Hello mums out there! Sorry to rant a little bit. I have been on an emotional roller coaster all day today.
I’m not a new mum but I am new to the situation that I am going through right now.
Story is.. I work as a nurse on a genmed/oncology ward. A patient pressed a false alarm and we all ran to it. A few minutes later, I had crampings and PV bleed. This wasn’t the first time it happened. It happened to me on the 26/7/19 but it didn’t last more than a day, also just a few spots on the kiner. This time, it started as a creamy pinkish brownish discharge. When I went to wee again there was more discharge and a lot brighter, its more... red. I rushed to emergency care and they did a blood test asap. The doctor did a bedside scan but they didn’t find anything. They wanted to discharge me but since its the second time, they consulted with the higher ups and the higher ups suggested I stay to be monitored and I will be booked for another blood test in the morning plus a trans abdominal and trans vaginal uss.
So result came back (for the night) and the doctor told me that my hCG isn’t increasing as it’s supposed to. On the 26-27th of July I was about 8,500 and yesterday 3rd of August, it only climbed up to 11,700. He suggested and most of the maternity ward nurses suggested that my pregnancy may not be viable or an impending miscarriage is coming my way. I felt crushed, loss, heavy and couldn’t sleep the whole time I was inpatient. I was crying under the pillows because we really wanted this pregnancy.
Anyway, to continue... they did a uss today 4th July plus a beta hCG test to re-check the levels. The transvaginal finally found a fetal pole but unfortunately no heartbeat. The size of the baby wasn’t right with what my private doctor has told me. I was told that I was about 8weeks and 5 days but the scan I did today dated 6weeks and 2 days. So there, unfortunate turn of events just kept happening. This whole day, I was just weeping and sobbing. Scared to death of passing urine as I’ve got bits of ? reddish tissue like substances present in it but unsure of what it is really.
So anyway regarding my hCG, its dropped by -700 from yesterday. The resident OB doctor that I have to follow up in the next 3-4 days for a scan and another blood test to see if there will be a fetal heartbeat and to see if there’s anymore drops in hCG levels. Also she’s advised me to prepare myself for the worse.
I guess I am here to get that off my chest but also to find any similar stories that ended up with a wonderful finale. I still have my hopes up! With my first pregnancy, they didn’t find a heartbeat at 8 weeks and I straight up told the clinic that I will come back in exactly 12 weeks and they will find a heartbeat. I did exactly as I said and there it was! My first did not have a drop in hCG levels though.
So anybody? Facing the same thing as me? Anybody?