TTC after Methotrexate shot

[PreshFest]

Wahoo! We will get on it tonight!

 

[autigers55]

Yep, it's definitely bding time for you Presh. GL!!

alleysm - I took soy when I got my bfp. Just remember if you do take soy, dont eat or drink any soy products because that will interfere with the soy iso(not 100% sure but I remember reading that somewhere). GL taking the soy!!

I am considering taking soy again, but I just gotta wait and see how long my cycle will be and if I O because if I O on my own and have a fairly regular cycle I might not take it.

 

[libbyloulou]

Hi all.....just to let you guys know that the scan was fine yesterday and showed 2 healthy heart beats, yes 2, bit of a surprise! I go back in 2 weeks for another scan when I will be 8 weeks. Thanks for all the support.

Jparr and epump, how are you doing? X

Congratulations Libby!!!! That is amazing!! 2 beautiful heartbeats, you must be so excited Do twins run in your family?

Thanks gweny, yes I think twins are somewhere in mine and hubby's family, just hope everything works out well with it.

How are you? Did you say you get another scan soon? X

 

[Gwenylovey]

Hi all.....just to let you guys know that the scan was fine yesterday and showed 2 healthy heart beats, yes 2, bit of a surprise! I go back in 2 weeks for another scan when I will be 8 weeks. Thanks for all the support.

Jparr and epump, how are you doing? X

Congratulations Libby!!!! That is amazing!! 2 beautiful heartbeats, you must be so excited Do twins run in your family?

Thanks gweny, yes I think twins are somewhere in mine and hubby's family, just hope everything works out well with it.

How are you? Did you say you get another scan soon? X

Yes, I have another scan on Tuesday. I've actually been feeling really nervous and negative lately...I haven't had strong symptoms and those that I had seem to have decreased over the past week. So, I'm just trying to distract myself and not obsess. I figure, there isn't much I can do at this point and I'm prepared to hear news that could go either way next week. Sorry to be a downer

 

[Annie77]

I found out today my uterus is empty and HCG only 60 so probable miscarriage in progress. I am just relieved it's not another ectopic.

 

[patiently]

OMG i am freaking out. Had my methotrexate shot 4 days ago and my hcg was 3600 today 4 days later they have doubled to 6100!!! Im going crazy here. Is this normal? I dont want to lose my tube!! What have been your experiences? My hcg has doubled from the beginning. I just hope this shot works and i wont need to get another one or do the surgery.

 

[chig]

Patiently, my numbers also went up on day 4 from 8100 to 9000. By day 7, they went down by 17%. As long as your numbers go down by at least 15% by day 7, you should be ok. Just try not to stress. I know it easier said than done...hang in there. I will be thinking of you.

 

[chig]

Annie, I am so sad after reading your post. At the same time, I am glad that you are okay and it is not another ectopic.

 

[baby_maybe]

So sorry Annie I'm glad for you that it doesn't look like another ectopic.

Patiently - what did your docs say about the numbers? If they were happy to wait until day 7 bloods I doubt they were too worried. It seems the majority of ladies have an increase on day 4 (mine went up by over 1000 by day 4) and then have a fairly significant drop on day 7. On day 4 mine peaked at over 13,000 and I was worried that the mtx wasn't working, on day 7 they had only gone down by 1000 and I asked them not to give the mtx, so they compromised and asked me to have a biopsy of the uterus done. That procedure started off a bit of bleeding and cramping and when I went back for more bloods on day 9 they had dropped to just over 7,000. The drop has been slower since (I'm still at over 5,000 or was on tues), but I'm hopeful that I'm getting to be on the right side of it now and you will be too. Try not to worry and wait and see what your day 7 numbers are before you panic about another shot xxx

 

[autigers55]

Sorry to hear that Annie.

 

[libbyloulou]

Hi all.....just to let you guys know that the scan was fine yesterday and showed 2 healthy heart beats, yes 2, bit of a surprise! I go back in 2 weeks for another scan when I will be 8 weeks. Thanks for all the support.

Jparr and epump, how are you doing? X

Congratulations Libby!!!! That is amazing!! 2 beautiful heartbeats, you must be so excited Do twins run in your family?

Thanks gweny, yes I think twins are somewhere in mine and hubby's family, just hope everything works out well with it.

How are you? Did you say you get another scan soon? X

Yes, I have another scan on Tuesday. I've actually been feeling really nervous and negative lately...I haven't had strong symptoms and those that I had seem to have decreased over the past week. So, I'm just trying to distract myself and not obsess. I figure, there isn't much I can do at this point and I'm prepared to hear news that could go either way next week. Sorry to be a downer

Oh Gweny, I'm so sorry you feel that way. I'm sure symptoms come and go and all is good. Will be thinking of you on Tuesday, let us know how it goes x

 

[Renzalxx]

I found out today my uterus is empty and HCG only 60 so probable miscarriage in progress. I am just relieved it's not another ectopic.

Oh Annie, so very sorry to hear your news... sending you giant cuddle on the breeze

Gweny, totally feel your anxiety hun, all the very best for your scan and try (easier said then done) not to fixate too much on it xxx will be thinking of you x

 

[libbyloulou]

Gweny, all the best for tomorrow x

Annie, so sad to hear your news, thinking of you x

 

[baby_maybe]

Hi all :wave:

Gweny - I hope everything went ok at your scan today, looking forward to an update

AFM - Been for my bloods today (it's been 3 weeks since the mtx shot) and just had the results back. Down to 2,500 from 5,500 a week ago so it's definitely still moving in the right direction. I don't know why, but they still seem to be trying to scare me by going on about how high the numbers still are Its almost as if they think I'll ignore any other symptoms!! As if, I don't want to end up in surgery for goodness sake, I might hate it up at epau, but I'm not stupid! Anyway I'm free again for another week, so hoping for another substantial drop, but in the meantime I'm still here!

 

[alleysm]

Glad your numbers are moving along!

 

[autigers55]

Gweny - Hope everything went well today!!

baby-maybe - Glad to hear your numbers are coming down. If they were truely worried about how high your numbers still are, then they would have done something by now. Just try to relax and stay positive that your numbers will continue to drop.

AFM - I'm on cd 11 and getting super nervous to see if I will have a normal cycle. Did any of you ladies have longer cycles before the mtx and then have a normal one after? Just curious.

 

[Gwenylovey]

Hi ladies,

Well...just got back from ultrasound with confusing results. The good news is that baby has grown perfectly since the last scan and is measuring 7 weeks, 5 days, which coincides with when I ovulated. Everything in terms of dating by size on the scan looked perfect. The bad news is that there is a low hearbeat, which I know is bad news. It is at 114 bpm, which is lower than what they want to see at 7-8 weeks. My RE was being optimistic thinking that this might be ok and that the growth looks good. However, I've done a ton of looking online and most of the stories with this heart rate at 7-8 weeks do not end well. I have a follow up scan next week to see if there are any changes. I'm just so scared and sad right now of possibly going through another loss... Thanks for the support thus far ladies, it's been very helpful. xoxo

 

[baby_maybe]

gweny, I'm sorry you had some confusing results today. I have everything crossed that your next scan goes well xxxx

 

[libbyloulou]

I don't know what to say gweny as that must be so confusing and unreassuring! Really hoping its great news for you next week, I'm sure it will be x

 

[PreshFest]

Gweny that is what happened to me last time, too, BUT my little bean's hr was at 90. Which was obviously NOT good. At least yours is higher and still seems closer to the normal range. They told me that it's very common and most of the time they go on to be healthy pregnancies. Heart rates can vary. So hopefully you aren't TOO stressed out. I've been there...and I was totally stressed out...so I can feel your pain. But you are still in a better situation than I was. And at least they will give you another scan so you'll know one way or the other.

Good luck and keep us updated!!!!!!