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Anyone having weekly hcg injections to try to prevent another miscarriage?

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Greenglassteacup · 02/09/2017 16:54

I posted on the miscarriage board but haven't had a response so thought I'd ask here. I'm spotting & I suspect I'm starting my 4th miscarriage. I am wondering if the hcg injection will prolong an inevitable miscarriage. I would like to hear from others who have been advised to have these weekly injections by the recurrent miscarriage clinic. I had my first injection yesterday after a faint positive test on a frer. I am cramping & spotting.

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Beckerss · 03/06/2022 10:50

@MrsH2618 and @Hobnob86 I’ve been taking HCG injections since I found out I was pregnant again 2 weeks ago. I get my first scan at 6/7weeks next week.
can I ask how you two found using the injections please?

MrsH2618 · 28/04/2022 22:21

Of course. I think I’ve managed to PM you on here.
Hopefully you’ve received it.
Ruth

Hobnob86 · 28/04/2022 22:09

Hello @MrsH2618 - I’m also having HCG injections. I understand why you posted on the original thread. It’s so so difficult to find anyone having these injections during pregnancy. I have tried to PM you but I am unable to. Would you mind if I asked about your experience?

MrsH2618 · 16/09/2019 08:03

@physicskate thank you for you support.

As someone who has has 3 miscarriages myself I was just looking for some support from someone who has been through a similar experience.

I like you said, had no idea the outcome and couldn't have possibly known.

Again I apologies if this has caused any friction or hurt towards anyone. I will seek advice from somewhere else.

physicskate · 16/09/2019 07:14

@Greenglassteacup - I'm sorry you had that experience. It must have been really difficult for you to go through it. I know it's shit when someone digs up an old thread that had such a sad outcome, but I don't think any malice was intended. And it wasn't possible to know that you'd have to tfmr based on what was previously written.

It's an unusual situation, having hcg supplemented, and I think the new poster was just trying to find solidarity. I'm sorry this drags up some inevitably shot memories for you, but I honestly don't think she could have possibly known... how could she have had insight?

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Greenglassteacup · 16/09/2019 06:06

It’s a shame that you have no insight. Good luck

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MrsH2618 · 15/09/2019 23:06

Sorry for seeking out advice whilst going through a similar experience that someone like yourself has. I came across your post which YOU originally posted. I apologise if I offended you. A double question mark being a mere typo. It's shame that on posts like this people can't be supportive of one another especially when we have such similar experiences.

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Greenglassteacup · 15/09/2019 19:35

Asking “what was the outcome of this??” with the double question marks isn’t great really

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Greenglassteacup · 15/09/2019 18:17

This was a long time ago and it was a shock to receive an email from mumsnet telling me that this my username was mentioned with reference to this thread.

The outcome was a termination for medical reasons in the second trimester because the baby was not going to be ok. I have been unable to have a successful pregnancy after having my daughter over 8 years ago.

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MrsH2618 · 15/09/2019 17:39

@Greenglassteacup can I ask what the outcome of this was?? I am currently having HCG injection (first one was earlier in the week). I also like yourself have had miscarriages (first one was a MMC)

Thanks x

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Greenglassteacup · 04/09/2017 18:22

Anytime now.

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LisaSimpsonsbff · 04/09/2017 18:08

Really sorry to hear that - hopefully they'll call tomorrow. When would your period normally be due?

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Greenglassteacup · 04/09/2017 17:41

They didn't call me back

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Greenglassteacup · 04/09/2017 12:14

I'm in & out of meetings all day but really don't want to miss their call. Still spotting (red) & having period style cramps. If it's going to come out I wish it would crack on

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Greenglassteacup · 04/09/2017 12:11

Yes I assume so. I have left a message with the consultant's secretary, asking for a telephone call.

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LisaSimpsonsbff · 04/09/2017 09:29

Presumably you also can't have a blood test because the injections will keep the hormones high regardless of what's happening? That's what I'd really like (blood tests in the first week or two) in my next pregnancy, though I'm not sure whether or not I'll get it.

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Greenglassteacup · 04/09/2017 09:17

3.5 weeks

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Greenglassteacup · 04/09/2017 09:17

There's no point having a scan at 3 weeks because there would be nothing to see

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Cupcakesandlove · 04/09/2017 08:56

Is there anyway you can contact the clinic for a scan today? X

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Greenglassteacup · 04/09/2017 08:45

Awful. With the mmc I ended up going private for surgery because the NHS were useless. I hope you have good news soon & that the progesterone helps you through. I feel like an emotional wreck with it all

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LisaSimpsonsbff · 04/09/2017 08:22

I'm really sorry; I hope you're wrong and that this one is your successful pregnancy, but I understand wanting to prepare yourself for the worst. And yes, the date thing was infuriating - for that to be right I'd have had to have got a positive pregnancy test before I ovulated! I was lucky (well, relatively so!) because I miscarried naturally a few days after the scan, but I remember the horror of knowing that I absolutely had miscarried but that they wanted me to wait two weeks to confirm.

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Greenglassteacup · 04/09/2017 08:13

Yes I had that "your dates might be wrong" with the mmc. As if I'd get my dates wrong after 2 years of trying to have a successful pregnancy. Infuriating. I'm sorry that you've been through this too. Thank you so much for your support. I'm still cramping ( hardly sleep because of it) & the spotting is now heavier ( orangey red). I don't think I will have any more injections as I feel like it will delay the inevitable. From googling this injection it seems like the drug won't leave my system for 10 days. Got to go to work now. Will wear a big pad in case

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LisaSimpsonsbff · 04/09/2017 07:12

I'm sorry to hear that cramping is getting worse. I don't know about hcg, but I did think about that with taking progesterone, which I'll be prescribed if/when I get pregnant again. Like you I worry that that could mask the symptoms of miscarriage (ie I won't bleed) but not prevent it. But what I told myself - and this is surely also true for you - is that if fetal development stops again, the scan will show this, at which point treatment will stop. So if it stops at five weeks again (which is when all of mine have stopped, but the last one my body hung on to for another two weeks) we'd know that at six weeks. The good thing there is that both you and they know exactly when you got a positive, so if that comes to pass (which it may well not, of course!) there could be none of the 'it's probably just that your dates are wrong' that they insist on otherwise.

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Greenglassteacup · 03/09/2017 23:47

Cramping seems to be getting worse

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Greenglassteacup · 03/09/2017 23:26

Hi, thank you. The clinic said weekly hcg injections & a scan at 6 weeks & then weekly scans. My biggest fear st the moment is another mmc that rumbles on for months & months rather than a natural Mc over the next week or so. I've had both & the mmc is much worse.

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