After a 4 year fertility journey (inc 5 losses) we were so lucky to welcome our daughter in 2023. After feeling a bit nauseous a few weeks ago, I took a test to find out I was pregnant again. We’re still in absolute shock and I’m just waiting for it to go wrong - can’t shake the previous trauma. I feel like there’s no way we’d be so lucky to have this happen so easily after all the years of heartache, surgery, losses, IVF. I’ve had some minor spotting already so I’ve had two blood tests. Because my last pregnancy was a FET i’m just not sure whether these numbers are ok? They seem quite low. My FET started low too but I’ve heard that’s common for FETs so maybe this is abnormal…
4wks3 - 95
5wks1 -709
Any input greatly appreciated 💛 I’m so anxious! And then anxious that my anxiety will have a negative impact too gah xx
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Perfectly natural to feel a bit stressed and anxious especially given your past history The levels are increasing so that's a good sign Spotting is very common in early pregnancy due to hormonal changes Be sure to have support at this time Take a look at our website fertilitynetworkuk.org Access Support- Fertility Groups then select UK-Wide Group to find "Pregnancy & Beyond Groups " and follow prompts to register your interest There is a meeting at 8pm via Zoom tonight [24th th Sept ]
I don’t know where the numbers should be for natural pregnancies but as long as it’s doubling every two days (which it seems to do), you should be fine I think! Congratulations!
By contrast, when I had a chemical, my numbers started at 18 on 4w2d and then reduced to 9 after 2 days. But with a natural pregnancy you wouldn’t know your exact date either like in IVF, so maybe what you think is 4w3d is actually 4w1d and that value looks even better all of a sudden. And spotting in early pregnancy is very common and could happen for a variety of reasons.
So it all looks good so far and fingers crossed it continues this way 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Oh noooo!!!! I’m so so sorry to read this! Clearly your hunch that it couldn’t be this easy was spot on, but boy what a blow from the universe. Hope that it didn’t leave too much damage this early on and that you’ll be seeking counselling as it’s a tough thing to go through after your previous IVF experiences. And hope you’ll get lots of hugs from your family 🤗
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