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Is this an ectopic or blighted ovum? Advice please

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Becky12123 · 29/12/2023 19:14

Hello I'm currently 5 weeks 5 days (natural conception)

I'm under a private clinic for monitoring due to 2 previous miscarriages

Below are hcg results :

Hcg 36 - 13 days po (tues)
Hcg 52 - 14 days PO. (Wed)
Hcg 162 - 16 days po (fri)
Hcg 520 - 19 days PO (mon)
Hcg 819- 21 days PO (wed)
Hcg 1042 - 23 days po (fri)
Hcg 1106- 25 days po (sun)
Hcg. 984 - 27 days po (tues)
Hcg 1011 - 29 days (thurs)
Hcg 1064 - 30 days (fri - today)

They did a scan today and saw a 4mm sac which they said might be gestational.no yolk sac. Bloods today hcg 1064 (1011 yesterday)

I got a call from a dr saying it wasn't looking good but that 10% pregnancies get strange hcgs like this and pregnancy is ok . I said to her are you thinking this is likely ectopic or blighted ovum though and she said yes.
She gave me three options :

  1. continue all treatment (clexane 20mg twice a day, aspirin 150mg, thyroxine 25 mcg, cyclogest 800mg twice a day

  2. stop everything expect the cyclogest

  3. stop everything except the thyroxine

I was baffled as to why option 2 doesn't mention needing to continue with thyroxine but 3 does.

Anyhow whatever option I go with she said bloods day after tomorrow and a scan a few days later

Has anyone else experienced this and can anyone advise ? I'm really anxious

OP posts:
Outliers · 29/12/2023 20:51

I think I would go for #1 - if nothing is seen on the scan in a few days.

Potentialmadcatlady · 29/12/2023 20:55

I would hang in there another week or so and see what results say then.
My ‘blighted ovum’ is currently sitting beside me playing on his ps4.
I know not everyone is as lucky but when it happened to me I asked how long I could wait before going for medical management .. they said a week or so so I took a week.. seven days later an internal scan found his heartbeat.
Thinking of you

Confusedddddddd · 29/12/2023 21:26

If they can see something on the scan in the uterus it's very unlikely to be ectopic

Becky12123 · 30/12/2023 14:36

@Outliers @Potentialmadcatlady @Confusedddddddd thanks so much for your replies.

The concern is they sac a sac that they said could be a pseudo sac not a gestational sac. Pseudosacs look very similar to gestational sacs but are empty and are actually due to free fluid due to an ectopic

I'm going to head to an EPU to get another scan and bloods and see what they think

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Potentialmadcatlady · 30/12/2023 15:04

Hope you get some positive results..

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