Eptopic or viable pregnancy hcg levels going up abormal

[Hannak123]

So I had bleeding at around 4 weeks pregnant and assumed it was a miscarriage. We went to epu and they done some bloods they came back at only 22 they wanted to repeat them in 24 hours and they came back 21.9 so they were concerened as to why they hadnt gone down properly. Done more bloods in 48 hours and went up to 33. They thought this might just be a hormonal thing sent me home and said come back in a week for a scan and more bloods. In the week I went back I was 6 weeks scan showed nothing at all not even a sac and bloods had gone up to 130. Done more bloods in 24 hours and still going up to 160. Doctors are saying not a viable pregnancy and to take the low dose chemotherapy injection but im refusing as I still have hope. What is going on :( please help

I was in a similar situation and they also measured my other hormones (I think progesterone) to make it clear that an ongoing pregnancy wasn't possible which helped me to decide to go ahead with methotrexate.

In my case I was in dreadful pain and bled a lot so I didn't ever feel a good outcome was likely.

It was a rubbish time and I hope you have good care.

I had that with an ectopic. The problem with an ectopic is that it isn't attached where it can grow to a baby but it can destroy your fallopian tube and harm your fertility for the future.

Have they told you it is ectopic? Because it sounds similar me but I'm not a doctor.

I had this in my last two mc’s. The first one after a week they fell fast and I mc relatively easily. The second my numbers got in to the thousands a week later but no baby so a pregnancy of unknown location but it didn’t look ectopic either. I refused a dc/injection because at the time I thought that there was hope. There wasn’t and it took 2 months to mc and was incredibly painful when I eventually did. I wish I’d of listened to the doctors at epu and had the injection. Looking back it was properly a etopic but by some form of luck had stopped developing before it could burst my tube and my body took a while to recognise it and naturally mc.
I know it’s hard and it’s a shit situation but listen to your doctors and be kind to yourself

I’m afraid it’s not a viable pregnancy. However, my EPU doesn’t offer methotrexate unless they’re certain it’s an ectopic and this isn’t necessarily the case with you. Currently you have a ‘pregnancy of unknown location’. So I don’t think it’s unreasonable to wait for now as long as you’re being monitored with scans and blood tests. Obviously this makes the miscarrying process longer, which can be stressful and also delays being able to TTC but there’s a time you’re supposed to wait after the methotrexate injection before conceiving again anyway.