Hi Everyone-
I need some help. I found out I was pregnant on 3/9. I started spotting on 3/10 and went in for an hcg blood draw. Since then, I have had four hcgs, as follows:
3/10: 438
3/12: 494
3/16: 1633
3/18: 2551
For those of you who don't know, hcg is supposed to double every 48 hours or so. So, when I only went up 60 points between the 10th and the 12th, the doctor told me to prepare for miscarriage and/or ectopic pregnancy. I got an ultrasound done on the 13th that showed nothing in my uterus, but I was only 4 weeks 5 days along. I cried all weekend and prepared to lose my baby.
THEN- My numbers jumped hugely over the weekend and the doctor told me not to lose hope, but that I'm not out of the weeds yet, and then my results came back as rising, but still inconclusive today.
I bled lightly from 3/10 to 3/16, the bleeding has stopped, the hcg has started increasing more rapidly but still not doing what it's supposed to.
At this point I am on a roller coaster that I never even expected to get on. I am a total wreck, a ball of nerves and sadness and hope and fear. What I am looking for is... a different perspective. If anyone can tell me their experience of being on a similar roller coaster, regardless of the outcome, I could really use some advice on what helped you when you were scared for your baby, for your pregnancy, and had very little to no answers as to which way it was going to go.