Post by janetplanet on Jul 5, 2011 21:28:58 GMT -5
I’ll apologize ahead of time…I can be wordy.
I’m 5w6d pregnant today. My hCG Beta’s have been horrendous.
14dpo = 18
15dpo = 24
17dpo = 25
19 dpo = 43
27 dpo = 660 (today)
Ultrasound at 4w5d showed nothing except a cyst on my left ovary.
Ultrasound at 5w6d (today) showed nothing except a swollen left ovary.
My uterus is tipped, but shouldn’t SOMETHING be in there? A sac, or something? My biggest fear is an ectopic pregnancy. The thought of it stops me right in my tracks.
The doctors at the practice I go to are really sweet, but they don’t really seem to recognize terms like “blighted ovum” or “Chemical”. But I want to put a name on what’s going on.
I am on a vaginal progesterone supplement, so if my body was trying to miscarry, the progesterone could sort of hold it in there longer. Another thing to worry about.
It’s a “wait and see” game right now. I have another beta the day after tomorrow, and another two days after that.
Today I had a thought. When I had my son, the doctor asked it we wanted to see the placenta. We did, so she showed it to us, and commented on the fact that it was abnormally small, especially for such a big baby (he was 8 pounds). But, he was perfectly healthy and adorable.
So today I was researching low beta numbers, and stuff about how the placenta is what generates the hCG hormone etc, and the memory of the doctor commenting on the small size of my son’s placenta popped into my head. This was 22+ years ago.
So, of course I’m grasping at straws because we desperately want this baby (as all of you want your babies, I’m sure). But could it be possible that my beta numbers are so low because of a small placenta?
It’s a horrible thing to be in this kind of limbo.
I’m 5w6d pregnant today. My hCG Beta’s have been horrendous.
14dpo = 18
15dpo = 24
17dpo = 25
19 dpo = 43
27 dpo = 660 (today)
Ultrasound at 4w5d showed nothing except a cyst on my left ovary.
Ultrasound at 5w6d (today) showed nothing except a swollen left ovary.
My uterus is tipped, but shouldn’t SOMETHING be in there? A sac, or something? My biggest fear is an ectopic pregnancy. The thought of it stops me right in my tracks.
The doctors at the practice I go to are really sweet, but they don’t really seem to recognize terms like “blighted ovum” or “Chemical”. But I want to put a name on what’s going on.
I am on a vaginal progesterone supplement, so if my body was trying to miscarry, the progesterone could sort of hold it in there longer. Another thing to worry about.
It’s a “wait and see” game right now. I have another beta the day after tomorrow, and another two days after that.
Today I had a thought. When I had my son, the doctor asked it we wanted to see the placenta. We did, so she showed it to us, and commented on the fact that it was abnormally small, especially for such a big baby (he was 8 pounds). But, he was perfectly healthy and adorable.
So today I was researching low beta numbers, and stuff about how the placenta is what generates the hCG hormone etc, and the memory of the doctor commenting on the small size of my son’s placenta popped into my head. This was 22+ years ago.
So, of course I’m grasping at straws because we desperately want this baby (as all of you want your babies, I’m sure). But could it be possible that my beta numbers are so low because of a small placenta?
It’s a horrible thing to be in this kind of limbo.