May09 M/C got thyroid finally PG but low Hcg 76

[GSB]

Hi,

I had my M/C in May09. Then I got diagnosed with Thyroid. I have been trying since Aug09. Finally, got a slight BFP this week. When I went to GP, she told me my Thyroid was playing up, so have increased dosage. The worrying thing is that I am not sure what my cycle was like. Now when I got the Hcg result, it was just 76....which is quite low. So am really tensed up at the moment. GP has advised another test around the end of next week. Hope it goes up. I am just guessing that I am still under 4 weeks...but then how can my HPT detect hcg so early.

[GSB]

I think it is picking up.....hoping for the best

[dory]

BSB - I hope so too sweet. Fingers crossed.

[GSB]

Thanks Dory.

I am going for my 2nd hcg test tomorrow. Hoping for it to be in the desired level so I can go for a scan and find out what's going on in there. Just wondering is it normal to have discharge during a healthy pregnancy? Is not having MS a sign of something not right? I am just getting paranoid thinking of all the bad things that could happen.

for tomorrow's test result.

[Cassius2]

hi there!

to be totally honest, a level of 76 before you are 4 weeks pg is actually pretty good! some of the girls on here have had them as low as 26 and have gone on to have healthy babies!

my fingers are :fingerscrossed: that the levels are looking awesome for your next test...but sounds like you are travelling along well.

as for the discharge...totally normal in pregnancy. in fact you will find that you have (and sorry for the TMI) heaps heaps more lol.

sweet. it's so hard after experiencing a loss to feel calm with subsequent pregnancies, so do whatever you must to feel safe and secure. if the the HCG tests offer that security then go for it! for me, it was scans!

wishing you a H&H pg and beyond xx

[GSB]

Thanks Cassius. Well my dates are a bit off so the GP told me after seeing my hcg at 76 that I am still under 4 weeks....so not really sure where I am at, as of now. Just guesstimating. I am waiting for it to be above the 1000 mark so I can get a dating scan done.
Thanks for the reassuring words. I am hoping for the best. The good thing I noticed is that my HPT results are getting darker every time I do them [yes I am crazy enough to do those every 3 days just to reassure myself]

[Cassius2]

ha ha! i do the same thing...testing every couple of days lol! DH thinks i am mad...but for me it is so reassuring.

[dory]

Sorry I have been MIA for a while. Cassius already gave you the heads up re the HCG level. Yes you can still have discharge during a healthy preg. I am now 10 weeks and had discharge at 6 weeks and 6 days with large clots and then again at 10 weeks and 2 days ( yes, last night and this morning). I have not ever had early early bleeding. My ob says for some women, and some of them are on BB, they bled throughout preg and ended up hold and healthy baby in their arms. It has never been that way for me, bleeding usually heralds the end, but so far so good in this pg. Just remember, every pg is different, very different from the others. We just suffer through the comparisons between them because we are so scared. BTW - I don't think you're paranoid. The fear is soooooo totally understandable. For me, the fear was worse early on than it is now, except that I am absoltely petrified when I see the blood, but I can't maintain that level of anxeity anymore. I could in the early days though. I was like you testing madly, except I was possessed and doing it morning and night some days. Again just for that reassurance. When I went to the GP all I wanted was them to confirm the pg by their urine test, and after that, it was real. You know? It wasn't just me being crazy and imagining that BFP, which actally was quite faint. Now? now I worry because the m/s has eased and it's only once a day usually that I feel nauseaous. When I do at first I am soooo excited, but if it goes on for hours it gets tiresome. Today my boobs hurt, and it really helped pick me up from the fear I had about the bleed. In all honesty, this pg, I have been much more fearful about everything.

I hope that you can soon move beyond the fear and start to enjoy your pg a little, but if not? You'll find a way to manage and get through. How were those levels at your next test?

[GSB]

Thanks Cassius, Summer and Dory.

Dory - Hope everything is going good for you.

Well my GP called today and told me that my level is at 3000 now, which was such a relief. So I am going to go for the dating scan on Thursday. As for the paranoia..... it's still there. But I am realising that it doesn't help to fixate on it so am planning on getting myself busy with my studies now.

BTW, what happens in a dating scan? Also I do not want an internal U/S, especially at this early stage, because of my last experience. So will they be able to see anything with external u/s?

Thanks again!!

[dory]

GSB - from what I understand, a dating scan is done transvaginally ( internally) as bubs is so tiny that an external u/s doesn't give the level of detail needed. Usually some measurements are taken by measuring on the u/s screen to give an estimate of dates. The cervix and uterus area will be assessed, but on the u/s screen.

Apart from that? It's your chance to ask as many questions as you need to get reassurance and get your first look at bubs, a little precious blob with a little yoke sac still visible and with the heart beat discernable on u/s. I don't know if you can hear the heartbeat at this early stage, but hopefully you can see it. I didn't get to hear the heartbeat of this little chicken ( I went at 6 weeks 6 days). Maybe your blood pressure might be taken too? If it is your ob doing the scan? If it's at an u/s place, then not much extra will occur.

I've had three of them and each one has been transvag. But ask before the test if it can be done externally. Maybe even call now so you can make an informed decision before you are at the scan?

Good news on those levels by the way. Stay sticky little one!