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Kara---Its good to hear that the levels went up but, just to warn you.....my levels went from 115 to 504 while I was miscarrying. Even after you stop bleeding, your levels could still continue to go up but that doesn't always mean that everything is ok. You really should have an ultrasound so that they can see the sac and see of everything looks ok. You can't just go by the numbers! Do like I did, go to the ER and say your having a miscarriage. They will run all the tests needed to tell you whats going on. Good Luck!

Jeanette84-Well, the ER here wont. They say to contact my Doc. And, well, this whole thing is getting very frustrating b/c I called his office and the lady told me he'd call last night. Never called. I felt an overwhelming since of loss yesterday, and later had another clot of tissue. I think the news is bad, my last m/c was so much different, but that feeling was there. I just bled and clotted like crazy last time, knowing well that it was on it's way. With this one, tom. will be a week of "light bleeding", just a lil more than spotting, only passed two clots, and just a little bit of cramping the first few days. It's just so frustrating trying to get awnsers. It would take a ten minute exam from the doc to look at the cervix and tell me where this is going. Maybe that's asking too much, huh? When even the doctor acts like it's not a big deal, it can be a very scary, alone, big world. I know I can't change things, I only want to know what's going on....or even, if the baby isn't going to make it, am I okay? I hate this feeling of loss. I guess today I'm going to get my awnsers if I have to knock hid door down.

Have Faith2008-I have been wondering about you the last couple of days- are you doing ok? I have a very similar story to yours as far as the hcg numbers. If you want to hear it just respond- it may give a lot of people on this site hope as well..it's long though and depending on how things are going for you right now- it might not be the time...

Kara---I know its frustrating.......Keep us updated on whats going on......Good Luck!

stephaniek - I probably will not see you post till after I get home from the dr, I have my ultrasound at 9:00 and I AM A WRECK, the fact that you put in your little note that your story is a story of hope gives me a little, please post your story for me if you would like, I amk trying so hard to be positive, but I AM SCARED of what is going to be today, and in myheart I know this is not the end becasue I am not going to do anything drastic, I am leaving this all up to GOD. I will post again later today and I pray it will be with GOOD news.

HI ALL - I just got home and....So things are not looking good, I am measuring at 6 Weeks today and the YOLK SAC IS GONE, There was what they think is the fetal pole, but there is no heartbeat. Dr said we are going to wait for my HCG numbers to come back this afternoon and if there was a good rise then we will wait to see what will happen, but if the rise is not good, then they will have me stop the progesterone and talk about what to do next, but becasue the yolk sac is gone things are not looking good. Check my page later I will post the HCG results, but for now I am, just crying my eyes out and want to hide under the covers.

HaveFaith2008- and anyone else who is interested.- Here is my story- this is long, but hopefully it will give many people hope, if not immediately- for the future..

I have a four year old son- no problems with the pregnancy. Since his birth in 2003, I miscarried 3 times in October 2004 at 6 weeks, November 2005 at 11 weeks, and April 2006 at 6 weeks. I went through a battery of tests during early 2006 and my 2006 pregnancy was monitored very closely with hcg tests and ultrasounds. My progesterone was exceedingly low- 7.9 but my hcg doubled for about a week at a normal rate. Progesterone supplements and baby aspirin were prescribed, but the pregnancy didn't make it. Many more tests and after a year of not getting pg, my doc gave me clomid. We conceived during the first cycle. After three losses I was almost more afraid of a positive test than a negative one....Here is the very interesting part- at 4 weeks- my hcg was 149 but my progesterone was 35-encouraging! My doc put me on metformin (found out I am insulin resistant) progesterone and baby aspirin. My numbers doubled right on schedule and at 6 weeks I began to hope- until the hcg went down from 15,000 to 12,000 overnight. I was told we were m/c again- BUT luckily I have an amazing dr who said I had to have an ultrasound to see if anything could be seen. There was a heartbeat- slow 116bpm, and the tech said not to get my hopes up. I cried some more- the doc called and said 116 was normal for 6 weeks- the heartbeat was probably just starting up- come back in the morning for more hcg tests- Well- in three days time my hcg went from 15,000 down to 12,000 up to 21,000. I don't understand it- those numbers are never supposed to go down early on. My doc (who is a high risk ob) said that in some women there can be fluctuations in the hcg numbers- they continued testing my hcg every week, my numbers NEVER doubled every 48-72 hours- really didn't even double in a week's time and the numbers were always VERY low- I also had an ultrasound every two weeks- at 8 weeks the heartbeat was 171 with very low hcg. I continued on progesterone and worried every single day- especially when my progesterone numbers started dropping despite the supplement. I had a specialist do an ultrsound at 12 weeks and had all the early screening testing- other than low hcg and progesterone numbers- everything else was normal. I am now 29 weeks pregnant with a little boy and cannot believe all we have gone through to get this far. I share this to give people hope- maybe I am not typical- but hcg numbers are not the only factor in determining the health of a pregnancy. I know how incredibly difficult coping with m/c- especially repeated m/c can be. I guess somewhere you just find the strength to keep going and keep trying. I am praying for all of us struggling with this- but I am proof that you can not only get through it- there could be a baby at the end of the road- even if it's three years long with horrible road blocks in the way. Good luck to all of you- Have Faith2008- keep in touch-

thank you so much for you story and as my coninues...TALK ABOUT A MESS, and a roller coaster ride of emotions…..

The doctor office just called with blood results my HCG is only 3404

HCG is still low but it has definitely increased and the Doctors refuse to give up I need to continue my progesterone and wait till next Tuesday to go for an ultrasound again, buy then she hopes to see more progress, she feels it is just a little to early to see the heartbeat and it is possible that the yolk Sac just can not be seen because the fetal pole (baby) is being seen, but after next Tuesday we will plan from there, so please CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THIS BABY !!!

Wow, what an amazing story steph. I wish we could all have one like that. Well ladies, I'm still rizing with the HCG count, but the doc says it's very low. All women are different, and I differ with the conception date ( i swear I'd only be 4-5 weeks today, he thinks I'd be atleast 6). The count doubles every two days, and on Tuesday it went from 264 on Saturday to 794 on tues. Low numbers, I know. And, b/c I have no luck, there really isn't an option with u/s because we live in po-dung, and it'd be almost impossible to dectect a fetus at this point. Scary thing is, today is nine days of bleeding. It's not heavy, it's spotting, but it's enough to scare the doctor and me. Some issues that make me think it's not the baby at harm here, I took the depo for seven years, could my body just think it had another shot? I would spot for weeks if I was late for a shot. And....though the doctor says it's impossible, last year I had to go through a freeze treatment on my cervix. The clots that I did pass (only two) looked exactly like those I passed after the freezing. Could my cervix not be 100% yet? The prego signs are still very, very heavy. My breasts are so sore that they are just no fun at all (Being a small chested lady, I was really liking the size, hehe, but I can't touch them :(, nor can my hubby) . I already have a hairline, weird being so early) and my belly is big, also weird. I only weigh 105, before prego, so I gues it wouldn't take a lot to put on a gut. With my son though, I never looked prego, not even when I went in to have him. So, the gut thing is very different for me. Frustrating sitting here wondering if I did something to cause this myself. Wondering if the birth control method screwed me for life, or if the cervical pre-cancer has doomed my motherhood for good. I love children, so much that I devoted a lot of years taking care of many developmentally disabled children, and children of co-workers. I always wanted just one more of my own. I hope that this baby thrives. Luckily, if all fails and I am truely doomed, there are many babies in this world that don't have parents, and I would go that route. I hope all turns out Havefaith, keep your chin up!

Kara--- Believe me, I know exactly how it feels. I had an IUD for 5 years and then took it out. It took along time for me to concieve and when I finally did, I went through the pain of a marital problems and a miscarriage. I really thought that something was wrong with me because I couldnt concieve, but I was proved wrong a year and a half later. Now im 8 weeks pregnant and hoping all goes well with this pregnancy. Kara, just remember.....your pregnancy is NOT OVER TIL IT'S OVER! Just wait and see what happens. If its meant to be, god will let it happen. Stay positive!

I hope you don't mind that i pop in here but after reading Stephaniak story I started crying and then I read Kara's and really started bawling. Kara- I had precanerous cells about six years ago and had a cone biopsy done by using the LEEP procedure. They told me it wouldn't affect my pregnancy chances. I just had a m/c back in June. I had a lot of brown spotting in the beginning of my pg and my HCG numbers were fairly low as well. Its August and I'm pregnant again. Just five weeks. My first hcg number was 78 then it jumped to 360 and I'm supposed to get the result of the third one today. I am terrified. This morning I woke up with more brown spotting. I'm just a little over five weeks now. I can't go through another m/c. Its too devastating. I'm scared the precancerous stuff i had on my cervix is affecting me now. Or that it will come back and I will never be able to have kids. I don't have any kids yet so this will be my first and I pray and pray every night things will be okay. I'd be devastated if I could never have children. I cry all the time. If anything, i need many prayers sent my way and I'll be sending them your way as well.

Hi ladies, wow, what a really confusing pregnancy this is :(. I am as baffeled as my doctor. I ended up in the ER on saturday. Early in the morning I held my pee (at 2 am I had to go so bad, but a drunk friend of my husbands intruded our house and I didn't want to be discovered by him to pee, so I held it in). By the time I got up to pee, it hurt so bad I couldn't finish. The pain increased, to the point where I crawled to bed. Not able to get any comfort, I had my husband carry me to the bath so soak and try to be in less pain. To no avail. I cried and cried, thinking for sure that this was me losing the baby. :(. I finally caught an hour or two of sleep. When waking up, thinking I'd be covered in blood, I stood to go to the bathroom again. It hurt to stand, like my bladder was going to fall out. When getting the the pot, I was shocked to see no blood. None, at all. I called my twin sister. She said it could maybe be a tubal. I went to the ER. My doc thought for sure this was the end, either a tubal or m/c, so he came in himself. To both of our suprise, it wasn't either. Urine tests came out clean, same with blood tests. Pelvic exam showed no reason to belive a tubal...but, as shocking as it seems, my blood tests and my pelvic exam showed I'd only be at about, maybe, tops, 5 weeks. Hmmm. But at that time I was bleeding for 11 days, so what on earth is going on? My doctor thinks I stretched my bladder some how, though it's not common. I am still prego, yet on my 13th day of bleeding (no relief from bed rest either). I'm too early to do an u/s, so am forced to sit and wonder until Sept. 4th. The doc saw my bleeding, and went from being sure I was going to abort this baby, to now thinking nothing is wrong. Hormone count isn't high enough to worry about a molar preg.; nor a tubal, and b/c it is more than double every two days, it's beating the odds of being a blighted ovum (a pregnancy going no-where). The only thing my doctor can think of is that the hormone count was picked very, very early and his ovulation date is wrong, or that I m/c one child and became pregnant right after the m/c. It could still be a blighted ovum, which is what most of us here have gone through, but until Sept. 4th, there really is no awnser to that. It's going to be a long week, that's for sure. My bladder is still sore, and really hurts with gas bubbles, but is getting better. Bleeding is exactly the same. Has ANYONE heard of 13 days of bleeding? I'm going nuts here, and would appreciate ANY suggestions with how to stop it. Bed rest does nothing, not even slowing it down. If anyone has been through this, or heard of it, please let me know. Thanks everyone, for your concern, advice, and prayers. AllieP, don't give up hope, I'm praying for you too. Precancer changes your life forever, but don't let it ruin your life, nor take away your hope. You're stronger than it, just remember that!!! I have many friends that are prego that are healthy, and had the same proc. that we did. Hang in there hun!

Kara- I wish you the best of luck. I will pray for you! And thanks for giving me hope about the precancer stuff. I hate the fact i had it and it could come back at any time. Anyhow, I went to the doctor to day and shortly after I miscarried. I am bleeind heavily as I type. This is my second one in three months. It's devastating and hard. I have to tell myself since i was only 5 1/2 weeks and saw no heart beat that this is just a late period and move on. Too bad my heart won't listen to me! Good luck ladies!

God help me, I don't know what to do with all this stress. I haven't slept, I'm in so much pain I can walk, I can't sit, nor lay with any relief. The pain feels like it's in my bladder, but I've never felt such pain. I called my doc, waiting for him to call back. I'm giving him an hour or I'm goin to the ER. On top of that, the marriage is going horrible. I'm to the point where I wish I could stab him in the stomache so he could feel how I feel right now. He's not the emotional, nor supportive type. I tell him I hurt, he says he can't do anything, to change posistions. I tell him I'm scared and sad, he says what happens happens, there's nothing we can do. Well, no shit! But bleeding for fourteen days, being in pain for four, sleepless, wrestless, :(, it will be, yes, but WHAT?? I feel so alone right now, trying to balance being mom, and "loving" wife while on painful bedrest. Do you ladies feel the same? Is it this hard for us all? If I only had one awnser to one problem I'd be more at ease. Oh, and Allie- was up thinking about you last night. You said you keep m/c one after another. Have you let your body rest for a couple months? It takes so much out of you physically and mentally...give that a try. I wish you the best hun.

Kara- Sorry to hear your pain. I understand. Jan. 2006 I found out that I was pregnant and then a few days later, I found out that my boyfriend of 7 yrs was talking to another girl while he wa at work. He would call her like 15 times a day. I then started to bleed and went to the ER (ALONE). I was there all night by my self while he stayed home with my son. Later found out from phone records that while I was at the ER having a miscarriage that he was at home talking to that bitch on the phone. At least ur husband didnt do that to you. I am still with him......it took time to forgive, although I don't let him forget what he did. He's been on good behavior since..........

cate? Can you update us???