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Here's my crazy story, about 3 weeks ago I started bleeding (moderate period type bleeding) believing I was miscarrying for the second time at approx. 4 weeks after ovulation I called my Dr.. I had Hcg levels and progesterone drawn the hcg levels were increasing but not as fast as normal and my progesterone was 3.2 which is equiv to levels during ovulation, ie bad. My Dr. ordered an ultrasound which showed no baby and sac just some underlying placental tissue which my Dr. suspected to be causing the increase in hcg. Well my Dr. said we could do a D&C the next day or I could wait until she got back from vacation the following week to see if maybe the placental tissue had passed on it's own. We opted for the latter and now two weeks later I had two more hcg tests, both increasing though slowly (4/12-3500) and I had an ultrasound again today and low and behold the tech saw a gestational sac(where two weeks ago there was nothing) which she said she would expect to see at an hcg level of 3500 and approx 41/2 weeks gestation. Needless to say I'm baffled and so is my Dr. My Dr. says worst case ectopic pg but the tech did not see anything in the tubes and i'm not bleeding anymore and no abd pain. Also possibly vanishing twin syndrome? I just don't understand because how could my ?fetus be only 41/2 weeks when I had a + pg test approx 5 weeks ago which was only day 12 after ovulation so technically I should be about 7 weeks post ovulation?? Anyway I will have more tests next week to see how things are progressing . Iam afraid to get my hopes up but it is hard not to after hearing your stories. PS I think it's great that all of you are questioning your Dr. most people put too much trust in individuals who are only human and therefore capable of error!! There's an awesome book called Taking Charge of your fertility by TonyWeschler it's very informative not only for fertility issues but also to recognize how a woman's body works which remains a mystery to most of us!!

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