Worrying Beta Numbers... HELP!

[Blue28]

Last Wed (22/02) I did my first beta (14dp2dt)... it came back BFP with 41 (low but still possible). Then the doctor said to do another test Monday (27/02) which came back at 40... I was gutted and have cried for 2 days. I was told to do a 3rd beta today (29/02)... I was sure it would come back lower but it has actually gone up SLIGHTLY to 42... WHAT? So my beta has stayed almost the same for a week, very low! Yet I have pregnancy symptoms (sore breasts, twinges in stomach)... what is going on? I thought it was a chemical pregnancy, but now I'm not sure. Could it be ectopic? I have no bleeding. Has anyone else had similar results?

[Blue28]

I just want to say thank you so much for all your well wishes and kind thoughts, I am ok but still waiting for the beta to drop, it's stable so maybe something will happen soon? I see my doctor tomorrow, hopefully she'll have some answers, although I doubt it. Take care

[Angelsgift]

Ive been reading about your situation and it breaks my heart.  I pray that all this works out for you and that God brings you peace. Big hugs!!!

[TTC2006]

I really hope you get some concrete answers soon.  I'm in my own kind of limbo right now so I get how you feel...I had surgery for my ectopic, and was expecting to have my hcg levels drop significantly and quickly.  It had looked like they were dropping, as the pg tests were getting lighter, but now they actually look like they are getting darker again.  I had a beta on Friday that had a level of 388, 14 days after surgery (my last beta at 20dpo was 827 and the ectopic was caught two weeks later, not sure what the level rose to in the end, so it has come down), but based on the pg tests it looks like it stalled.  I had another beta today and I'm just waiting on the results of that one to see if it is going down still or not.  If not, I think I'll be in for a D&C.  

*hugs*

[Hoping2BAMom]

I'm so very sorry again!  I know the waiting is just making things worse and I so wish there was something I could do to help.  Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.

[Blue28]

Thanks for your reply... it's one of my worries, but they are monitoring me weekly with betas and scans, and I've already been to the A&E with pains, but they subsided and the doctor didn't see any embryo anywhere. I do another beta tomorrow, no pains now but no bleeding either. Not sure when this will end?

[dscoqn]

I am so sorry for what you are going through!  I hate to say this but it sounds like an ectopic pregnancy to me.  I have had a number of these myself and my beta generally rose but not always doubled.  Make sure they are monitoring you really well and head to the ER at the first sign of one sided pain or brown spotting/bleeding.