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Scared out of my mind!

mollylathammollylatham
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I had an ectopic pregnancy that actually lasted about 4 months, beginning in August and ending sadly in December of 2010. Initially my OB thought I was miscarrying due to the very low hcg (I'm talking like 30) and prolactin levels, but each week after the presumed miscarriage, I still had fluctuating hcg levels. I started bleeding 3 days before Christmas and passed a lot of tissue. He determined that it was ectopic at that time. I am so lucky that my tube did not rupture! I haven't had a period since (and even then- at Christmas- I only bled 3 days) but weeks later, my hcg level was less than 5 (not pregnant). 3 weeks after I was due to start, I called him back because I hadn't started and felt horrible. He planned to put me on medication to jump start my cycle and ordered bloodwork to determine my progesterone level and did an hcg quant as well. My hcg was 98 on Monday and as of yesterday when I went for bloodwork again, it is at 254. I'm now pregnant and nervous as I can be. It's almost like I don't believe it or like I'm waiting for the ball to drop. How "at risk" am I? My tubes could be seriously damaged from the ectopic. I go for my first ultrasound in 2 weeks... but am terrified until I see it IN my uterus where it belongs! I should also note that I have had 4 miscarriages in the last 6 years. At a time when I want to be sooo excited, I'm more scared than anything. Someone make me feel better?
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  • shanwalk2shanwalk2 member

    Congrats on your pregnancy.

    I'm no help with the medical aspect of this scenario... but I hope all is well and you end up with a healthy LO in about 9 months! Good luck!

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  • CollieJadeCollieJade

    First of all, congrats on your pregnancy, and I am so, so sorry for all your losses.

    I have no experience with ectopic pregnancies, so please take this with a grain of salt, but didn't your doctor give you more information about the state of your tubes after the ectopic? And did he give you any kind of help or reassurance or words of caution when your pregnancy this time was determined?  I could be reading you wrong, but it just sounds like you don't have very much information to go on.  Which if that is the case, that stinks and I'm sorry that your doc wasn't more informative...I'd be up my doc's rear end about all that if it were me!  I'd need to ask eleven billion questions about how risky this pg was, what could happen, what I needed to be aware of, etc!  

    In any case, I think we all have that stressed, scared feeling until we see a healthy baby onscreen, and I'm sure it's even more stressful when you have had losses like you have.  I hope you continue to get good news and have a happy and healthy pregnancy!

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  • BLONDIE6FTBLONDIE6FT

    i'm sorry for your losses.

    if you have had an ectopic pregnancy, then you should be able to get an ultrasound soon to rule out another one. i had multiple miscarriages with a variety of complications, so all my doctors were supportive with ultrasounds very early on.

    hang in there and keep us updated!

     

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  • mcurbanmcurban member

    welcome to the board and congrats on  your pregnancy.

    i've got to ditto blondie- did your dr. not do any kind of followup ultrasound?

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