Hi,
First of all, my sympathies are with anyone going through this. I'm probably in a different situation from most as my pregnancy was unplanned (statistically, I'm the 1 in 1,000 who conceives with a Mirena IUS fitted). I'm very fortunate to have my three lovely children and to be more convinced than ever that my family's complete but I'm still finding this distressing and my heart goes out to anyone trying for a baby.
Can anyone share how quickly your HcG levels fell after receiving Methotrexate to resolve an ectopic pregnancy?
When my levels were first tested a week ago, they were over 15,000.
It was a bit of a physical and emotional roller-coaster of a day as I woke in a pool of blood with no idea what was happening to me. The last thing I suspected was pregnancy/miscarriage because of having the Mirena fitted.I had no pregnancy symptoms and no abdominal pain.
When a pregnancy test proved positive at my GP's, I was scanned but diagnosed with a 'pregnancy of unknown location' as nothing could be seen in my womb. On Monday another consultant found 'something' in my tubes and I was injected with Methotrexate. My levels had fallen to 12,000 before getting the shot.
Today, three days later, they had only fallen to 11,00 despite a lot of heavy bleeding with clots. I'm told that those levels are still rather high.
I'm due back on Sunday for another blood test and I don't know what options will be put to me then.
Just interested in your experiences of what happened to your HcG levels after Methotrexate.
Thank you.