I'm new...and I'm worried...

[AdrienneLIQ]

Hi, everyone!  I was so happy to have found this forum!  I'm 39 y.o. (actually will be 40 next month...but I'm not there YET! LOL).  Anyway, my husband and I have been TTC for quite some time.  We don't have any children.  I have been working with a fertility clinic and had my 2nd IUI (with injectables) on 9/12/09.  Well since then it's been quite a ride!  On 9/28/09 I had my first blood test that came back positive but very low...my hcg was only 6.8.  I had a repeat on 9/30 and it "doubled" to 13.1.  On 10/2/09 it went to a whopping 22.5 and then yesterday (10/5/09) it was at 38.7.  My MD said that it could be an ectopic but we're doing the "wait and see" game right now.  I iniitally had a lot of bleeding/cramping but that's all gone now.  I had been taking Prometrium (vaginally) and my progesterone levels were very low (only got to 6.2).  My MD told me to stop them on Friday, 10/2 which I did and the level was 0.5 on 10/5.  I'm just so confused and sad....I really don't see how this will be viable with these numbers from the research I've been doing.  I feel pregnant...lots of symptoms (except sore BBs)....I think the MD was thinking I would miscarry over the weekend without the prometrium so the increase in HCG was a bit surprising.  

Anyway...just wanted to share my story.  Thanks so much to all and I look forward to getting to know all of you more as we go on this journey together.....

[Jeanie20]

Hello and welcome to this site:  I am so sorry that you are going through all of this.  Don't give up hope.  There are so many woman these days having their 1st babies well in their 40's.  A friend of mine had a baby and she was 42 and the baby is healthy.  My husband and I were trying for a 3rd baby and it took us about 6 months of trying and doing the ovulation kits and all but I am finally pg now.  Give your body a chance to heal then try again and don't give up.  Good luck and keep me posted.  

[AdrienneLIQ]

Well...the saga continues....I went for my U/S today and they didn't see anything...anywhere.  So I didn't receive "the shot".  They took more blood and we wait today to see the results.  The nurse wasn't very optimistic that even if it's not ectopic that the pregnancy would last.  The only glimmer of hope she gave us was the fact that I had my IUI and then follow up intercourse 2 days later.  She said that if I actually ovulated later than they thought and that my pregnancy was from the follow up sex then my levels would be on par with that timing....but the progesterone continues to be an issue.  I stopped taking it last week per the MD and then today they were surprised I hadn't re-started it!  I broke out in tears because they never told me to re-start it and I've been going every other day for the past week and telling them I'm NOT on it!  So I just started it again.  Ugghh...this emotional rollercoaster is miserable.  Thanks for the well wishes...or at the very least the opportunity to write it all out here...it's cathartic for me nevertheless.  

Adrienne

[AdrienneLIQ]

Hi, all....thank you Courtcoop for your kind words.  Well I had my 5th bloodtest this morning....and although my number tripled to 133...it's still awful...and my progesterone is in the toilet.  So my MD is having me in tomorrow for an U/S but it's likely that it's ectopic.  So I will likely have "the shot" tommorrow.  I'm so sad.  In these past two weeks I have been realistic...but you can't help having those optimistic moments now and then.  It's so hard knowing that your'e technically PG and having all the symptoms....but knowing in your heart and mind that it's not going to come of anything.  I've waited so long...and I'm so afraid my time is passed...but I will keep trying.  Just feeling sorry for myself today...and probably this weekend too...but after that I'll try to get back on the bandwagon.  Anyway....thanks again.  

Adrienne

[Courtcoop]

Hello and welcome!
Your numbers are doubling, no matter if they are low or not, as long as they double that is all that matters.  Don't lose hope just yet...when is DR doing an US?  He will easily tell at this point if it is ectopic as least to ease your mind.  You would still have prego symptoms if it is ectopic. Initially bleeding could have been implantation bleeding, normal.  Cramping is normal too...I still have them and I am 11 weeks.

Please keep us posted. Wishing you all the best!