Miscarriage / ectopic / rising HCG

[SWMum9]

Hello,

I am looking for some advice around miscarriage / possible ectopic pregnancy.

Until last week I believed I was pregnant with my second baby. A lot has happened since then and it’s been the hardest week of my life.

I had pink/brown tinged discharge so booked a private scan. The scan showed something, possibly a pregnancy sack in my uterus but nothing inside. Either due to being earlier than I thought or a miscarriage. It was diagnosed as pregnancy of unknown location.

I referred myself to the Early Pregnancy Unit the next day and had a scan and blood tests 2 days later at the hospital. On this scan nothing was shown in my uterus as it was before and my bloods were showing HCG of 12,000.

I have not had any significant bleeding but slightly brown tinged discharge. I have been at the hospital for blood tests twice since the first ones above and my HCG levels have only dropped ever so slightly.

The midwife has advised that at this stage they cannot rule out an ectopic pregnancy. I am returning this week to be scanned again but this time by a consultant.

As the first scan I had was private the NHS aren’t recognising this or recognising that there was something in my uterus, as they didn’t see it themselves. They said it could have been fluid.

I am really praying that this is just a normal miscarriage. Something id never thought I’d say! Feeling in limbo and I don’t know what to think. I’ve been crying every day just wanting this to be over.

has anyone experienced anything similar or have any advice? Thank you

I’m so sorry you’re going through this.

I’ve also had an ectopic, different in that it wasn’t diagnosed early, and instead ruptured. So I know how complex and worrying it can feel.

You’re in a good position (although I know it doesn’t feel like it) because you’re under medical care. However, the uncertainty/ongoing medical investigation is so hard, especially as you can’t just hunker down and start coming to terms with it all.

I wish I had some advice for you beyond just take care of yourself. Let work know and take time off if you need to/can. Hunker down as much as you can. Wishing you all the best

Hi,

i”m so sorry you’re going through this.

This also would have been our second baby and we are going through something similar so whilst I have very little advice I can give you solidarity and hopefully we can support one another along the way.

i had a private scan Friday 16th august, should have been 6+1, all that could be seen was a 4+3 empty gestational sac. I was sure of my dates. I then had bloody discharge but didn’t think too much of it as I often do after a transvaginal scan.

As of the Monday following the private scan, started getting more and as of Wednesday I had blood. I was referred to the EPU who did a scan and said it was pregnancy of unknown location. My HCG was checked and I was asked to go back in 2 days later.

It had dropped by 200 but hadn’t halved so they got me back in 48h later and retested and it had only gone down by 1.

Since then I’ve had two episodes of very very heavy bleeding and one with severe pain. I went to a&e and they did bloods and an internal check and scanned for free fluid and said it didn’t look like ectopic. They sent me home. The pain had reduced but I wasn’t particularly reassured.

Today I went back to EPU for a scan and more bloods and they’ve risen by 16. The scan showed nothing in womb, tubes or ovaries as far as they could see. It’s obviously not a viable pregnancy but we are left wondering what on earth is going on. I’ve been asked to go back on Thursday to have more bloods and if they’ve risen then they will admit me to the ward so the doctor can look over my scans. I’m not sure why that can’t be done already but perhaps they’ll scan me there and then.

To top it all off pregnancy symptoms that had gone have returned. Sore and enlarged boobs. Feeling nauseas and mood swings. Perhaps it’s all the emotions and uncertainty causing the latter two.

I noticed you posted on the 21st august. Have you had any further updates since then?

Thinking of you x