What to expect?

hopingfora3rd · 11-11-2009, 02:01 PM

I'm trying to prepare myself for the worst. My hcg is really low (only 41 at a little over 4 weeks) and hasn't increasing the way it is supposed to. I've had two miscarriages before, but both were later (8 weeks & 12 weeks) and required D&Cs. What should I expect to happen if I really do lose this pregnancy?

**BC-Shelli** · 11-11-2009, 02:32 PM

I'm very sorry for your losses and I'm so sorry you are going thru this again. At four weeks you'll most likely experience some heavy bleeding and cramping. You may pass some clots. Eventually it will taper off to light bleeding which could last for a week or so.

My thoughts and prayers are with you....

TTCyears · 11-12-2009, 09:51 PM

My mcs at 6 weeks were a couple strong cramps; once I passed just clots, another time I passed the lining of the uterus intact. For one, I bled one week and then O'd on time. For the other, I bled one week, stopped, then bled another week and then O'd on time. The later losses, as you know, were very different.

Of course, you need to get out of the ectopic danger zone, so if that HCG isn't going to double then we need it to drop rapidly.

Hugs in this difficult time,
~S

hopingfora3rd · 11-13-2009, 09:48 AM

Thanks for the information and advice. My hcg has dropped to 10, so I've definitely lost this pregnancy. I'm hoping to start TTC as soon as possible.

winklehawk · 11-13-2009, 10:37 AM

I'm sorry for your loss Hoping. I just m/ced my first on Tuesday. I went to the Dr today and they want to monitor blood levels for a few weeks to be sure the hCG goes back to normal. The Dr wants me to wait at least 3 months we try to get pregnant again. That seems so far away. Is 3 months a normal waiting period?

hopingfora3rd · 11-13-2009, 10:59 AM

Sorry for your loss, winklehawk. I think 3 months is a very conservative amount time to wait. I've had two D&Cs with two different doctors and both said to wait 1 cycle to TTC. I've never felt like trying that soon, but I feel confident in their opinion that is is perfectly safe to try that quickly.

11-11-2009, 02:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
hopingfora3rd 0-99 post 2 of hearts Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: DFW Posts: 16	What to expect? I'm trying to prepare myself for the worst. My hcg is really low (only 41 at a little over 4 weeks) and hasn't increasing the way it is supposed to. I've had two miscarriages before, but both were later (8 weeks & 12 weeks) and required D&Cs. What should I expect to happen if I really do lose this pregnancy?

11-11-2009, 02:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
BC-Shelli BC: Endo, PG Loss & Gyn Procedures Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: God's Pit Stop Posts: 21,198 Blog Entries: 765	I'm very sorry for your losses and I'm so sorry you are going thru this again. At four weeks you'll most likely experience some heavy bleeding and cramping. You may pass some clots. Eventually it will taper off to light bleeding which could last for a week or so. My thoughts and prayers are with you.... __________________ Shelli~ TTC #2 for 10 years until my body gave out... Dx: Chronic Endo/Adenomyosis.....Hysterectomy/LSO 3/9/02......Lap/RSO 12/9/04 Mom to my One-derful Lindsay 11/9/90 and Michaela...Heaven Born at 8 weeks pregnancy 4/25/94 "I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb" Jeremiah 1:5

11-12-2009, 09:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
TTCyears 400-499 post 6 of hearts Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 404	My mcs at 6 weeks were a couple strong cramps; once I passed just clots, another time I passed the lining of the uterus intact. For one, I bled one week and then O'd on time. For the other, I bled one week, stopped, then bled another week and then O'd on time. The later losses, as you know, were very different. Of course, you need to get out of the ectopic danger zone, so if that HCG isn't going to double then we need it to drop rapidly. Hugs in this difficult time, ~S __________________ Sharon (37), DH (41) Unexplained Primary IF & RPL TTC May-2003 Aug-2004, mc 11w4d (or 7w4d?) Dec-2004, mc 7w0d Clomid/IUI, Dec-2006, BFN Jun-2007, mc 5w5d Jul-2008, ep rupture 9w0d (tube lost, life saved ... barely) Sep-2009, mc 6w1d Clomid/IUI Jan-2010, BFN Foster care cert review Feb-2010 if no sticky BFP yet, IVF & FET Spring 2010...

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11-13-2009, 09:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
hopingfora3rd 0-99 post 2 of hearts Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: DFW Posts: 16	Thanks for the information and advice. My hcg has dropped to 10, so I've definitely lost this pregnancy. I'm hoping to start TTC as soon as possible.

11-13-2009, 10:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
winklehawk 0-99 post 2 of hearts Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 62	I'm sorry for your loss Hoping. I just m/ced my first on Tuesday. I went to the Dr today and they want to monitor blood levels for a few weeks to be sure the hCG goes back to normal. The Dr wants me to wait at least 3 months we try to get pregnant again. That seems so far away. Is 3 months a normal waiting period?

11-13-2009, 10:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
hopingfora3rd 0-99 post 2 of hearts Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: DFW Posts: 16	Sorry for your loss, winklehawk. I think 3 months is a very conservative amount time to wait. I've had two D&Cs with two different doctors and both said to wait 1 cycle to TTC. I've never felt like trying that soon, but I feel confident in their opinion that is is perfectly safe to try that quickly.