I am having IUI at the moment. Second round. Last Weds (13dpo) got “1-2 weeks Pregnant” on a clear blue digital. Over the moon obviously.
Called the clinic to cancel my planned follow up apt, and they said i had to come in for a blood test to confirm pregnancy. All fine, assume it is their standard procedure. Went on Friday, had blood taken, then set off down to Cornwall with my 3 year old DD on a much anticipated holiday. My DH is working abroad at the moment, so part of the point of the hols was to cheer her up at missing him, and i had intended to skip this month IUI to make this possible.
Halfway to Cornwall got a call from the clinic to say my progesterone was very low and they were therefore worried about an ectopic pregnancy. I had to repeat bloods on Tuesday. I had a panic because i couldn’t get back up and down from Cornwall to london to do this, esp dragging a 3yr old. Eventually i had the idea to contact the local gp near where i’m staying and explained the situation, and they very kindly fitted me in on Tues for the blood test. They said their results wouldn’t come back until the following day. Fine. Phoned this morning, results come back mid afternoon. Fine. Call at 4 - results have to be reviewed by a doctor after he’s done appointments for the day, will be ready to send to clinic tomorrow morning.
Not their fault, and not anything that is going to alter the outcome of anything but i am just sitting here in bits. I have to hold it together all day to be fun holiday mummy, and now she’s in bed my DH is 8hours ahead and asleep, and even if he wasn’t he’s busy and stressed and i can’t add to that thousands of miles away when he can’t do anything. He knows and is anxiously awaiting the results too.
I just don’t know what to do. I don’t have any pain (abdominal or shoulder), so does that make an ectopic less likely? Or is that just because i’m only 4+6 at the moment? If not ectopic, does the low progesterone mean it’s just a chemical? I have had a little pink when i wiped yesterday and today, is that the beginning of a miscarriage, or is it part of the side effects of the progesterone suppositories i take twice a day from the clinic? (i remember this being mentioned in the side effects literature, i think, but haven’t experienced it before). I had a MMC last year discovered at my 11 week scan, but stopped growing at 9 weeks and it just broke me. I thought i was over it but this has just brought that overwhelming sadness crashing over me. I know i’m barely pregnant, but it just feels like i had so little time to be happy. Has anyone else been told they had low progesterone and gone on to have a healthy baby? Please?