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Low HCG and Clearblue digital gone down

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CheckedEarBunny · 20/07/2023 20:05

Hi Ladies, I’m looking for hope even though I know there isn’t much I can actually do, and clutching at straws never really worked out for me either, but here I am. I’m 5w 4d pregnant with my 4th, I’m fairly certain I’m at 26 dpo and there’s very little margin of error. First positive test was exactly 2 weeks ago and it was a very faint line. I had 3 chemical pregnancies and a missed miscarriage at 10 weeks and 3 healthy pregnancies. Given the 4 losses, I always liked having the reassurance of darkening lines. I usually tested until I got a 3+ on Clearblue digital (with my chemical I never got to that point and never even used digital tests as my initial positive tests faded away and turned negative quite quickly). This time I got 2-3 weeks with the Clearblue digital on Monday at 5w 1d and got the 3+ on Tuesday at 5w 2d. It seemed spot on. Only that I had one more test left and I was stupid enough to take that test with FMU today at 5w 4d and it has gone back down to 2-3 weeks. I panicked. I got in quickly to get betas done and they came back at 2543, which is pretty low for 5w 4d and considering that I tested positive 2 weeks ago. Also the Clearblue leaflet says that the threshold for 3+ is HCG levels of over about 2800, so I fear this is only going one way. I know that one beta result doesn’t mean much in itself, as it’s the doubling that counts but the clinic will only do a second beta a week after today’s and I really just want to know either way. I feel very deflated and emotional. It seems that my levels are actually going down, otherwise I wouldn’t have gotten 3+ result 2 days ago and then instead of doubling, HCG seems to be decreasing. Has anybody been in similar situation? What’s your experience with the weeks indicator? Thank you if you respond.

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CheckedEarBunny · 26/07/2023 16:22

Well, nobody responded so far, but I’ll give an update. I had a scan last Friday on the 21st because I woke up to some sharp abdominal pains and I freaked out that my pregnancy might be ectopic. The scan showed that it is not ectopic, thankfully. According to my LMP I would’ve been 5w 5d but the sonographer measured me at 5w 3d and saw a gestational sac and yolk sac, nothing else yet but said that was normal. I had bloods done on Monday the 24th (at 6w 1d by LMP), so 4 days after the first bloods and my results came back at 4583. In 4 days the number did not even double. The doctor said we’d be expecting numbers to be close to 10000 in order to say the pregnancy is going well and I was told “I wouldn’t be too hopeful, unfortunately.”
I’m on progesterone and was basically told I can just stop, as it won’t matter. It’s pretty devastating to hear such news, and hard not to cling onto hope. In any case, I have a scan on this coming Friday and I expect that the baby has not developed. With my MMC at 10 weeks I measured 8 days behind on my first scan at 6w 5d and I knew this was a bad sign. Every week at the repeat scan the baby measured further and further behind even though they detected a heartbeat, but at my scan at 8w 5d the baby was measuring only 6w 3d with a heartbeat, and then the next scan no heartbeat and MMC was established. I did not have my HCG measured back then but I’m sure if I did, it probably would’ve been the same not rising, not doubling pattern. I’m prepared to go through the same again this time.
I’d be still happy to hear about similar situations and if any of it ended well at all?!

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Vienna1993 · 16/09/2023 13:44

I just want to send my love to you after reading your story x

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