So because I live rurally, I have to travel to an independent scan and bloods facility for my HCG because I had my IVF aboard. The turn around for getting the beta back was 5 working days. Today I called as they are not back. They lost my bloods. Flipped my lid, but I couldn’t take it any longer so drove hours into London as they have a 4hr turn around for results. I got 22.7. I’m guessing I’m going to miscarry? I have no patience and will see if I can get an ultrasound tomorrow to see if I can get a difinative answer, but I’m not hopeful at all and I’m sure it’s all over. I took another test hoping it would say not pregnant as it’s under 25 and then I could stop my meds, but no it still says I’m pregnant, so cruel. It’s so awful this Russian roulette aka IVF. I’m gutted, as I won’t be doing any further treatment I cannot put my body through any more and I am so very very lucky to have my little boy.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Thank you, but I am a realist, it’s not going to be good. I’ve never had a miscarriage, haven’t got a fecking clue what to expect. I’m a pro at getting BFN’s. This is totally new territory for me and I’m a little bit scared.
I totally know what you mean. I've been there many times myself. Just sit tight and try to remain calm.xx
A scan won't show anything at this stage. You would need to be over 5000 and a few weeks along. The best thing to do is another blood test at the same clinic in 2 days so you can see a doubling of the number. Different clinics may test slightly differently so get misleading results for you. Wishing you all the best. How many dpt are you? Xx
Hi. Thank you for your reply. When I was pregnant with my son I started to bleed at five weeks 2 days. My HCG level with him was a couple of hundred. Went for a scan that day and saw his little heart beat. So I know you don’t have to be in the thousands, I think everyone is different. Don’t get me wrong I know I won’t see a heartbeat this time, I’m not silly, my reading is 22, but sometimes I’ve been told the scan can show that it’s not developing and you can stop the meds. With my clinic abroad, I likely won’t get a response until Monday and I don’t do well on the meds anyway, so I’d rather stop sooner than later if i can. I’m 20dpt, further along than I was with my son when I bleed with him. Stupidly I got past that day when it happened last time and thought, gosh this is going smoothly, clearly not.
So sorry to read this. I hope it all turns out well xx
So sorry to read this. To reassure you at this stage it would just be like a period if indeed it ends up being a chemical pregnancy. That doesn’t hurt with the pain but hopefully it takes some worry away. I hope you get some surprise good news though x
That’s good to know, just like a period!!! I’m surprised it hasn’t happened already given I’m 20dpt with those results. I have a scan booked at 3.35pm, so hopefully that will give the answer that I know in my heart it will be, I’ve resided myself to there being no chance of a surprise. I just want to stop meds and move on, but I physically can’t do it until I know 100%, my feeling of 99.9% sure isn’t good enough for me.
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