Methotrexate question

Re: Methotrexate question

• funkymonkeyohyeahhh member

  March 2011

  I had the injection on February 19. Here is my experience:

  February 1- Spotting
  February 2-5- Bleeding, mistaken for a period
  February 6-10- Spotting
  February 14- Spotting returned, and I started to suspect something.
  February 16- +HPT
  February 17- +Blood test= beta 1350
  February 19- Beta 2300, U/S confirms ectopic, MTX injection
  February 22- Spotting turned in to a light bleeding, that lasted through February 28. I have been spotting every day since then.
  March 2- Beta 201! My doctor was shocked how quickly it went down. I go back again on March 16 for another.
  

  My doctor told me it's normal to experience spotting/bleeding off and on as the shot works, and while your body still thinks it's pregnant.  He also said it's normal not to have bleeding...every one is different. He told me, on average, for someone that had 1 successful MTX injection their levels wouldn't decrease to 0 for 4-8 weeks, and not to be worried if I don't get a period for a few weeks after that. He gave me a 10 week estimated time frame if my body cooperated with the single injection.

  I actually just came here to ask about sex and saw this post. It's been a month since my husband and I have had sex because of all the bleeding. Yesterday my spotting was extremely light so I was hoping to strike while the iron's hot (ha, trying to be humorous in this situation). I am a bit embarrassed to call my OB office to specifically ask the nurse if I can have sex, haha. I was hoping someone here had an answer! If not, I can ask at my blood work appointment next week.
  

  Best of luck to you, OP. I hope that the single injection works for you and your levels decrease quickly. 
  

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• brideandbreve member

  March 2011

  I had a partial molar pregnancy and had to have methotrexate injections.

  My doc told me that I could not - under any circumstances - get pregnant for 3 months after getting the methotrexate shots. The metho takes 3 months to work itself out of your system completely (per the oncologists and nurses I dealt with) and that if you end up having a pregnancy to term, it has a high rate of causing birth defects.

  DH and I just abstained during that time because we didn't want to take any chances even with using condoms. (I don't take BC because of severe migraines and the increased risk of stroke.)

  I hope your levels drop quickly, though! My hCG level dropped naturally on its own and then stopped at 13, then went back up to 17. The doc though that 1 shot would take care of it, but for me, it ended up taking 7 methotrexate shots before I hit negative.

  Good luck to you, darlin'!
  

  
  partial molar pregnancy : bfp 6.28.10, d/c 8.17.10, 7 rounds methotrexate, cleared 7.1.11
  alexander patrick : bfp 1.16.12, born 9.20.12 @ 39w1d, 7 lbs./11 oz./22 in.
  scarlett irene elizabeth : bfp 5.24.13, born 2.3.14 @ 41w2d, 7 lbs./13 oz./19 in.

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• Ihme

  March 2011

  brideandbreve:

  I had a partial molar pregnancy and had to have methotrexate injections.

  My doc told me that I could not - under any circumstances - get pregnant for 3 months after getting the methotrexate shots. The metho takes 3 months to work itself out of your system completely (per the oncologists and nurses I dealt with) and that if you end up having a pregnancy to term, it has a high rate of causing birth defects.

  DH and I just abstained during that time because we didn't want to take any chances even with using condoms. (I don't take BC because of severe migraines and the increased risk of stroke.)

  I hope your levels drop quickly, though! My hCG level dropped naturally on its own and then stopped at 13, then went back up to 17. The doc though that 1 shot would take care of it, but for me, it ended up taking 7 methotrexate shots before I hit negative.

  Good luck to you, darlin'!
  

   

  You are SO right. i had an ectopic and had to have two mtx shots, bec the embryo kept growing. That was in November. 1 normal cycle later, i got pregnant , and had a missed miscarriage t 8 weeks. The fetus was not developing properly. And I am CONVINCED this was bec of the mtx shots, it was too early to conceive. My dr. said he didnt agree with me and that mtx is out of the system by then, but I have asked around on other forums, and it's been the same case for those women, miscarriages in the 1st trim for conceiving too soon after the mtx shot. good luck to you and my very best wishes.

  Had an ectopic loss. Pregnant again- a miracle from God Lost baby at 8 weeks 3 days (March 12, 2011)- missed miscarriage. Feel it could be bec of the methotrexate shots in November, was too soon to conceive a healthy baby.

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