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Suspected Miscarriage - need some advice please

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Wharm14 · 21/05/2015 17:49

At the weekend I had two positive pregnancy tests, I was due my AF on Sunday. I had an Ectopic Pregnancy last September which resulted in the removal of my right tube and was told next time I had a positive test, to go to the doctors to get referred to the EPU (Early Pregnancy Unit) ASAP.

I went to see my GP on Monday morning and she took blood and booked me for a scan at the EPU on 1st June when I would be 6 weeks. I had a follow up blood test on Wednesday to check my HCG levels within 48 hours of the first test to see if they had doubled. One of the other GP's called me today to tell me my HCG levels have dropped from 91.7 on Monday to 30 yesterday. She told me the pregnancy wasn't viable and I was going to miscarry. She said she would call the EPU to seek further advice and call me back.

When she called back she said the consultant at the EPU had told her the pregnancy wasn't viable and I was to take another test in a fortnight to confirm I wasn't pregnant anymore. She told me if I had any pain or bleeding to contact the doctors again and she has canceled my scan on the 1st June. And that was all she could do.

I said I wasn't happy to just be left like that, with a history of Ectopic pregnancy and when pushed, the GP offered to do my bloods again next Wednesday. She told me I would likely just have a "normal" period at some point.

Can any wise mums netters please share with me their experiences and help me understand this? Do I need to push for more tests? Should I still have my scan on the 1st June? Or do I simply wait this out and see if I bleed/miscarry?

I'm so confused, I came home from work early in a right state, I don't know what to do with myself now, I'm in bits. We are trying to conceive #1, I am 37 years old.

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lauraa4 · 24/05/2015 23:10

Stay strong Wharm14, I went through a miscarriage last year so I know how you are feeling as I'm sure some of the other ladies on here do too. It's not something you ever get over but you will get through it. I really hope good news comes your way in the not to distant future x

Wharm14 · 26/05/2015 08:20

Morning ladies. Just wanted to update you, I'm feeling better this morning, I've been in a lot of pain the last two days with bad period pains and very heavy bleeding. I took it easy over the weekend, just spending time with my DH and seeing my brother & SIL last night. It's good to talk to them as they now have a lovely little boy after four years of trying, ending in IVF. So they understand fertility problems and have always been very open with their journey.
I'm still undecided whether to tell people at work what's happened, I told them last year but I was off for six weeks after my ectopic so it made sense to tell people. It helped greatly and as Alice says, lots of people opened up to me afterwards and shared their own stories which helped me get through it. Before it happened to me, I hadn't realised just how many people had experienced loss or struggled to get pregnant.
I'm working at home today and tomorrow, I'll see how I feel on Thursday whether I go back to work this week. I have a very understanding manager and am lucky that I can work at home this week. I have a mainly female team who were lovely last year so I'm not sure why I'm hesitating in telling them this time.
I guess it is still early and technically I'm still bleeding so still going through it. From experience though I know talking about it helped me get through it last time and helped me come to terms with what happened.

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