TTC after Recurrent Miscarriage/Stillbirth/Late Loss

[angelicdragon]

phew Thanks for that kat, I thought I had put my foot in it again. Still getting used to BB as opposed to other forums.
Ok beta tests.. when you go to your dr to confirm a pregnancy they can do one of two tests. There is the qualiative test or the quantative test. the quali one just gives you a yes/no answer. The quan test gives you a hCG level. The level varies between how many DPO/weeks you are. Generally around 13dpo anything over 100 is good. The test is normally done twice, 48 hrs apart. The number is supposed to double in 48 hrs to indicate a healthy pregnancy.
If it goes up but does not double then they may suspect an ectopic pg. I had that happen in November 05. my first beta was 141 then 48 hrs later was 205. I had to go straight to my OB and he did a scan and another beta. The scan showed no ectopic but inconclusive as to whether it was a slow pg or a failed pg.. that beta came back at 178 and then 4 days later was down to 15 but I had already started to m/c the day before.
It can be very useful as one of the earliest signs of a succesful pregnancy or whether it is doomed right from the start.
However. a good doubling does not mean you end up with a baby either. Joey was 123 at 13dpo then 271 at 15dpo so a more than 48 hr doubling time but I still lost him at 11w4d. Then Ethans betas were 150 at 13dpo and at 17dpo it was 968 so a doubling time of about 31 hrs.. but I lost him at 7wks.
Samuel was 390 at 16dpo with no 2nd beta and he is here...
I never had any betas with the others.
I hope that has proved a bit of an insight into what the early tests can show.
As for stress.. I often think about that and how much it influences pg or not and as was pointed out to me people have been in extreme stress and hardship and still have babies. So don't stress about the stress lol.

I hope you all have a good weekend and we all get some much needed rain and of course BFPs
hugs
Judy