Hi Everyone
This is my first post, I have found this forum after many searches and I really need some support/advice or info from anyone who has gone through what I am !
A bit of background info, 7 weeks ago at my 12 week scan I found that my baby had died at around 9 weeks I had a d&c two days later. It was heartbreaking but I got through it. They tested the baby and the tissues and concluded that the baby was fine but that the placental cells had hydropic degeneration which is when the placenta has too many cavities and absorbs to much fluid causing it to swell and stop functioning. Through further studies they ruled out molar and partial molar pregnancy which was a relief.
Since then my hcg levels have been very slow to fall, I haven't had any bleeding or spotting what so ever aside from the few days following the d&c. 3 weeks ago my levels were at 80, 1 week ago they were 44 and yesterday they were at 40 !!! They were first dropping at a level of half every week which was considered slow and then dropped at a rate of half every fortnight and now they are dropping at a rate of half every month !
I am in New Zealand and here they have a public health system which is totally free and available to everyone, I however have health insurance and had my d&c done privately. My doctor who I have been seeing while my surgeon has been away for the Christmas period didn't seem to worried and when I asked about the possibility of retained product wouldn't refer me for a scan as she thought at levels as low as 44 any retained product wouldn't be viewable through a scan and if it was there would have probably already been reabsorbed into my body. When I finally spoke to my surgeon today he agreed and doesn't seem very worried at all. He admitted is was slow but all he has done is give me another blood form for next week to see where I am at. I have been given a tumor hcg blood form but he doesn't really think I need to have that with how low my levels are.
After all of that I am wondering has anyone else experienced such a slow drop (i'm on week 7 now !) and was there any reason for it ? I am desperate for answers and I am so frustrated with this that I have literally been crying all day ! It doesn't make it easier that I do have a time frame that I am able to fall pregnant in due to my job, a time frame that is rapidly running out ! Any advice or experience would be greatly appreciated, this is driving me insane !
This is my first post, I have found this forum after many searches and I really need some support/advice or info from anyone who has gone through what I am !
A bit of background info, 7 weeks ago at my 12 week scan I found that my baby had died at around 9 weeks I had a d&c two days later. It was heartbreaking but I got through it. They tested the baby and the tissues and concluded that the baby was fine but that the placental cells had hydropic degeneration which is when the placenta has too many cavities and absorbs to much fluid causing it to swell and stop functioning. Through further studies they ruled out molar and partial molar pregnancy which was a relief.
Since then my hcg levels have been very slow to fall, I haven't had any bleeding or spotting what so ever aside from the few days following the d&c. 3 weeks ago my levels were at 80, 1 week ago they were 44 and yesterday they were at 40 !!! They were first dropping at a level of half every week which was considered slow and then dropped at a rate of half every fortnight and now they are dropping at a rate of half every month !
I am in New Zealand and here they have a public health system which is totally free and available to everyone, I however have health insurance and had my d&c done privately. My doctor who I have been seeing while my surgeon has been away for the Christmas period didn't seem to worried and when I asked about the possibility of retained product wouldn't refer me for a scan as she thought at levels as low as 44 any retained product wouldn't be viewable through a scan and if it was there would have probably already been reabsorbed into my body. When I finally spoke to my surgeon today he agreed and doesn't seem very worried at all. He admitted is was slow but all he has done is give me another blood form for next week to see where I am at. I have been given a tumor hcg blood form but he doesn't really think I need to have that with how low my levels are.
After all of that I am wondering has anyone else experienced such a slow drop (i'm on week 7 now !) and was there any reason for it ? I am desperate for answers and I am so frustrated with this that I have literally been crying all day ! It doesn't make it easier that I do have a time frame that I am able to fall pregnant in due to my job, a time frame that is rapidly running out ! Any advice or experience would be greatly appreciated, this is driving me insane !
definitely not a new pregnancy. 
