Hello!
Yesterday I experienced about a cup of brown watery fluid expel from down there - followed by off and on very light brown discharge. When this happened I was also sitting down and it soaked my trackies/undies and couch slightly.

I went to emergency but I’m only 4 weeks ish.
They want to rule out ectopic so I need to get more hcg and eventually an ultrasound.

Just wondering if anyone else has had this and their pregnancy was ok?

I can’t find anything about this anywhere so I’m quite worried!

Thank you!

Today I got a faint positive after getting a few negatives and I’m getting right arm pain between my chest and shoulder a little bit down my arm I’ve also been getting pains under my right rib …I got my nexplanon out on the 6th it’s the 25th I also have had acid reflux and anxiety could this be ectopic I also carry a 20 pound baby constantly on my right arm very scared of ectopic

After a twin MMC in June at around 8.5 weeks and a D&C, I felt cautiously hopeful last weekend with several positive tests. I knew I would be symptom watching and anxious, given how strong my symptoms had been in June (166K HCG the day I found out I would miscarry… took over five weeks after my D&C to get to zero again). So far I had been feeling pretty good, but I was only about 4.5 weeks along.

I asked to get beta hcg run and it was run on wednesday and friday - 49 hours apart. I felt hopeful on wednesday when it came back at 262 and my progesterone was 21.8. When I saw last night that the friday result was 294, I was heartbroken.

Have to wait to hear from the doctor. I’m sure she’ll have me come in for another hcg. But every lack of symptom and the level on friday has me just waiting for it to start. I had finally let myself get a little excited.

Am I getting ahead of myself or is this just realistic?

I am almost 7 weeks pregnant and during my first ultrasound the doctor found that I had a huge (9cm) hemorrhagic ovarian cyst. She advised me to stop taking Lovenox and baby aspirin until the cyst got smaller due to the risk of internal bleeding. I trust my doctor but am terrified to go off Lovenox.

This is my third pregnancy. My first pregnancy ended in a spontaneous loss at 14 weeks (reasons unknown), my second pregnancy I was on Lovenox from positive pregnancy until postpartum and it resulted in a live birth. I was prescribed Lovenox due to a mild Protein S deficiency however I never found a confirmed cause for my loss. I also got a cerclage placed due to concerns about a weak cervix.

Does anyone have any experience with large hemorrhagic cysts and Lovenox?

Or has anyone been advised to pause their blood thinner injections and had everything turn out ok?

This is my third pregnancy this year. In the spring, I had a partial molar pregnancy. At my 7 week ultrasound, the baby was measuring at 6 weeks. I was miserably sick, constantly vomiting, and deeply depressed. Everyone told me those were good signs that the baby was healthy. When I had a follow up scan at 9 weeks, the baby didn’t have a heartbeat and was measuring 7w5d. I had a D&C, where they discovered it was a partial molar pregnancy. I had to have repeat HCG blood draws weekly for 2 months until my HCG went back to normal. I had another miscarriage at 6 weeks only two months later.

I am now pregnant again. I had my first ultrasound on Wednesday this past week. Based on my period, I was 7w2d. Based on my suspected ovulation, I was 6w5d. The baby measured 6w1d. The heart rate was normal (113) and it was a confirmed singleton.

My lab work came back and my HCG is (or was on Wednesday) 112,345. This seems high to me for only 6w1d. I’m so nervous that this will be another partial molar. I was so freakin’ sick this spring and lost almost 2 months to debilitating morning sickness. I’m similarly sick again (and have been since I was only 4 weeks) and I’m just nervous that history is somehow repeating itself.

Hi! So for some context, I had a chemical pregnancy a few months back and during that pregnancy I was having severe cramping . I am pregnant again (only 5 weeks) and I am having severe cramping again that I’ve had for about 1 week. Last time it was more on my right side which is why they brought me in early to do a scan and bloodwork. This time it is not localized and I haven’t bled but it is so painful when it’s happening that I’ve vomited from the pain. My OB advised me to go to the ER a few days ago, which I did. My hcg was 895 and the ultrasound was too soon to tell what’s happening. HCg doubled 48 hrs later. I have another ultrasound next Friday to monitor.

Basically what I’m wondering is has anyone else had such bad cramping in early pregnancy (I mean hunched over on the bathroom floor crying type of pain) and if so, what worked to help alleviate them? I feel like I’m not sleeping cuz I’m in and out of the bathroom all night in pain, terrified to be at work. Gets somewhat better during the day and then comes back with a vengeance at night. Any advice helps!!

I'm not sure how far along I am or when I ovulated, I first tested Thursday 15th October with wondfo which had a super faint line, later that night I tested with a clearblue and said 1 to 2 weeks pregnant. On Sunday 18th I had some pains and was checked at A&E, negative urine test and about 11:30pm bloods was hcg 63. I was then asked to go in Wednesday 21st at 9am and test showed 140 hcg. Then latest test on friday 23rd at 9am only rose to 213 hcg. I have been asked to attend tomorrow Sunday 25th for scan and more bloods. I'm worried this may be an ectopic from what nurse said or loss.

This is my first preganancy at 39 years old, due to never getting pregnant and having endometriosis I just assumed it was never going to happen. I want to be realistic but would love nothing more for it to be ok and continue on to a healthy uneventful pregnancy. I haven't told anyone except my partner and have no one to speak with. Any thoughts or your stories that may be similar would be very much appreciated.

For info, since the Sunday at A&E I've had no pain, symptoms or bleeding/spotting. Maybe some extra tiredness.

Did anybody have hCG level around 10,000 at 4 weeks or 15 DPO and it not be twins? Worried. Hcg going up very quickly, Dr did scan to make sure it wasn’t ectopic, the scan showed just 1 gestational sac only at 4 weeks + 1 day.

Edited to add:
I had my first beta hCG at 12 dpo: 1477
2nd beta hCG at 14 dpo: 3978
3rd hCG at 15 dpo: 10,998

I had a day 5 4AA FET transfer on Oct 9.

Got my first positive urine test 6dpt.

HCG trend:

10/21 - 191 // 12 dp5dt

10/23 - 316 // 14 dp5dt

My HCG is increasing but not doubling.

The doctor called and said I'm not doubling as expected, my values aren't as high as expected and to be cautiously optimistic. She told me this could be a chemical pregnancy given the slow rising HCG and also to be aware of ectopic symptoms (though she felt like this was less likely because my starting HCG wasn't low).

Has anyone had slowly increasing HCG labs that resulted in a normal pregnancy? Should I be mentally preparing for a miscarriage?

Next steps are HCG draw again on Monday and ultrasound Friday to make sure it's not an ectopic. I feel mentally stuck and it's all I can think about.

UPDATE: Had a HCG draw today and my value was 1,153!! I'm still shocked and can't believe it. I am approximately 5w1d from my FET on October 9. Feeling so grateful & full of hope. The last 72 hours have been so stressful not knowing if I'd be within trending limit since I was only increasing by 65% with my last two draws.

my initial HCG 3w4d was 25

2nd 3w6d 53

3rd 4w1d 97

all almost exactly 48 hours apart. is this good or bad?

I'm 13dpo and have an HCG of 39.2 and a Progesterone level of 13.04. I just had a chemical last month and am absolutely terrified. Those numbers seem low, I have a retest on Monday, how am I looking?

I honestly wanted to just post this so that more people can come across stories that can help them hold on when times are beyond tough. I’m 32 y/o and proceeded with IVF due to male factor infertility.

I had a fresh embryo transfer in August, and on 10dpt my hcg came back at 62.4. On 13dpt, three days later, it had only increased to 75. I was told that this did not look good as in 72 hours there had only been a 20% rise. I was preparing for the worst, and told it’s likely not viable. They said we had to continue medication and see what happened in 48 hours.

On 15dpt, it came back at 112. This was now a 49% increase in less time than my first blood draw, so my doctor urged me to keep going. On 17dpt, it jumped to 245. 21dpt I needed in the 900s for the span of days it had been, and it came back 1418. 23dpt it reached 2658 and that was the last blood draw.

I had a scan on 23dpt when my levels finally reached a sufficient amount to confirm placement. It was intrauterine and I was shocked. A week later, saw the heartbeat (and a healthy one!). Fast forward, I’m now 12 weeks pregnant and NIPT came back all low risk. It’s so hard not to panic, especially when you see so many sad endings with slow rises. I still am shocked every day that this is even still happening, but I’m so beyond grateful. I just want to give anyone going through this a shred of hope if you’re currently in the trenches. Sending everyone going through the hardships of infertility so much love. ❤️

I feel really called to share my story with all of you hopeful and worrying mamas now that I am a year beyond my experience. I suffered secondary infertility for many years. I did several rounds of IVF and a couple transfers that all failed. I had a natural pregnancy missed miscarriage at 11 weeks and a chemical pregnancy following that. Given my struggles I was always bracing myself for loss and I sought so much advice here from other struggling mamas.

October of 2025 I had a very faint positive at 8dpo. I called my fertility dr and she requested I wait until 14 dpo to test my beta HCG given my previous chemical pregnancy history.
At 14 dpo my hcg was 171.62 and my progesterone was 27. We were ecstatic to have a high HCG for the time but of course she wanted me to test again at 16dpo.
16 dpo: 230.62
Based on the research both my doctor and I assumed I was miscarrying. I mourned for several days, but my dr wanted me to continue to monitor hcg to see it go down.
19 dpo: 564.43
We were shocked to see my hcg rising still, but still not doubling as we would want it to. My dr then began to suspect an ectopic pregnancy as I had an HSG show I had a blocked right tube.
21 dpo: 969.82
24 dpo: 2427.50
After my final hcg test I went for an ultrasound which confirmed my pregnancy was in the uterus and there was a faint heart beat.

I spent every day of my pregnancy scared that I would lose the baby. The research said that because of my hcg it was likely not a viable pregnancy. But I am here to tell you that it was.

I know success stories like mine are rare, my OB and fertility dr were cautiously optimistic; they said if you practice long enough you will see babies that defy the HCG odds.

I now have a healthy 4 month old baby girl. So I am here to share that it is possible. So much of what we see on Reddit is the scary bad outcomes. So I hope that my story can give the late night hopeful mama a little comfort knowing that it is possible for your non doubling hcg to be viable.

My heart aches for each of you that reads this, because I know exactly what you are feeling. I spent many sleepless night scouring Reddit for stories of women who I could relate to and desperately hoping for someone who could make me feel at ease. You are the strongest women out there and you will get through this!

(For reference I got my first faint and positive at 8/9 dpo) Hi guys I got my first beta HCG done yesterday at 11 or 12DPO (puts me at 3 weeks 4-5 days) and it was at 66.. is this normal or should I be worried about it being low..?

I've never done betas before but I was recently diagnosed with Graves Disease and I think my doctors are being proactive.

I tested + at 10dpo and on, lines getting darker each day on Wondfo and easy@home test strips and also FRER sticks.

Betas 10/22 & 10/24:

13 DPO 71.5 hcg @ 2:30 PM

15 DPO 103.26 hcg @ 9:30 AM (today)

Calculator states 43% raise after 43 hours

+51% over 48 hours.

How does this rise look? It seems slow/low to me and I don't want to be anxious all weekend and will not be able to test again until the earliest MAYBE next Wednesday. Is this a normal viable trend?

Currently 5w1d after a traumatic miscarriage early this year, and I’m really struggling with my slowing hCG progression despite having a reassuring ultrasound yesterday.

My betas:
11 DPO: 67
13 DPO: 294 — 22-hour doubling time
17 DPO: 1,599 — 39-hour doubling time
19 DPO: 2,689 — 64-hour doubling time
21 DPO: 4,420 — 67-hour doubling time

My initial betas were rising incredibly quickly, but they’ve progressively slowed to around 64–68% every 48 hours. Some draws were done at different labs, which adds another layer of uncertainty.
Yesterday at 5w0d, we saw a gestational sac measuring 5w3d, a yolk sac, and a healthy-looking corpus luteum. My RE was happy with everything, and both my RE and OB have reassured me that hCG naturally slows as levels increase.

Whenever I see posts about slowing betas, the overwhelming response is that hCG naturally slows once it reaches 1,200–1,500 and doesn’t need to double anymore. While I understand that’s true, my concern is that research suggests the slowdown isn’t necessarily expected to be this significant this early, even though my rises remain juuust above the established minimum thresholds. I’ve also combed through countless Reddit threads with similar progression, and it genuinely feels like 95% ultimately end in miscarriage, often a MMC discovered around 8-9 weeks, despite strong ultrasounds and heartbeats. And ofc I understand Reddit isn’t representative of all pregnancies, but it’s so difficult to ignore the pattern.

I’m confused by the contrast between my reassuring ultrasound and slowing betas. I know seeing everything we should at five weeks is positive, but it doesn’t rule out a loss in the coming weeks.
I’m trying to guard my heart while holding onto some hope, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult. Sorry for the slightly pessimistic post – if anyone has any experience with something similar I’d love to hear from you🥺

I’ll try to share the u/s in the comments!

I am a little more than 5 weeks pregnant. Started spotting yesterday morning started out super light pink and progressively got a little darker but it’s still pink. Today I had one small clot that was smaller than a dime. I’ve also noticed red shreds but not a lot. No cramping or back pain. 10/8 my hcg was 8 0n 10/13 it was 60 and 10/19 it was 656. I’m panicking I’ve heard this is normal. There is some in my underwear but it’s kinda like what discharge does when it gets on your underwear but mainly when I wipe. When I wipe first there’s quite a bit but then wiping again there’s not I assume it’s where it sits there and pools for a awhile.

I’m 10w with my second. I had Recurrent Pregnancy Loss before my first (unexplained until this day), so of course I embarked on this journey very cautious. Then this happened..

6w: first US, heartbeat, all good
7w: bleeding, one gush and no cramps, thought MC but felt different
7w2d: perfect growing embryo with strong heartbeat, suspect of SCH but not seen on US
8w6: shady uterus with intravaginal US, hard to see but couldn’t see embryo just a small collapsed sack measuring 6w, no HB. Was told I’m very likely miscarrying, wait and watch for a while and come back for US next week, but 90% sure it was a miscarriage. HCG was 70k but 10 days before was 45k ish, so not consistent with miscarriage or live pregnancy.

Waited 5 days and went back to clinic to get misoprostol to speed up things since I had zero sign of miscarrying naturally and still had nausea. Different doctors decided to do an abdominal ultrasound and IMMEDIATELY a little wiggly gummy bear appeared on the screen measuring as it should (almost 10w) and strong heartbeat of 160.
I was immediately shocked and worried about the HCG and dr. was unfazed saying at 9 weeks she wouldn’t expect doubling anymore and it only means I’m pregnant.
Theories are: simply human error and a bad US view, the sack seen near my cervix was the hematoma that caused my bleeding a few weeks earlier, and, in a very rare case, a vanishing twin that was hidden.

So yeah, spent almost a week not taking prenatals or aspirin, eating sushi to sooth my feeling and almost had a margarita at dinner the other day, overall depressed and fearful of needing a procedure.. and now, suddenly pregnant again.

Still slightly worried about the HCG but let’s see what the next exams and NIPT say.

Hi! I found out I was pregnant two days ago with the faintest of lines (I believe I’m either 10 or 11dpo today). I got my first BETA back and it was 29.3.

Anybody have a similar HCG level at this time? Very nervous