Need some prayers please - Update: ectopic pregnancy

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Need some prayers please - Update: ectopic pregnancy

This has been such a stressful pregnancy from day 1. The day after I got my BFP I had some red bleeding. I was terrified but it was too early to do much of anything. Luckily, It was nothing (probably still implantation bleeding).

But then on Tuesday night of this week, at 6 weeks pregnant, I went to use the bathroom only to find that I was again bleeding. It was a dark dark red color and enough that it completely filled the toilet paper. It was accompanied by AF-like cramping. I went to see my OB the next day but at that point it had turned to brown spotting, He sent me for a Beta which came back at 1880. I have an ultrasound scheduled for Monday to see how everything is doing. Yesterday I had a second Beta done to make sure my HCG was still rising. I haven't gotten the results of that yet (should hear sometime today). But last night when I came home from work, I bled again. It was the same color - dark red. And again it was enough to fill an entire handful of toilet paper. There was also what looked like a very small amount of tissue (possibly cervical lining?) in the toilet. Sorry...I know TMI. This time it was not accompanied by any cramping.

I'm so worried. First, I feel like my initial HCG was on the lower end for 6 weeks. Secondly, I've had not even an ounce of morning sickness, whereas with my first I had it starting at 5 weeks. And with the bleeding....I just have a bad feeling.

I could use some prayers today Chat Icon Really hoping my HCG comes back higher today. It's killing me to have to wait until Monday for the ultrasound.

Update 1:15PM: OB called back with the second set of betas and unfortunately in a 24 hour period I only went from 1880 to 2200. She really didn't go into what this could mean, but she did schedule me for a sonogram at 4:30 today. I have a feeling this will just be more of a waiting game since my OB's office closes at 5PM and I cant imagine they will receive and read the results and call me with them before they close. At this point I'm devastated. With my betas rising that slowly, I'm fairly certain I'm headed towards losing this little one Chat Icon

Final Update: Unfortunately our ultrasound on Friday did not go well. They saw what they thought was an ectopic pregnancy, sent me to the ER where they were unsure if it was truly ectopic or a cyst (they also saw a sac in my uterus so they were concerned that I was miscarrying naturally but had a cyst on the ovary). I was sent home to miscarry naturally and have my doctor discuss options with me about removal of the "cyst". That never happened. On Sunday night I woke up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. I suddenly lost a LOT of blood and passed out on the bathroom floor. DH found me minutes later after hearing me hit the floor, rushed me back to the ER, and I was rushed into emergency surgery to remove a ruptured fallopian tube. I had an ectopic pregnancy that grew from 3mm to 5mm within 2 days and destroyed my left tube Chat Icon DH and I are devastated. I'm still in a decent amount of pain, but I'm getting better each day. Mostly we're just so sad and kind of still in shock of it all. It happened so fast that it's been hard to even process.
On the bright side, the doctor said that my other tube and both ovaries look great and I should have no problem conceiving down the road. We're in no mental or physical place for that right now, but it's encouraging to know that when the time comes, we can.

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