Low & slow HCG

[Vacaydreaming]

I had a blood HCG draw 10 days post a 5 day FET and it was 54, 3 days later it rose to 76. The Dr has told me to continue taking my meds and booked me in for an early pregnancy scan for 1st March.

Now I know these results are low and haven’t doubled between the first 2 and so I wonder why my Dr is prolonging the inevitable as in my opinion this pregnancy being viable is slim to none 😔.

Anyone had this experience or able to offer any advice please as it just seems cruel to give someone any sort of hope with those numbers.

#FET #HCG #Chemical?

[MrsOrangejuice]

Sorry to hear this, it happened to me 3 times and each time I got a slightly different response from my clinic, and compared to when my GP was involved. First time they just said stop the meds as the levels were low and had stopped going anywhere (around 6 weeks) second time they waited a week to confirm it wasn't viable with repeat HCGs and the third it was going up so much but randomly it dragged on for two months before I had to have surgery on the NHS (my clinic had disappeared and said it wasn't their remit by this point). It's incredibly hard and I 100% understand your wish to just know and get it over with if it's not viable, but because it's gone up and there is a chance it's just a one-off/slower starter, they really do need to be sure. You're in a horrible limbo now and I think all you can do is wait for a repeat HCG and/or scan to know what's going on. Keep taking the meds, even if it seems like it's prolonging the inevitable as you may feel very differently in time and regret stopping them before you have any certainty. I really hope it turns around for you and sure there will be other women on here where that did happen x

[Vacaydreaming in reply to MrsOrangejuice]

Thank you so much for your response and I’m sorry you went through this 3 times I can’t even imagine! My first FET my level was only 6 and then dropped off but it’s a lot higher this time (just not high enough 😔).

I suppose they do have to be 100% certain before calling it quits, it’s just after all the research I’ve done the chance of this being successful is around 1% so it’s difficult to hold onto any hope and my scan isn’t for another 10 days and no more blood tests in the meantime. God all we do is wait during this journey don’t we!

The only comfort I am taking from this is that the embryo did implant, I try take the positives wherever I can because after 4 years of TTC you can quickly start to lose your mind can’t you! Just hoping this isn’t going to be a recurring problem for me. X

[Vacaydreaming in reply to Vacaydreaming]

Sorry MrsOrangejuice just clicked on your bio and realised how long you had been trying, you are an absolute warrior and so pleased to hear that you caught naturally, how amazing ❤️

[MrsOrangejuice in reply to Vacaydreaming]

Thank you - yup, although actually a lot of the delays and false starts were just a very slow NHS and then lockdowns. Once we actually got to IVF I had a healthy baby within about a year, and hopefully will have another following, just two years later. That's as I'm turning 40 and never having had a natural pregnancy before, and three IVF early losses and some pretty disastrous rounds. So I feel a bit like I've been on a rollercoaster for 10 years, but just shows it can work and each time is a new chance (and apparently my body had got better at this whole thing with age!) x

[JA-fnuk Partner Nurse Fertility Network UK]

Thinking of you - may just be slow developers Sending good luck wishes and a big hug

Look after yourself

Janet-Partner