I knew from before I found out I was pregnant that something was wrong but I didn't know what. It's actually kinda weird... I had a feeling before I even ovulated that this cycle was going to be it for us; I just knew somehow. Then I got the Jenny Renny reading that said that I already was pg and that confirmed it in my mind. At about 8DPO I somehow didn't feel like I was pg anymore. It was really wierd, but I didn't think that I had the same symptoms like I did before. Then I started bleeding and I thought that I didn't feel pg anymore because AF came and that was that.
Well, I had two dreams about POAS (opk) and it coming up + and then finding out I was pg. I thought about testing a few times just to put it out of my mind, but I knew it wasn't possible so I didn't. Well lo and behold, I use an OPK on what I thought was CD10 and get a +. I was really excited that day but still didn't feel pg yet but let the excitement take over. I called my OB and they told me to come in that afternoon for a blood test because they were worried about the bleeding as well.
The next morning the OB called with the blood test results and I could tell by the tone of her voice that it was not good. I knew right then that things were not going to turn out well. They wanted me to come back on Thanksgiving for another test but I was out of town by that time and not back until Friday. I went in Friday for the retest but didn't get any results until I ended up in the ER.
When I started bleeding on Saturday night, I went to the InstaCare clinic first and the nurse basically just talked to me and told me I had to go to the ER. She looked me up on the computer and told me the results of the blood test from the day before. My hCG numbers had gone up and doubled as they should have. I was really hopeful and that's actually the only time that I broke down and cried.
When I got to the ER the Dr. didn't say much at first. He had someone draw blood and then I went for an ultrasound. Of course the ultrasound tech said nothing as she was jamming the probe around inside me, but she spent a lot of time with it aimed at my right side so I knew that something wasn't right. The ER doc finally told me a few hours later that he spoke to my OB and reviewed the u/s pics with her and they were about 90% sure that it was an ectopic pregnancy. They needed my labs back to confirm though.
When the labs came back, he said that my numbers had actually gone down a little, suggesting that the bleeding was because my body had already decided that the embryo was nonviable and was starting to miscarry. He said that I could either let my body expel it on its own and risk a rupture in the process or get the methotrexate shots and help the process happen much more quickly. I of course opted for the metho shots. That happened Sunday and now I will get my blood drawn twice a week until my beta numbers get down to zero.
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