Post-Miscarriage beta #1 taken two weeks ago: 1, 210
The good news is that my Hcg levels are going down. I was a bit worried that the prolonged bleeding and its recent resurgence might indicate that a certain something was sticking around in my uterus pumping out hormones. I suppose the light, period-like bleeding I have been having for the past three days is simply FET miscarriage, part 2. And normal.
Twenty Days of bleeding, pads and panty liners. No swimming. No sex. And the longer I bleed, the farther away my next period and cycle day 1 becomes. Miscarriages really get in the way of treatment and trying to get pregnant, don't they?
The bad news is that I have to go back, yet again, to my local medical center for a beta blood draw. Gaw, I hate that whole experience and the way it feels like a walk of shame every time.
I don't know the exact number of today's beta. This is driving me crazy.
I know that the number is *$%#.1.
Pardon?
*^%*.1
My phone reception just happened to cut out when the nurse gave me the number. And again when she repeated it. I didn't want to ask her to repeat it a third time so I didn't. Now I don't know how much or how little my levels dropped. Just something.1. Grrr.
I can ask on Monday when we have "The Discussion" with the RE. I'll fill you in then.
5 comments:
OMG how frustrating!! I am so sorry that you didn't get to hear the number. I hope it was something really low with a .1 at the end. Miscarriages totally screw with your cycles. Before my miscarriages my cycles were 35 days exactly and then after that they just went haywire. I think your body just has to work so hard to get back to normal, but unfortunately it takes a lot of time (too much in my book!). Hang in there girl. I hope the bleeding stops really soon so you can get back to living life as normally as you possibly can under the circumstances.
My thought is the number must be pretty low or they wouldn't have told you the .1 part. I hope that's true.
Oh my, this is something that would totally happen to me. So frustrating. Waiting for the bleeding to stop to move on is torture. Hope yours ends soon.
Ugh - waiting for your body to get over a miscarriage so you can resume treatments is insulting, maddening and so frustrating! Sending you love...
I hated the "hold" it put on everything too, but I have found that I am now ready afresh to try again with less bitter feelings after having to wait it out. It kind of helped me regain a feeling of control somehow. Hope things continue to get better and that you're back at it soon!
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