Please bear with me- this might be a long one!
On Tuesday I had a scan which revealed an empty gestational sac- I was only 5+4 so wasn’t expecting to see anything else and was told before the scan that the machine being used was a backup as the better one was broken. However; due to 6 previous miscarriages (I also have 3 children) I was sent for bloods to monitor hcg levels. They came back at 6785- I was pleased with that. Whilst doing my bloods the ward sister was asking me how I felt about this pregnancy, I was honest and told her it wasn’t planned but we have been together for 23 years so happy to be expecting again- she then finished my sentence with “it’s a shame the choice is being taken from you just now, isn’t it”? Nobody had mentioned anything prior to this about another mc or showed any concerns as I am too early!
Returned to the same ward on a Thursday to have bloods done again- was told to call in 3 hours for the results. Umpteen calls over the next 28 hours and I was finally advised by the same sister that there had been a mix up with the bloods and they had returned with the same date as the first lot. I asked if there was a 2nd hcg level though and she said yes, there’s 2 hcg levels but we can’t rely on the last ones as we don’t know when they were taken! I told her they were taken yesterday at 1pm and I asked for the hcg level- she told me the 2 levels in the system were 6785(the results on Tuesday) and 11000+ and then followed that up with ”so it looks like they’re dropping”!
I am so upset, I think it is really bad that she has automatically assumed the worst when looking at 2 levels which show the same date. If I hadn’t rang and asked for the results on Tuesday I would now be worrying I am miscarrying again. I thought a increase to 11000+ was a good sign in 48 hours and can’t quite understand why she has assumed the results would be the other way around. She has asked me to go in tomorrow at 9am for a 3rd set of bloods to be put through urgently but I can’t help but feel annoyed at her assumptions. I’m so anxious.