I'm after some advice, otherwise I'm going to go crazy with all these things and possibilities going through my head. I think I may be miscarrying but I'm still clinging onto the hope that I may not be, and I'm hoping that some of you can offer your advice or experience.
I got a very faint positive test almost 2 weeks ago when I tested. My LMP was 25 Feb. I tested a further 6 times, the last one being 2 days ago, and they were all positive results. I am/was pregnant.
However, today, at around 10am, I bled. The blood was a brownish red, it was more than just a little spotting, it looked like the start of a period. Of course this alarmed me as during my first pregnancy I had no bleeding at all. I immediately went to the emergency dept at the local hospital. I had an ultrasound and got my blood tested.
The u/s showed a small gestational sack for 6 weeks pregnant (which is what I thought I was), and showed no fetal parts visible. My blood test showed a hcg level of 81, which I was told is low. I am scheduled to have another blood test soon in a few days to test for the hcg level again. In the meantime I was told that as there is no cramping (yet), although I'm still bleeding as I type, it is a good sign.
I asked the DR outright if she thought I was miscarrying. She said that she cannot be sure and that basically I have to wait and see. It's driving me crazy thinking about this all night. I keep thinking of other reasons why the gestational sac may be small for the stage of pregnancy such as maybe I wasn't as far along as I thought I was (FYI, we DTD on 16 March) and also why the HCG level was low, again maybe I'm less far along as I thought. My HcG level seems to be consistent with being 5 weeks pregnant only. I know that it's the rate of the rise of the hcG level which is important and not actually the level itself, so I'll be waiting to do my blood test again a few days, but I guess I'm just trying to justify why my level was so low.
I guess I'm just looking for some reassurance that the bleeding is not indicative of the start of a miscarriage, but I'm not hopeful . I'm trying to stay positive and trying to hold onto any glimmer of hope, but I think I may be deluding myself. It's been almost 13 hours since I started bleeding, and there is virtually no pain at all. Does this sound like a very early loss/chemical pregnancy?
If anyone has any advice or experience they'd like to share, I'd like to hear from you.
I don't really have anything to add because everything you posted has covered anything I would have said but I wanted to wish you all the best. It must have been a sleepless night for you last night. I hope that your next BT comes back with some good news for you. It's so frustrating when you have to wait for answers. Take care.
HI Cherryblossom, I have everything crossed for you that all will be ok. My hcg levels didnt rise quickly with my last pgcy, seemed to be lower than alot of others around the same stage as myself, however at 3weeks 4days I had a level of 10. I cannot tell you for sure now as my mind is at a blank, but I believe my hcg results were over 100 at 5weeks but not that much over.
I also had a u/s at 6weeks but nothing was seen in the sac, (the sac measured smaller in weeks I think out by a week) I also had spotting on and off for a few weeks at around this time too. I really didnt hold out much hope for my pgcy at the time, yet when I had the u/s the following week there was the HB and also pressing up against the sac was a sub chorionic heamotoma which was causing all the bleeding. I was told that until the baby gets bigger than the bleed that I needed to take it easy JIC. Once the baby is bigger it was considered ok.
I also had the sub chorionic heamotomas with my other DD"s in pgcy too, which I had bled at the beginning.
I do not want to give you any false hope, that everything will be ok for you but I really hope all will turn out ok. However hope and prayers is what could get you thru these next few days/weeks.
Hang in there sweety and try and rest. Please let us know how everything goes, I hope you come back with some good news for us. hugs
Csab, I will ask the Dr about whether I have sub chorionic heamotoma. The senographer was showing me the blood flow on the u/s around the sac. But she didn't explain what that meant. The vaginal u/s is the worst ever. It was so painful I want to cry.
I've been thinking of other possible causes for the bleeding. I'm now wondering if my breastfeeding my 14-month-old DD has anything to do with it? As in, if I'm breastfeeding, hcG production is reduced because my body thinks that it is not pregnant and therefore produces a period around the time that it is due? Could the bleeding be "breakthrough bleeding": https://www.bellybelly.com.au/pregna...g-in-pregnancy (hope I'm allowed to post this link). Does this make sense?
OK, so I've been tearing my hair out all day, and I'm now getting angry about the lack of answers. When I was discharged from Emergency yesterday, I was told that I'm to wait for the "O &G" (Obstetrics and Gynecology?) clinic to call me to make a time for another blood test. Although it's still early, I still haven't heard anything from them.
I'm just going crazy sitting around at home wondering what's happening. I'm still bleeding (no pain). So in a fit of anger, I tore open the letter in the sealed envelope addressed to the doctor in the O&G clinic. I figure it's my medical record, so I read it. In short, the diagnosis was "threatened abortion". I googled it. It seems 50% of women with threatened abortions end up carrying the baby to term. So I'm hopeful once again.
I highly doubt that I will be able to have a blood test today (Friday already), so the weekend is going to be one long agonizing wait.
Is there still some hope?
. I'm trying to stay positive and trying to hold onto any glimmer of hope, but I think I may be deluding myself. It's been almost 13 hours since I started bleeding, and there is virtually no pain at all. Does this sound like a very early loss/chemical pregnancy?
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