QuickWhippet
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OK, here's our situation in brief.......
Last mestrual period was 10/30. Had my first blood drawn on 12/3 which confirmed the pregnancy along with HCG and progesterone levels. HCG was 1,132 and progesterone was 9.1. Doctor was concerned about low progesterone and put me on a progesterone supplement.
Next appointment was 12/13, labs came back with HCG at 19,951 and progesterone at 7.3. Progesterone had fallen and HCG had not quite doubled. Ultrasound measured at 5 weeks, zero days, with no heartbeat, should have been 6.3 weeks by my calculation. Was told not to worry too much about the descepency in dates, however we were refered to a high risk specialist for a 3D ultrasound.
3D ultrasound was done 10 days later on 12/23. The baby measured at 6 weeks, 0 days. At this point it should have 7.5 weeks by my calculation. Heartbeat was found, however the doctor said that at 108 beats per minute it was slow.
Next appointment was 12/27 for more labs. HCG measured at 31,479 (nowhere near doubling from 19,951 from 2 weeks before) and progesterone had further dropped to 6.4.
Office called me with the lab results on 12/31 and called it an early loss. We have a follow up ultrasound tomorrow 1/3. I have been instructed to stop taking the progesterone supplement and have another followup with my doctor on Monday to discuss our options. At this point we're leaning toward pushing for a D&C, if for no other reason than to not drag this out. My fear is that we'll see a heartbeat tomorrow and this will drag out for weeks. Am I being overly pragmatic by just wanting this to be over with......or isn't here a chance? This is very confusing.....and a bit lonely as well since we haven't really told anyone yet. Thoughts?
Last mestrual period was 10/30. Had my first blood drawn on 12/3 which confirmed the pregnancy along with HCG and progesterone levels. HCG was 1,132 and progesterone was 9.1. Doctor was concerned about low progesterone and put me on a progesterone supplement.
Next appointment was 12/13, labs came back with HCG at 19,951 and progesterone at 7.3. Progesterone had fallen and HCG had not quite doubled. Ultrasound measured at 5 weeks, zero days, with no heartbeat, should have been 6.3 weeks by my calculation. Was told not to worry too much about the descepency in dates, however we were refered to a high risk specialist for a 3D ultrasound.
3D ultrasound was done 10 days later on 12/23. The baby measured at 6 weeks, 0 days. At this point it should have 7.5 weeks by my calculation. Heartbeat was found, however the doctor said that at 108 beats per minute it was slow.
Next appointment was 12/27 for more labs. HCG measured at 31,479 (nowhere near doubling from 19,951 from 2 weeks before) and progesterone had further dropped to 6.4.
Office called me with the lab results on 12/31 and called it an early loss. We have a follow up ultrasound tomorrow 1/3. I have been instructed to stop taking the progesterone supplement and have another followup with my doctor on Monday to discuss our options. At this point we're leaning toward pushing for a D&C, if for no other reason than to not drag this out. My fear is that we'll see a heartbeat tomorrow and this will drag out for weeks. Am I being overly pragmatic by just wanting this to be over with......or isn't here a chance? This is very confusing.....and a bit lonely as well since we haven't really told anyone yet. Thoughts?
