Have I miscarried? Any chance of pregnancy?

[timetostartbeingme]

Hi, I'm going out of my mind at the moment.

I had a bleed 14th- 16th May. I had a positive opk on the 3rd June and I think the last day I had sex was the 5th June. My cycle has always been irregular due to pcos however the month before I was regular with confirmed ovulation, I had a 37 day cycle.

I thought I had a faint positive on the 17th June. I then started bleeding which I was gutted about however happy that my body was doing something and bleeding at 14dpo I was happy and hopeful for the next cycle. The bleeding lasted 2days ish second day heavier but stopped quickly.

On the 19th I had my smear and bled a tiny bit after then nothing else.

On the 22nd June I had an urge to test and to my absolute surprise I tested positive, 1-2 weeks on digital a frer and cheap hpt.

I then had my hcg taken on the following days;

1st July - 535
4th July - 766
8th July - 1555
10th July - 878

On the evening of the 10th July I had lower back ache. On the 11th July I started bleeding slightly, I knew all along my numbers were very slow and low rising so wasn't expecting a viable pregnancy. The dr confirmed this with my levels having dropped.

On Monday 15th July I went to the EPU, I had an internal scan and they couldn't see anything in my uterus or ovaries. She did say that my bladder was still quite full I'm unsure if that can have an affect on visibility at all ?! We came to the conclusion that my bloods would probably drop further and my bleeding would get heavier. However my bloods came back at 1378 so had risen!

My bleeding has got heavier but still not like a full flow, it's gone from pink watery to red and is now showing on a pad. I've no cramps. I'm tired and my boobs feel so heavy but I'm cautious of imagining symptoms!

I've had my bloods taken today so will get those results tomorrow. The nurses were unsure what was happening too!

I know it won't be a healthy pregnancy due to such low and slow rising hcg and nothing visible on scan plus my bleeding.

In my heart I'm praying that my bloods skyrocket, and it turns out I'm earlier than I thought. I thought I was 7/8 weeks. What's the longest an egg and sperm can survive ?? What would be the absolute latest I could have conceived??

Thank you to anyone who can comment, I just don't know what's happening :( hard enough being so excited over a positive and then realising it won't work out but all this unknown is just horrible xx

I'm so sorry, I can't imagine the stress you're going through just now. I don't mean to scare you and it may be something they've checked already, but have they ruled out an ectopic pregnancy? The same thing happened to my friend's sister re: slow to rise hcg levels and mini bleeds. The EPU told her the same at her scan about not seeing anything in there (a full bladder actually helps with visibility) and it was because the embryo was trapped in her fallopian tube. I hope you get some answers soon and find out what's happening one way or the other. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you xx

HI OP - I am so sorry you are going through this and know how worried you are feeling. Has the EPU ruled out ectopic? I don't want to scare you but I am currently going through this. I had hcg that slowly rose, remained static then rose again as well as bleeding that lasted well over a week. Also had internal scans as I was about 5/6 weeks. My first scan showed pregnancy of an unknown location at this point I had light spotting which didn't really come onto a pad and my second scan 2 weeks later confirmed an ectopic by this point had heavier bleeding which remained consistent then eased to spotting again. I also had internal bleeding which they picked up on the second scan. I had minimal symptoms - bleeding was the main one and over the last few days before they confirmed I had heaviness down my arm and legs and shoulder ache and pressure type feeling in my bum. Again if I had not known my hcg was the way it was, I could have easily ignored these and put it down to just feeling off. Obviously this may not be the case for you and I really hope it isnt but wanted to share my experience due to the hcg levels. Take care of yourself, our bodies are so clever at letting us know when something isnt right so keep pushing for an answer❤️

Hi Pink Rose,

Thanks for commenting. So sorry that you are going through that. What have your hcg levels been and what's the plan of action for you?

I thought the scan would have saved some images to my file however when I spoke to the nurse (I was interested to see how my ovaries were with having pcos and wanted to think about my fertility moving forward) she just said no images get saved she just gets a report which says no pregnancy seen and that my ovaries look normal. She did have a look at each ovary but it does seem scarily similar to what you're going through.

All the way through I've felt like something is on my left side. I'm not in pain however over the last 3 weeks I have had some pinchy ovulation style pain. It's scary as you're made to believe ectopic is seriously painful and that yourll know if it's that.

Xx

My hcg levels were always low I think they went from 53 - 64 then stayed same after a week then 3 days later rose to 71. It was only when they rose again they got me in for a second scan which I am so thankful for. Same day I went down for emergency surgery as I had the internal bleeding and they found my tube had partially ruptured so had to remove. I was and stll am in shock as believed I was miscarrying all along and thought with an ectopic you would have noticeable pain. It wasn't until I started reading others stories on here that many had minimal pain and the point of excruciating pain is when the tube has ruptured! I didn't see any scan photos, they only saved the report too. I asked to see where my ectopic was on the screen and the lady kindly let me, which gave me a weird sense of comfort and I think will help with closure knowing they were there and so loved.

I initially went to EPU as had niggling on right side lower down and brown spotting pretty much as soon as I found out I was pregnant (GP referred me). I also have Polycyrstic ovaries so my cycles tend to be a bit longer too hence why they couldn't see anything on first scan as it was so early. Are they continuing to monitor your hcg? X

It's so scary isn't it! She reported that my ovaries looked fine and that's all they could tell me. They said at the minute it's a pregnancy in an unknown location but if they've looked at my ovaries and uterus where else could it be?! Unless not developed enough in ovaries to see. But surely they see ectopics so regularly she should have been able to see.

Yeah I had another blood test done yesterday so I'll get the results today. It just baffled everyone them rising, I was expecting them to continue to fall then to have a big bleed.

The bleeding is weird though, it started watery pink when I wiped then went more of a brown now it's red but it's not a continuous flow at all. More so when I wipe.

It's so hard to grieve for a loss, when straight away when you see the positive you can't help but imagine how your life will be but then to also have all this unknown and worry. I just wanted it all to be over so I could have a fresh slate and try again ! Xx

That's exactly how I felt with all the worry just wanted to know either way. Make sure they check your tubes as that's where the ectopic can likely be but they will be trained to check everywhere❤️ fingers crossed for you xx

I had a very similar situation OP and it wasn't ectopic in the end, just a pregnancy of unknown location - I had a d&c and they found the pregnancy - it was just very undeveloped so didn't show on the scan. It's a horrible, horrible experience to go though (being pregnant but not) really messes with your mind so I really feel for you and hope it's resolved quickly so you can try again and get your baby

Just had my bloods back there's a small increase from 1318 to 1553 so they're having me back tomorrow for a scan as they suspect an ectopic pregnancy x

@timetostartbeingme so sorry to hear this x