Hello.
I'm hoping for some advice/words of wisdom/support..! Apologies in advance if TMI.
I'm 31, DH but no DC (desperately wanted), 1st miscarriage in July 2014, second in February 2015.
Found out I was pregnant again about 10 days ago but starting bleeding around the same time, not too heavy at first, brown in colour to start with and then heavier and bright red. I've also had cramping and contraction type pains and have passed some clots and tissue. My pg symptoms have gone as well. I've been through a mc twice so I'm confident that this was another one.
We went for a scan earlier this week. The sonographer said that it wasn't good news, that my womb was empty but that my ovaries looked good and healthy. The nurse afterwards said that they wanted to do a pg test as well so I had to POAS whilst I was there (I thought this was strange as I didn't have to do this with the first mcs, I was just told to POAS at home a week or so later and then call them if it was still +ve) The test was +ve so she said they'd need to do a blood test to check BhCG levels and repeat this 48 hours later to see if the levels had gone down. I think they're checking to make sure it isn't ectopic, which I guess wouldn't show up on the scan? The only other reason I can think is if they think it's a really early pg which wouldn't show up on the scan yet but I can't think that this is the case because of my dates & the fact that I've lost so much blood, etc.
Anyway the blood test results came back today and the BhCG levels have gone up! I think she said they were at 386 which doesn't mean anything to me as I've never had this checked before. Is this high or low? The nurse said that they'd need to re-scan me again in a week (10 days from first scan). I was a bit flustered on the phone as I wasn't expecting that at all so didn't ask any of the questions I probably should have done and now I'm just a bit confused and scared. Surely if they were genuinely worried about it being ectopic they would want to see me straight away? I wasn't worried about it before as I've not had any symptoms of ectopic but I don't know what to think now as I have no idea what's going on! What do you think they're looking for on the scan?
As an aside, the bleeding has pretty much stopped now and I'm not feeling ill just a bit wiped out, headache and I now have a cold to add to that (blaming DH!) Any thoughts/similar experiences you have to share would be appreciated...
Thank you for reading xxx