Urgent help PLEASE
My doc just phoned back with results from blood test and she said the progesterone was fine but HCG wasnt. It was dropping from 15,000 to 13,000 to 10,000, which wasnt good and she recommended that I start doing clexane injections daily as that was one of the suggestions that a FS recommended and OB disagreed with before. So I went with OB suggestion of metformin and not clexane.
Anyway she said that the drop in hcg was bad and that I could still miscarry but the clexane (which was started today, way too late) could help.
She said that I couldnt have an ultrasound and that it wouldnt help, BULL!! Seeing a heartbeat would sure help me, if there is a heartbeat then the injections are worthwhile but if there isnt then injecting myself till next wednesday (when I get the next bloods back) is a complete waste of time.
Then I got straight on the computer and googled 11weeks hormones in pregnancy and a site said that it IS NORMAL to have a drop in hcg from 11 weeks onwards. AAARRRRGGGGGGHH!!!!!!!!
Someone help!!!!
She made me think I was miscarrying AGAIN and then refused an ultra sound....
Hmm....... HCG levels do peak around this time and then plateu so it could be normal, I hope it's normal for you. Can you insist on an ultrasound? I don't really see how they can refuse it!
I called and got my real doc shes back from her holiday and she is really concerned about the drop too. But thank god she said first thing monday morning I need an ultrasound. thank god for that, I couldnt believe the other doc just wanted to monitor bloods which Ive heard since (not from doctors) that it is an unreliable way to monitor a pregnancy, ultrasound is the only way to go.
OK the level is low according to the chart here on BB, I am ATM only 10,000 hcg, and apparently the progesterone is OK. The hcg is supposed to be between 11,500 and 288,000, so there is a concern I guess. Hopefully it means nothing but I would love some more input if anyone has anything to offer.
Thanks sarajane
So sorry that your levels aren't the best, fingers crossed it's nothing to be worried about and you see the most beautiful heartbeat when you go for your ultrasound tomorrow. Will check back with you tomorrow to hear about your little one's heart beat.
That's fantastic news. I was so fearful for you reading through the early part of your post as in my successful pregnancy the HCG was over 74,000 at 6 weeks and your results were so much lower. Then I got to today and there was the great news. It just goes to show that it's very difficult to determine things from HCG levels.
I wish you a happy, healthy & more than anything an uneventful pregnancy from this day on.
I think what I did just then wasnt very good, I called the GP first to ask should I continue with the clexane considering the bleed and she said yes, then I called the OB (at the hospital) without asking the GP if that was OK, just to ask him wheather I should go ahead with the injections considering the bleed and the midwife dobbed me in and called the GP that has been seeing me and asked their permission first! ooops, how embarrasing, isnt she a cow for doing that. They are all obviously a tight knit little group arent they.
He said to go ahead with them so Im happy. Was that a really naughty thing to do??
I have to look after myself and the baby. My Mum cracked it and said that it was wrong to do that.
I'd trust the Ob more than the GP, the Ob is the specialist. Good luck sweetie, I will continue to lurk here to watch your baby grow!
EDIT: Do you know when you are due? You are due about a week before me so you might be in the May 1-15 belly threads! Join us here if you are, we would love to have you along for the journey. The women in this thread are some of the most amazing supportive women I have met!
I don't get it, what did she have to ask the GP's permission for??
Who cares what they think I say, so long as you get the answers you need and you can relax!!
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thank god for that, I couldnt believe the other doc just wanted to monitor bloods which Ive heard since (not from doctors) that it is an unreliable way to monitor a pregnancy, ultrasound is the only way to go.
for you!!
ooops, how embarrasing, isnt she a cow for doing that. They are all obviously a tight knit little group arent they.
YIPPPPEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! I am so happy for you! 
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