Is there any hope in this?

Mrs.katemax

I am pregnant with our first, and DH and I are of course very excited about this.  Last Saturday, we were away on vacation to celebrate our 6 yr anniversary, and on the way to the airport to come home, I started spotting.  I spotted all weekend, dark brown, and the OB/GYN decided to see me on Monday for a vaginal ultrasound.  At that appointment, we saw the baby for the first time, and it measured 6w6d with a strong heartbeat (rate of 130).  No blood in or around sac, so I was told it's probably just old implantation blood or old blood from spotting after intercourse.  Thank God!

That same afternoon, the spotting turned heavier (still brown), but by Wednesday morning, I had some small amounts of red in it.  I was scheduled to have my first official prenatal appointment on Wednesday morning, so we went in as planned, but they just did an internal exam since I was still bleeding.  The doc told me again that since we saw a good heartbeat and the blood appeared to be coming from my cervix (but he was unsure how deep it was coming from), it was probably just bleeding as a result of an irritated cervix.  I was also warned that I may bleed more following the internal, so don't panic.  He also ordered some hcg tests to make sure things are progressing as expected.

I got the hgc results at the end of the business day Friday, and they don't look good:

Wednesday: 4,675

Friday: 5,296 (only about a 13% increase)

I spoke with a nurse on the phone when I got the results, and I knew right away they didn't rise as expected.  She said it's a good sign they're rising, but yes, we hope to see at least a 66% rise every 2 days.  I can of course go to the ER anytime for another ultrasound, but they recommend coming in to the office on Monday for another one.  I think I will wait until Monday (no point in going to the ER...they can't do anything for me if this is ending) to see if bleeding ever decreases, and I will get another hcg drawn on Monday as well.

DH is being awesome and very supportive, and I know he's still hopeful.  I know that seeing a heartbeat is a great sign, but I also know that hcg levels that don't rise properly are a pretty solid indicator of a problem.  Should I be holding out hope, or should I just accept that I am miscarrying? This is so hard.  I can't stop crying about it.  Today is our anniversary, and I have to go to one of my best friends' baby showers this afternoon. I don't know how I'm going to get through it without crying.

Nichole17

UGH, I hate it that we have to worry to much during the first Trimester!

I will tell you this... I know someone who went through the same thing... spotting blood... HCG did rise, but not as much as they would have liked.. and everything turned out fine! It later turned out that she had a tilted uterus and that was the cause of bleeding.

WHATEVER YOU DO! DO NOT LOOSE HOPE! Good luck! I'll keep you in my thoughts!

sweetaug

Keep the faith and tell that baby to hold on!! It doesn't hurt to hope.