Oh baby, where art thou?

[Santabroughtmethis]

So if anyone read my thread about having a faint positive and the am I aren't I, I am. My hcg was low and my clear blues were confusing me and I had a niggly pain so asked a midwife when I was on shift to take a further hcg.

It went from 80(ish) to 994 - all grand. Was told to keep eye on pain.

Pain got worse, called friend who rang into gynae and they siggested I go in (drop in and was quiet) so they said as i was under 6/40 by dates (5+3) then I couldn't get scanned until 6/40 so arranged one for next week. Proviso is I go in if pain worsened, as although I knew it was there I was convinced it was a cyst on my ovary.

Went home, woke up at 2am thinking I was being stabbed. Literally pulled clothes on and told DH I was driving myself into a&e, before pain worsened as I was thinking maybe this is ectopic. I didn't want him getting all 3 kids out of bed and we have no one who could come and sit with them . Drove there and was seen straight away. Had morphine and cyclizine as pain so bad. Got admitted and warded.

Had a scan yesterday and there's no baby to be seen. Thickened uterus signifying pregnancy, hcg now 2600 so technically baby should be showing its face . Cyst on ovary as predicted.

Got reviewed. The reg (who I trust a lot) says he thinks ectopic as should see something really, talking about laparoscopy. Runs it by consultant (who isn't my favourite I have to say and she suggested that we leave things and review in 1 week by scan.

I'm happy with this as I didn't want to dive in and potentially lose a baby who may just be being shy at this stage, but I'm also not wanting a ruptured ectopic and ruin future fertility.

Has anyone any experience of hcg this high but no baby being seen yet? I'm still uncomfortable today, but not anything like I was and its just in the left side where the cyst is.

Sorry for waffling

IF you can cope with the pain it seems like the right cause of action .I'm so sorry you have to be going through this though - what a shitty time for you hoping and waiting.

Couldn't help but have a quick google for you, there are some positive posts out there

"AT 5 weeks, 1 day I had hcg of 3438 and they were able to see a very tiny sac. They would not even commit that it was for sure a sac, but later this was confirmed. the sac measured .4 (i think it was .4 cm)."

Aye I've googled my heart out this evening! I've had a pregnancy of unknown location before which turned into weeks of repeat scans for it to be missed mc. I can't help but wonder if its all going wrong....

Thanks for the reply btw

Any other words of wisdom?

Feeling really tired today, faint too. My BP was 90-50 in hospital so I know I'm probably tired from this

Sorry you're going through this - the waiting is the hardest part. I don't have a success story I'm afraid (two ectopics at 6+?, hcg 5000, and at 5+4, hcg c150). But I did find success stories via google of dates that were slightly out/ late developers etc).

Have you had any bleeding? If you do, please go back to A&E. Low bp is a warning sign as might indicate internal bleeding. Diarrhoea and nausea are signs too. With my second ectopic, the pain was intermittent, and I didn't get the classic shoulder tip pain either. You sound like a sensible person who's well aware of the risks so please look after yourself and get to A&E pronto if necessary. Good luck.

Thank you.

Not any bleeding at all, which is a good sign I suppose. My BP was low in hospital but I think I always run on the lower side and the combo of morphine and cyclizine in there didn't help.

Have drank like a fish today to help. Yes the waiting is the worst, we are going away this weekend - only an hour or so away to a cottage in Cornwall and not planning on doing much so as much as I'm a bit arrrrgh and nervous about going, part of me thinks it'll help with not sitting about thinking of it.

Tuesday needs to hurry up. Limbo land is horrible!

Bump..

Not any experience with missing in action babies on a scan but with my ds I had a scan at 7+2 and was only measuring 5+6. Hope it helps. And I had a positive pg test at about 9dpo.

Its my repeat scan tomorrow, I'm so nervous I feel sick. Really hope my little tummy lodger is in the right place but I'm not holding out much hope as I've had some pain the past few days, but this could be down to the cyst..... I just can't understand why it wouldn't be seen with a hcg of 2500.

Please cross your fingers for me people x

Will be thinking of you OP and crossing everything. All the best for tomorrow. Sending you lots of virtual hugs!!

Good luck. X

Will be thinking of you tomorrow santa. Hope you get some answers and good news. x

Good news so far, no tubal pregnancy but a gestation sac measuring 5+4 with a yolk inside, rescan in 6 days to check for a FH.

More reassured but this time next week I'll hopefully be ecstatic

Oh congrats :) fingers crossed that the good news keeps coming

Thank you