HCG stalled around 300, slowly rising

[LuxFleur]

Has anyone had this happen? My doctor is not letting me stop the medications yet. He says he is "not optimistic but we have to wait and see." I had both my tubes removed but he said we still cannot rule out an ectopic pregnancy. I am shocked that I am still being treated as if there is a miniscule chance that the pregnancy could be okay.

Has anyone had anything like this happen?

Our HCG progression was like this:

12dp5dt: 76

14dp5dt: 139

16dp5dt: 227

18dp5dt: 296

21dp5dt: 322

I am supposed to be 6w tomorrow. Why aren't they letting me stop my meds to have the pregnancy end? I can't find any literature at all that says this could be viable, am I missing something?

Thanks for the support you've all given, and sorry I am often grumpy. xo

[hodgeheg2]

So sorry for all the stress you're going through. I guess until numbers have stopped increasing, they have to move forward as they would other pregnancies.

If there was no chance, they'd have taken you off the meds, so however tiny, there must be a reason.

Just hugs xx

[LuxFleur in reply to hodgeheg2]

Thank you. I know you're in the trenches as well. It's just brutal. xoxo

[MissSaoPaulo]

Hi hon,I'm sorry, it's so tough and you just want it to be over. I've been in a similar situation, back in April. HcG was patchy and at 6+4 there was no embryo, just a yolk sack. Had to wait another week and have another scan, still the same, and even then, my Dr asked me to get a final opinion from a lab with a better machine than his. He'd not been able to pick up the embryo, but on the scan at the lab, at 8 weeks, they could manage to see a tiny 5+6 embryo. No heartbeat. So even though HcG hadn't been rising properly the poor little thing had hung on in there until nearly 6 weeks.

I was the same as you, I knew it wasn't going to result in a viable pregnancy and I just wanted to get it all over with but, as my Dr said to me - it's a life we're talking about here and we have to give it every chance, no matter how hopeless.

I'm sorry I haven't got a positive story to share with you, but the way he put it to me helped me continue with the medication, even though it's so hard and every time the alarm goes off to remind you to take it you feel angry and resentful. I absolutely know how you feel, but I don't think any clinic would tell you to stop medication in this situation until they've scanned and confirmed what's going on.

Sending big hugs xxx

[Lou9]

I’m so sorry to hear you still have this heartbreaking uncertainty. It is so stressful and upsetting. It also is so unfair that an ectopic can even be a possibility after you going through the horrible process of having your tubes removed. Sending loads of love to you xx