well who is going through metho and good luck to all the pregnant/soon-to-be pregnant ladies.

 

[LeahMSta]

Congrats 01k204!!!!!
It may be a milestone that not many understand, it is great to be back to "normal" though. I wish you the best of luck on the rest of your journey.

 

[Renzalxx]

Yaaaay 01k204, so happy to hear your back on track. Good luck with everything and hopefully see your BFP on here in the near future. x

 

[LeahMSta]

I need y'all to weigh in on something for me please? Since the Methotrexate didn't work and DW ended up needing surgery, when is it ok to start taking folic acid b vitamins and such? Obviously we are wanting to get beck into TTC shape and want to make sure that she is as well as physically possible. It is still going to be fa few months before we can try again but can we get back to prenatals?

 

[baby_maybe]

As far as I'm aware, as long as her hcg is back to 'non pregnant' levels she can take the prenatals and folic acid

 

[Tink1918]

I was actually wondering this a well, I had both metho and then surgery 10 days later because the shot didn't work. I had lap done and lost my left tube. it's been 9 days since my surgery and I decided to take some vitamins today, I feel just blah!! Such a shitty time of year for this to happen!! I feel for all of you that have been through this, I'm looking forward to TTC as soon as my doc gives the ok!