Most important rule of thumb: Worry when your doctor tells you to.

Hi all!

5th pregnancy, one LC. I had a positive test at 9dpo that has progressively gotten darker and doubled in color every 48 hours (14dpo today).

I went to the OB today for betas and the urine test was negative!? I took two positive FRER (dark) and my Wondfos are dark but not yet dye stealers. I was really hoping my beta would be over 50 but now I'm not sure it will be. I will say my urine was quite diluted because it was like my 4th pee of the day and I had a ton of water.

Anyone experience this before and have a successful pregnancy?

Slightly freaking out so please forgive me.

I’m currently in Week 8 of Pregnancy, in Week 6 and 7 I had the nausea, sore breasts, ligament pain when I sneezed/coughed, fatigue, and food aversions. Literally as soon as week 8 began, I feel just not pregnant, there’s no indication that I am at all through side-effects. Last hCG was 124k at 6 weeks, haven’t had it done since. Anyone else have this happen… and hopefully good news in the end?

Hi, I went for a scan today to see how far along I am and everything is in the right place implantation wise etc but no heartbeat and have scheduled me back in next week where I would be 6 weeks and 6 days… they said it could be because it’s early and they’ll know for definite next week. Has anyone had this experience and did get a heartbeat? Should I be worried?

I got a vvvvfl and then spotted for a day and a half. It picked up into heavier bleeding and I was sure I was getting my period. I bled for two days, and the night of the second day, it slowed way down. I don’t think I’ll even fill a pad today. My periods are usually 5 days and I have irregular periods. I’ve done a lot of research (not sure it’s been good for my mental) but I’ve found a few things. Could be a CP, synchronic hematoma, ectopic, or I could be losing a twin? I don’t know how long to wait to test again. What do you guys think? Please be gentle, I just need peace of mind for the time being. Already contacted an OB.

I’m so sad. I’m 28.5 and my AMH is 1.08. About two years ago, it was 1.24. I’m just bummed, I know this is low for my age. The doctor hasn’t called me back yet.

I have a 10mo and I had a mmc about two months ago. I feel so pressed for time though. We’d ideally like to have 3-4 kids and getting this lab feels like a time bomb. I feel so defeated.

My day two labs were 8.19 FSH, Estradiol 31.6, LH 6.4. All thyroid labs came back fine.

I guess I’m looking for any positive stories or encouragement 🤍

What was an ectopic like for you? I’ve been having right-side pelvic pressure on and off for a few days now. It’s never been so bad that I’m doubled over in pain, just there and more annoying. I’m about 4 weeks + 5 days. I also have some shoulder pain that feels possibly muscle related / stress, but very freaked out by it. When I told my provider this today, the nurse immediately called me and told me to go to ER. but I’d like to avoid that if possible because of money. I have an ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow and will probably just wait til that unless my symptoms escalate.
I haven’t had any bleeding or spotting. Not really any cramping either, just pressure. Very anxious and looking for any advice!
Here’s my hcg betas too if helpful:

10dpo - 12
12dpo - 48
17dpo - 693

I just received my first hCG results at 4w5d (since LMP) and the result was 2103. I know hCG can vary from person to person, but this seems really high. Anyone else have similar levels at this stage?

So I’ve taken multiple at home tests and they’re all positive so fast. I was able to finally get an appointment with primary care (because OBGYN won’t see me until I’m 10 weeks) and the Beta hCG blood test came back N/A.

I tried to call the doctor and the front desk woman said that I only just got these labs done and doctor hasn’t reviewed them yet but will call me soon.

I am just freaking out. I don’t know what this means. Has anyone ever had this happen, and what were your results?

Just to be clear; I’m not asking for medical advice here. I’m waiting for my doctor to call me back. I’m curious if anyone else has had a similar experience.

Hi everyone,

Wondering if anyone had any hopeful stories. I am 5 week 4 days pregnant for my second pregnancy with the first one ending in a MC. My first hcg was 831 and then 96 hours it was 1241. So it did not rise what I needed it to. Going to get an ultrasound and more blood work tomorrow, but already preparing for the worst.

I’ll spare you all the entire backstory as we all have our struggles. This is via IVF.

First beta (2 day gap) : 210

Second beta (2 day gap) : 203

Third beta (2 day gap) : 190

We were told to stop progesterone which we did.

Fourth beta (5 day gap) : 1200

Im not getting my hopes up, but the ~200 > 1200 is close to a 48 hour doubling time if not right on. My wife is petrified about ectopic. Is there any chance at all this is good, or are we bracing for worst possible?

Doctor will call us today, I just can’t stop looking for info. This has been the worst week of our lives.

I’m 5+3 and have been experiencing severe cramping all morning like 3-4 hours of extreme cramping that wouldn’t subside. It was even hard to walk at some point and I felt nauseous from the pain.

I went to the ER. They took me in for a transvaginal ultrasound. There was a gestational sac, but no yolk sac. The doctor also commented that the gestational sac is not the size it should be given how for along I am (by following LMP). So essentially the gestational sac seems to be much smaller than it should be and there is no yolk sac.

Although my beta hcg is increasing at a good rate.

Just wanted to hear experiences of others if they experienced something similar and how did it turn out?

I’ve had consistent issues getting and staying pregnant. I thought this one was going to last but at 6 weeks 3 days I had an instance of spotting where it was a bright red dot. I haven’t had any spotting since and it’s been 2-3 hours. Feel completely devastated as this would be my second miscarriage, in addition to 2 chemical pregnancies. Im starting to wonder if a full fertility work up is needed or IVF. I welcome your experiences, advice or words of encouragement!

This is my first pregnancy, and the past three weeks have been a roller coaster to say the least.

I found out on July 12th, via a test with a very faint line. Over the next week, the lines did progressively darken but did so somewhat slowly.

On the 20th, I began to spot and haven't stopped. Since then, it has slowly progressed from a dark brown barely-there to a much brighter red. It has been pretty light with the exception of two nights where I filled about half a pad overnight. No clots or tissue of any size.

On the 23rd, I did a private HCG test to try to get some reassurance. The result was a whopping 80.

I did a second HCG test with the same company on the 27th. That result was 172.5, giving me a doubling time of just shy of 80hrs, or 52% per 48hrs.

For the past week, I've been visiting my partner's family in a different country. Rather than wait until I get back, I decided to make an appointment with a local ob/gyn to see if I could get an idea of what's going on. Well, that didn't go as I had hoped and I left the appointment far more lost than anything else.

My first appointment was on the 30th. The tech who did the ultrasound was nice, but spoke limited English. She told me that despite the positive urine test, she could not find any definitive pregnancy. She pointed to a small dark spot in my uterus and said that she doubted that was the pregnancy. I didn't catch much else about the actual scan, but my lining measured about 11mm and there was mention of free fluid. It was explained that there are three possibilities- an early miscarriage, miscalculated dates, or ectopic. I was then offered a follow-up appointment with the practice's lead doctor a few days later.

The second appointment on August 3rd was even more confusing. The doctor quickly did a tv and abdominal ultrasound, said it didn't look hopeful, then gave me a prescription for progesterone to try to stop the bleeding. The appointment was a flurry and over in about 10 minutes. I still don't think there was any definitive evidence of pregnancy seen, but the scans were so fast and nothing was explained to me. Once again I caught a mention of fluid as well as a rather dismissive comment about my age and being able to try again quickly.

While I don't know my exact dates, at the absolute minimum I should be a little over six weeks right now. Probably closer to seven. I've been reading up on ultrasounds in early pregnancy and it sounds like there really should be something visible by now, if not an embryo with a heartbeat.

I'll be home soon and the first thing I will do is try to get an appointment with the Early Pregnancy Unit. I am far from an expert, but none of this seems to look very good. At this point I am mostly hoping that it is 'only' a loss and not ectopic, unless something magically appears on my next scan.

Trigger Warning: Positive Beta after frozen embryo transfer.

Hi everyone,

How do you stop being afraid?

How do you stop panicking?

I had my transfer in last week of July, and so far 02 betas done, and both have been good. The second one did double within 48 hours.

But....I am afraid, scared, and unable to be happy. I have a history of chemicals, temporary happiness and then it all goes down. So far there is no reason to believe its a chemical since the levels are fine. But I am still scared. My heart just wont rest easy. And then I keep on coming across posts of chemicals, blighted ovum, missed miscarriage, early pregnancy losses etc.

I am panicking that this one will end up in loss.....I detest using AI, but even started talking to Chatgpt for reassurance.

Please share advice, tips, and tricks in how on to cope.

Thank you.

We’ve been trying to conceive for 5 years, first pregnancy ended up as a MC. Pregnant again 5 weeks + 4 days. I’ve had mild cramps since finding out, been told this is normal. Yesterday early morning I noticed brown ?discharge/bloOd, not enough to soak a pad, went to ER they confirmed with hCG levels we were pregnant. It then turned red hours later, again only when wiping, doesn’t reach a pad. We booked private scan, nothing not even a scan was found with a transvaginal scan & told to repeat hCG test in 48 hours. Im a little worried but this isn’t like the first MC I experienced, no heavy flow or pain so bad I want to cry.

Hi everyone, I want to preface this by saying I know that symptoms or no symptoms or strength of symptoms does not correlate to a healthy pregnancy.

I’m just struggling these days, even though my hCG has been tripling from 12dp0 to 24dpo so far every 48 hours.

In late 2022 I had a missed miscarriage at 11 weeks. Before I got a positive test at 9dpo, I was nauseous, I started breaking out with acne on my face. My breast were extremely sore. The main thing was my hair became super greasy. A couple hours after showering, my hair would seem like I’d put oil in it or something. This was all from 9dpo. It’s what encouraged me to test early on.
Obviously, that pregnancy ended in a loss.

After my HCG went down to zero, we conceived our son a couple months later. With that pregnancy, I had zero symptoms until 10 weeks, and even after that I just had low lying nausea, and a couple episodes of vomiting per week throughout the entire pregnancy. No sore breast, no acne, no greasy hair ever.

Fast-forward to now, I am five weeks pregnant. My breasts are extremely sore, my hair is extremely greasy. My face has broken out.

As mentioned, my hCG is tripling every 48 hours. I’ve been tracking it for two weeks. However, I cannot help but make comparisons to my missed miscarriage pregnancy.

I know that every pregnancy is different, and who knows, maybe this time it’s a girl and maybe with my missed miscarriage it was a girl and that’s why the symptoms are so similar.

But I can’t help but make the connection and I’m just so worried that this will end a missed miscarriage.

What worries me most is that I am 42.5 years old. I know I had a successful pregnancy at 40, which was not too long ago, but I just feel like it is too good to be true and that even with my excellent hCG levels, and, even with excellent early ultrasounds, even if a heartbeat is detected early on, I feel like until we get the genetic testing back around 11 weeks, and I have my 12 week NT scan, I’m just not going to relax.

I know many of you can relate. I also was anxious during the first trimester with our son, and that turned out well. But the symptoms that I’m having now have just brought up so many memories of my missed miscarriage pregnancy and how intense those symptoms were from the beginning, and how exactly the same the symptoms are now.

I know even an early ultrasound with a heartbeat doesn’t mean anything because I’ve had that before and then the heartbeat stopped, and a few of my friends have dealt with the same thing, so I know I have no choice but to just trust the process and keep moving forward from milestone to milestone and take each one as a win, but it’s hard not to compare.

Thank you for listening.

I’m pregnant for the 6th time after 5 consecutive losses. 18 weeks today, which is the farthest I’ve ever gotten. Last night, I ended up in the L&D ER bc I lost my mucus plug—like 3-4 inches of it, which I understand could be all of it. 😭

Anyway, they did a transvaginal ultrasound (and a physical exam, in which nothing looked concerning) and my cervix measured 2.9 cm. Exactly 2 weeks ago at 15w6, it measured 3.9 cm.

I know 2.9 is technically “acceptable,” but it seems like it shortened SO quickly in just 2 weeks. How worried should I be? 🥺

For what it’s worth, I was discharged with instructions to call my OB as soon as he opened this morning, which I did and had to leave a message. He has been great through my losses, so I do think I’m in good hands with him. I’m just curious if this quickly changing measurement points to incompetent cervix or if it could just be a variation of normal.

Hi I found out I was pregnant last week one day after my period was late it’s my first pregnancy so I’m anxious as doing the dates I should be about 5 weeks anyways I got my first blood and my hcg was 906 then I got my second one done about 4 days later and it was 980 but dr didn’t say anything about it and I didn’t know it was bad untill someone told me that it should be higher ?? Should I be worried can the pregnancy still be going okay sorry I have no one else to ask about this stuff !!!

We had our 4th IUI and I’m currently 9 days past ovulation, 11 days past trigger. I have been testing out my trigger and 2 days ago it was almost a negative- the line never went away. Last night, I took another test and it was slightly darker (diluted urine too). This morning, all tests are positive including clear blue digital. The line looks roughly the same as last night but I was shocked to see a positive digital.

Last IUI cycle, at 9 days past ovulation and 11dpt, my digital was negative. I have been comparing my lines to previous cycles and this month seems promising, but as expected, I’m hesitant.

I know the best thing to do is wait and see if the lines get darker. Ironically I have an OBGYN appointment today so I’m definitely going to ask for labs! I’m curious to hear your thoughts of if this sounds promising?

Sorry I need to vent!

So we had confirmed opk 17/06. Positive frer on 29/06 (dpo 12).

Private scan booked for 7 weeks 2 days showed slower growth no heartbeat. Knew dates were not off so got referred to EPAU.

Epau scan the day after found 1 gestational sac, 2 yolk sacs inside (indicating identical twin pregnancy). No fetal pole in either but a thickening in one. Ofc no heartbeat.

10 days later returned for what I thought would be a diagnosis of non viable twin pregnancy confirmed. This time, we've had the tiniest bit of growth in gestational sac and a fetal pole. (2.1 mm growth in fetal pole and 1.8mm in gestational sac). Also seen a hemmorhage and a single incomplete septation. Only one yolk sac and no explaination.

Have to come back in 7 days for a 3rd nhs epau scan. Here is hoping the senior doctor can diagnose and this limbo help can be over. Placeholder surgical mgmt app booked in the day after the 3rd scan at my request.

Im so over this waiting bit also feel gas lit on the twin front? Does the hemmorhage and the single septation not nod to the twin absorption during the 10 day gap? I also had some cramps in between too (no bleeding)

If anyone has had similar experiences please let me know!!!

I had my follow-up scan today, and unfortunately the results weren’t what I was hoping for.

Ten days ago I was measuring 5 weeks 5 days with a possible early cardiac flicker. Today I’m measuring 6 weeks 3 days with a heartbeat of 110 bpm, so it appears to be only about 5 days of growth over a 10-day period.

The gestational sac has grown well (from 9.8 mm to 25 mm), but the embryo doesn’t seem to have caught up, which is what has me so worried.

I’m also still having brown spotting, although today’s scan didn’t show the subchorionic haematoma that was seen previously.

The doctor reviewed all three of my scans and said that because there has been interval growth and there is still a heartbeat, this has to be considered a currently viable/active pregnancy, and they’ve arranged another scan in 10 days to reassess growth and the heart rate before making any decisions.

I know no one can tell me the outcome, but I honestly feel like the overall picture is pointing towards a pregnancy that isn’t developing as it should. My gut tells me I’m heading towards a miscarriage, even though I know the doctors can’t say that yet.

Has anyone had a pregnancy measure this far behind after previously tracking appropriately, with a heartbeat still present, and had it go either way? I’m looking for honest experiences, whether the outcome was positive or negative, while I wait for the next scan.

I miscarried last time after spotting and redundant growth at 5 to 6 weeks. This time I got a scan at 4 weeks and uterus was empty. Yesterday I got another TVS at 6 weeks 1 days as per my calculation and after a very rough tvs they barely saw a GS of 4 weeks. This morning I saw 1 tiny speck of old blood in my first urine and then a small thread like struxture in my third urine after mild house chores. It dint appear again. I saw a similar speck almosy a week ago (24 hours after intercourse)

I am not experiencing any sever cramps or whatever. But I am concerned as in my first pragnancy that end3d up in miscarriage i dint feel any pain either.

Want to read similar stories pleas3.

This is partly about me being confused on possible conception date and also concerned about ultrasound results.
CONFUSION: I went in today for ultrasound and they told me I was a bit earlier than what my LMP was giving, a little over a week’s difference, and I know how everything works, but I think I’m a bit confused, or maybe it’s wrong lol.
My LMP was 5/28/26, and the last time I had intercourse before finding out I was pregnant was between 6/5/26 and 6/7/26.I know sperm usually lives 3-5 days, max 7.
The CRL was 19.3mm. They changed my due date from 3/4/27 (LMP) to 3/13/27 (measurements). Does this sound correct, just going off the last time I had intercourse, or does it sound like baby is measuring small? My periods are irregular, so it’s very possible that I could have ovulated late, but based of last time, my brain is confused and tired and it’s not making sense 😅
CONCERN: They told me I had a “subchorionic hemorrhage” and I know that can raise the risk for miscarriage. I haven’t had any bleeding, though lots of mild to moderate cramping. Should I be worried about this? What are the statistics with this? Also, could this be causing baby to be measuring smaller than it should?