Hi, this is my first pregnancy and I'm 38 years old.
I was very surprised to find my test positive on 7 July, as we've been trying for 3 and a half years!
My blood HCG was tested on the 11th: 5000 (good)
Then I had a scan (16th) which showed only an empty yolk sac (thought I was over 6 weeks but the technician said it was 5w4d - so I guess it's normal not to see anything more at that stage)...?
I then had 2 more HCG tests and it only went up by 600 in 6 days, then 300 in 2 days:
11/7 4w.5d HCG 5000
17/7 5w.4d HCG 5671
19/7 5w.6d HCG 5955
Surely it should be doubling? Is it a bad sign and what could it mean? Has anyone else experienced such a slow rise?
Going for a scan in 4 days but I'm so nervous and want to be prepared for all possibilities