Miscarriage with HCG level rising??!!

[ConfusedMom464]

Hi everyone! I have been through hell and back the past 2 weeks. After a pleasant accident pregnancy, I found out that it might be ectopic due to the abnormal cramping. The following week when I went in for the next ultrasound, my OBGYN told me that I am most likely having twins!!! The next week came along and she no longer saw twins but only one gestantional sac. She again scheduled what seemed like the 90th US. The morning of my next US, i started spotting and was worried! I was sooo confused the last few weeks with all the extreme news i WAS receiving. When I went in, she said that there was no fetus, no fetus pole, and barely a yolk sac. She also said either i am very early or might be miscarrying. So bed rest for me. The following day, I started spotting even more with intense cramps. By Sunday I was in the ER, dying in pain, bleeding all shades of red, brown and pink and passing tissue. They basically told me at the ER that I lost the baby but continued to hold me till i got my 6th Ultrasound. After the tech came, he did the scan, and he too saw no sac, no baby, nothing. But by this time I am 6.5 weeks, and I am sure something, even a fetus pole should have been seen. So they came back with my HCG levels and said I am pregnant but to be safe and rest. That night i was still bleeding and Monday morning i had to go to my gyno. There she told me that i did lose the baby or if i havent yet, i will in the next few days. Meanwhile, she wanted me to take another HCG test to make sure #s are going down. I got a call today and she said numbers are going up!!!!!! She is so confused as well as to what is happening. I am an emotional wreck for the past few weeks and going back and forth with pregnant or not. Is it possible to miscarry and have u HCG levels rise ( 50,000 on sunday and 72,000 tuesday) pLEASE anyone help!!!!

[radame_31602]

Ok, my cousin went through the same thing 8 months ago. It sounds like you are having a molar pregnancy, there is no baby, they even call it a ghost baby sometimes in the medical field. You levels keep going up and up, but there is no baby to be found. It is not good for them to let you keep going and telling you to just rest, it has been known to turn into cancer. Look it up on the web, key in Molar Pregnancy and just read. They did a D&C on my cousin and her levels were still rising even a wk after the D&C. Somehow the Molar pregnancy can spread into your body and your test will still say you are very pregnant. She was told she might have to do kemo and everything because they didn't take care of it in time. It wasn't til about 1 1/2 months after her D&C that her HGC levels finaly started to go down (very slowly though). Please look it up and read all there is about it and then talk to your doc asap!

[MissmyAngel]

Yes it is possible. I had a missed miscarriage in July, and my cervix was closed, hcg was a normal level, and my uterus was the right size. When I had an ultrasound, they found the baby had died 3 1/2 weeks before.
That is weird though that you passed tissue, and hcg is still rising. Perhaps not everything came out properly. If so, you will need to have a d&c to remove the rest of the tissue.

[ConfusedMom464]

Thanks for ur response! It's not an ectopic pregnancy because the gestantional sac is in my uterus. I'll find out what's going on tomorrow hopefully. Meanwhile, I found this forum to get some emotional support and hear other people's stories.

[JoyRenee]

This can be typical in molar and ectopic pregnancies.

With HCG levels that high you should definitely see an embryo on a sonogram. Stranger things have happened, but in all likelihood you probably did just miscarry.

I am so very, very sorry! *HUGS* I've had 2 miscarriages myself and I know the pain and anguish.