Hi everyone,
I've previously had 2 MMC; 1 spontaneously conceived that ended at 8.5 weeks (slow development after 7 weeks), and more recently an IVF pregnancy that ended in a blighted ovum/anembryonic, discovered at 7 week scan. Needed surgery for both.
I'm now pregnant from an FET but have been in beta hell this week:
First blood test Monday, 14dp5dt, HCG 347
48 hours later: HCG 557 (60% increase)
A further 48 hours: HCG 679 (20% increase)
So the rates aren't super low, but not increasing enough. The increase wasn't doubling to begin with, and now seems to be slowing. I've read that a 66% increase over 48 hours is the absolute minimum for a viable pregnancy.
I feel convinced that this will end in another MMC or even an ectopic. I'd really like to stop taking progesterone (Cyclogest and Lubion), as I feel like I'm just prolonging the inevitable. In my last IVF pregnancy, my HCG was 1000 15dp5dt, so much higher, and even that stopped developing quite soon after the test.
I realise that I am coming to this with a really negative perspective, after 2 other losses and anxiety, but I feel like there is no hope here at all; that continuing meds for a further week will be hard and unproductive, and that I'd prefer to miscarry sooner rather than later. I don't think I'd regret not taking it and doing everything in my power to support this pregnancy, as I just can't see any hope here.
Can anyone offer me any words of wisdom please? Thank you very much in advance x