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Miscarriage but high progesterone

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GladDenimGoose · 08/05/2026 17:38

Hi all, I'm looking for some solidarity while I wait for more tests at the EPU. I believe I miscarried two weeks ago at around 5w5d. I had a couple of days of brown spotting, then one morning I had and hour or so of severe cramping pain with shivers, sweats and dizziness. Bleeding carried on for about a week much like a regular period. Today I went for a blood test because home pregnancy test results aren't changing at all. The test revealed very low HCG (around 170) and high progesterone (around 35) so they're going to repeat and scan me on Monday. I suppose I just wondered if anyone has had similar - is this likely to be a normal miscarriage that's slow to resolve or is an ectopic likely? The wait for clarity is driving me a bit insane.

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GladDenimGoose · 14/05/2026 17:11

Just in case anyone reads this, I've had some more blood tests and my HCG initially went down to 110 but today it's back up to 155. I had a scan earlier this week and they didn't find anything and I'm booked in for another scan tomorrow.

Has anyone had an experience like this? I think they suspect ectopic because of the fluctuating HCG but I doubt they'll see anything because the level is so low. I'm feeling pretty stuck in limbo!

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