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Also, you can ask for progesterone cream like Crinone to help keep your uterus lining strong and keep your HCG up. Those 2 hormones work together and progesterone supplements don't hurt at all.

Daniella, no bleeding anymore. It was like a period. it stopped after like 4 days and then spotting for like 2 days. You have given me some hope. I pray you are right. I have another scan in hopefully a week.

Jeanette - since your numbers are going up you should be fine. The bleeding could have been implantation bleeding. Also some women including my OB doc bleed throughout her entire pregnancy like have her regular period and she has a healthy 21 years old duaghter now....so don't worry and keep your hopes up. You can't always based it on you LMP, mine for example is 11/16/05 which puts me about 8.5 close to 9 weeks pregnant but when I went in for my appt last friday the doc said that I am at most 7 weeks pregnant. since you had irregular periods, you may as well have ovulated and conceived late. Your HCG levels should double about every 48 hours so you can always have another blood test to confirm the numbers if you can't wait till your next u/s. I know I wasn't able to see it at the beginning either because it's just too early and too small to detect. Good Luck!

Thanks Kimberly and Daniella! I feel much better now and have decided that I going to wait it out and see what happens. I am going to make healthy decisions and hope for the best. At this point I can't stop nature from happening so I need to take a deep breath and enjoy it while it lasts.

Hi Daniella and Kimberly! Great news- my hcg is up to 1608!!!! Thats more than doubled, Thank God!!!! so now i'm allowing myself to become somewhat optimistic. I was a little suprised to see that my progesterone was 160. on my last test it was 45, but i am taking progesterone suppositories. Did you have anything like that, Daniella?

Britney- I told ya you should just be over 1000. Sounds like you did conceive right before new years. :) You should be able to see it on ultrasound by now. That is so awesome!! Also, heck no... I've never heard of progesterone being that high. In fact, 45 is real high for a early pregnancy. My last pregnancy I lost because my progesterone was only 8.4. My current pregnancy in the beginning was 19.1 and then 3 weeks after being on the meds it was at 19.2. So, hardly went up at all. If I wasn't taking the meds, I would have lost this one. Anyhow, I dont even think my progesterone is at 45 right now. It could be.. but... here is the levels copied from a webpage: ___First Trimester 10-90 ng/ml Average is about 20 at 4 weeks LMP, and 40 at 14 weeks LMP. It is important to note that while a higher progesterone level corresponds with higher pregnancy success rates, one cannot fully predict outcome based on progesterone levels. Second Trimester 25-90 ng/ml Average is 40 at beginning, 90 at end. Third Trimester 49-423 ng/ml Usually peaks at about 175.

Hello All, I'm new here.. and I've read some of the postings... First, I want to let you know that I am praying for everyone for a succesful pregnancy.... Well, I just want to share my story/history and if anyone can also advise regarding my concerns.. I had a miscarriage with my first pregnancy ( went through fertility ( IUI) first time,.. I am 29yr,lack of ovulation ).. late October last year ( I went in to see the Dr since I had spotting that day, they found no heartbeat any longer.. I would say it's the worst day of my life ) Had the D&C done early Nov, as I didnt bleed through.. In Dec, we started trying again.. Did an IUI early this Jan... and I had my pregnancy test ( blood test) done yesterday 1/18/06.. Dr office called back with a news.. They said that my HCG level is too low.. which is 17.. compare to my first pregnancy it was 165!.. They 3 possible things.. (1) I might have ovulated later than they think. (2) it may be a bad pregnancy. (3) Actually, I forgot what she said.... Pretty much she said it is a good news.. but, just have to come in on Friday which is tomorrow for another blood test to see if my HCG level has risen enough.. Has anyone, gone through with a very low HCG? Is this normal? Thanks and God Bless!!

Kla__sylady- just wait to see your next results to see if they double. They say it doesn't matter on any number, just as long as it "at least" doubles. That will answer a lot. Good luck! I sure hope it works out this time!!

Kla__sylady-I agree with Daniella. My first hcg was 45, and that was after not having my period for 63 days, so the doctors thought it was REALLY low for my supposed week of pregnancy. but i think i just ovulated late and now its doubled, Thank God, and thats what counts. Just hang in there till you get the next numbers. I know hoe nerve racking the wait is. I was able to get my results on the internet, and i was literally cheking every 5 minutes!!! Daniells, the doc did a stomach sonogram and still didn't see anything, but he says at this point, he would probably only see it with a v____al one. so i'll probably go some time next week and then hopefully we'll see it. I'll be so much more relaxed once i know its actually there. Anyways, thanks for all the support. Have a great week end, all.

Britney- what was the reason they only did the transabdominal scan?? I've never heard of them doing one that early. Yea, you probably can only see it on the transv____al one. On my current pregnant they didn't give me the transabdominal one until I was 19 weeks.

Hi Girls.... Well I've had a hard few days. My guy that is the father of my first baby and this pregnancy and who I have been with for six years was busted talking to some other girl on the phone. I always trusted him, I never felt like I needed to check on him because I know his every move, I thought. I had a really bad feeling and bad dream, so out of the blue I checked his phone records and noticed a number that I didnt recognize. He called it all through the day while he was at work. But they were only like 5 min conversations. Then every once in a while a 10 min, 17 min, 19 min conversation. He's not one to really talk on the phone so I knew something was up. I asked him and he admitted to talking to some girl name Tracy, that he met at the mall right before Christmas while he was Xmas shopping for me. He was even talking to her after I was at the ER room thinking I was having a miscarriage and a week later when I was there and they told me I was pregnant. He barely stopped talking to her this past Tuesday he said, because he was feeling guilty and knew he did wrong. He said he never met up with her and had no contact except for the phone. I believe him because he can't lie, I can tell. What should I do, Im still giving him the silent treatment and making him feel worse for what he did. Should I learn to forgive him since I am pregnant? This isn't the first time he's done it to me, he did it 2 years ago too. Help me, I love him and want to work things out but I can't trust him now.

I haven't posted in a while. I had an initial low hcg level, but then it double nicely. I get an u/s on 1/23 and should be about 8 weeks by then. There should be a heartbeat for sure, I pray. Jeanette, I am so sorry you are having to go through this w/ your guy while pregnant. Have you thought about calling this girl and asking her to tell you what went on without telling her his side? That's what I would do to make sure nothing more happened. I stayed w/ my ex because I was pregnant and ended up leaving 2 years later because his behavior didn't change. Oh he changed it for a while, but he always returned to the same ol $hit. If you really can't leave him, maybe let him know that you will not accept this behavior and if you catch him doing anything else ever again you will leave, then do it. Also, maybe suggest some type of counseling to get to the bottom of why he felt the need to contact this girl. Especially while you were in the er. I really hope you can turn this around with him and have a healthy happy pregnancy and relationship.

Jeanette- first off, I am so sorry you have to deal with that right now. I do agree with Patti... maybe you should call her and ask her her side... without saying what he said. You have to ask in a way that she thinks he's been caught..like, "so, how many times have you met in person?" NOT "have you ever met?" if you ask if they ever did meet, then she will know that he never said they did. But if you ask, how many times.. she might give you a number. I know it will be real hard talking to her, but sometimes you really have to dig deeper. A man only gives so much. Also... you don't know how long it would be going on for if you didn't catch him. Hopefully he would have ended it on its own, but I could never live with that constant wonder. Im so glad my hubby is the shy quiet guy and we've only been with each other. Anyhow, I hope you get to the bottom of it and it ends well. You never know.... Also.. ALWAYS go with your instinct and my best advice is to set yourself a limit. Say "how much can I put up with" and NEVER let yourself go past that limit, because it will always be pushed. Be a strong woman and being pregnant doesn't mean you have to force yourself to be unhappy just for that sake. Just like Patti said, you may do that and then 2 years down the road something else may come up and then what? I'm sure you'll figure something out.

Hi Jeannette...I'm so sorry about this. Besides agreeing with Patti and Daniella, there just a couple of things i would like to add. There was this book i once read called The Shame Born in Silence, about catching potential spouse/relationship abuse situations early enough to stop it in its infancy, and one thing he kept on repeating was that if a spouse or boyfriend does something like hitting, cheating, you can't say, well, he only did it once, so its not so bad. Once is once too much, and while it doesn't mean that the relationship is going to end, or that the person is a bad person (we're all humans and make mistakes), it indicates that there is a problem that should be addressed right away, in the proper manners-ie, getting people who are experts in relationships to give you advice on how to proceed with it. He also said that one of the main reasons why women stick in an unhappy reltionship is because they are pregnant/have children with this man, which puts the man in a position to control the relationship. But it sounds like you love him, so pleeeaaase find out from a proffesional how to deal with it cos its probably early enough to help.... Good luck, I'm thinking of you.... Hi Daniella, My doc never told me why he did an abdominal scan, but he's supposed to call me today to tell me when to come in again, so i'll ask him then. will keep you all posted....

Good advice Britney. :) Well, I surely bet it was just a bit too early for a transabdominal scan. I bet you'll see so much more on your next scan!!! Hopefully he gets you in soon enough to ease your mind. :) You can see pretty much everything you need to on a scan once your HCG hits 2000. It was just a wee bit too early on your last one. I have a good feeling on your next one! :) Other than that, how is everything else going?

Thanks girls, Well, since then I have been trying to forgive and forget although I know I will never completely forget the pain. I'm doing my best because I know it was a stupid mistake and I guess I will never know how far it would have went since I busted him. I can only hope and pray that he changes. He is a great guy, except I think he was looking for some attention that I didnt realize I wasnt giving him, even though that is not a good excuse I love him and want to atleast make it through the pregnancy because I'm very emotional and I'd rather not risk the baby with stress. My eyes are wide open though. Good luck to you ladies, I'll keep in touch.