for anybody that remembers, i had a "chemical pregnancy" earlier this month. i got my AF (or so i thought it was) right after my BFP. then i started bleeding again a couple of weeks later and i've been bleeding for 7 days! they've been monitoring my hcg and from last saturday to this past thursday my level went UP from 20 to 70 instead of dropping like it should be.
so yesterday my doctor gave me a pill that will make my uterus contract and hopefully push out any remaining pregnancy tissue so that my hcg will go back down.
i read crazy scary things about this medicine online but the doctor assures me i will only bleed a little and have cramping that can be subsided by advil.
i just took my first pill (i take 3 a day for 3 days) and i'm SO SCARED. please pray that this goes ok for me and i don't have too much pain and that my hcg levels go down!
thank you girls! i have no idea what i'd do without these boards
It sounds like your doctor is confident that this medicine will take care of your levels and won't be too tough on your body. I'd trust that over any scary stuff you read on the Internet!
thanks girls it's been about 4 hours since my first pill and the pain is bad but manageable so far. the cramps come and go in waves. the absolute WORST part of all of this is that technically i'm pregnant and i FEEL pregnant....my boobies hurt and i'm craving salt like it's nobody's business. i'll be so grateful when all of this is over and my body can just get back to normal. thanks for all the prayers....keep them coming!
is your doctor sure its not ectopic?? if your beta starting going up again that can sometimes indicate ectopic.
i know....i keep asking the same thing! i honestly have asked every doctor i've seen and i've asked it more than once. i don't know why they don't think its ectopic but my first obgyn, the ER doctor and now my new obgyn all say that it's not. i guess because my levels are so low and i THINK ectopic levels usually mimic healthy pregnancy levels more. plus, i've had no pain and they said with an ectopic i would feel it. let's hope they are right!!
