I really need to get this out. Hubby and I have been ttc number 2 since June last year. I was 38 when we started, now 39, I had a 2nd tri mmc before our DD but everything went great with her conception and pregnancy, I was 36 then. It took awhile to get pregnant when we first started ttc our 2nd, had DH's sperm tested and it wasnt so great so after a visit to a naturapath his numbers improved and I fell pregnant. That pregnancy resulted in a blighted ovum and I had a D&C at 9wks. The next pregnancy I mc at 5wks, a chemical pregnancy. Of course all these mc's have taken a toll on me and when I recently found out I was pregnant again I wanted to feel happy but just felt dread and fear. However at 5wks my hcg level were great and I was feeling very nauseous and tired so started to think this time all would be ok. However over the weekend I noticed I felt completely normal and started to feel nervous about the early scan we had booked for this morning. I was crying as the nurse began the scan and had not one once of hope in me, sure enough she couldnt find a heartbeat, I am meant to be 6w4d. She said it was too early to call anything and I would have to have another scan in a week, this has happened to me before and the wait was awful and ended in a m/c and D&C. She said she needed to show me the screen and I said I didnt want to look I just wanted to finish, she said I had to look and when I did there was 2 sacs... I was speechless. After DH and I took it in I asked her to take some blood for my Hcg levels. So here are the numbers....at 4w5d hcg 858, 5wks 1868, 6w4d (today) 7937 and progesterone 39. She has booked me in for a scan in 8days time.
Is there any point hoping? This would be my 4th mc and I just dont think I can do this anymore. I was hugging my daughter today and she asked me what was wrong, I hadnt realised I was crying, I'm beginning to think it is a miracle I have her, I just want to hold her and not let her go.
Lola - I feel for you, you poor thing. I have been told by both FS and U/S people that the 6 week to 7 week mark could be either way. Any time after 7 weeks you can definately expect a heartbeat to appear.
Lola Sending lots of sticky vibes - and to answer your question - Yes there is HOPE! I needed an internal to "get" my first HB and my HCGs were WAY lower than yours - tho I only had one bubba!
Yes, hold on to the hope, Lola. You're carrying two so they would be a bit smaller and it would be harder to get a heartbeat at 6w4d than with one bub and even then if you're out a couple of days, it would depend on the skill of the sonographer and how good the machine was. Sending you lots and lots of
Thank you all for your kind replys, it really means alot to me and does make a difference.
To be honest I think I have resigned myself to a things not working out, its no so much the absence of a HB but my latest Hcg result and the fact I have gone from feeling very nauseous & tired to completely fine. The only info I could find that gives me some hope is sometimes with twins if one doesnt make it the Hcg levels will slow down. So I have a small chance that on Tuesday instead of both not being viable as I expect maybe 1 will of made it. But at the moment I'm trying to be grateful for what I do have, a wonderful husband and a gorgeous DD.
Lola sorry to hear you are going through this. Please don't lose hope. I am praying for you that everything turns out fine, sending loads of positive and sticky vibes your way x
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Lola Sending lots of sticky vibes - and to answer your question - Yes there is HOPE! I needed an internal to "get" my first HB and my HCGs were WAY lower than yours - tho I only had one bubba!
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