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hi everyone I am so happy that is forum is here. I have had two miscarriages 6 weeks in dec 05 and 5 weeks in dec 06. Now I am pregnancy again and today is my 28th day. I got my beta hcg level and progestorne levels taken today and had very low values of 28 for hcg and 13.2 for progestrone. I am so worried and scared that i will miscarry this time too beacuse of the low beta hcg levels. I started taken progestrone supplement tablet prometrium today. do any of you take progestorne and has that helped to continue the pregnancy. after my second miscarriage we did all test including genetic testing for me and my husband and all the blood cloting panel test and they call came negative with no defects. my doctor told me take progestrone from the day i know i am pregnant. I didn't have any symptoms till today and the home pregnancy test came very very very light. I am worried that I missed couple of weeks without taking progestorne as my levels are low. they took progestrone levels twice before in my regular cycle and they were 11.2 and 12 which the doctor told me was relatively low. I am going for my hcg again on friday. I am so lonely and afraid if I will not be blessed with kids in my life. I am 27 yrs old. Please tell me what you think.

Hi. I can not believe that this forum that started almost 2 years ago is still going. I too have had many m/cs: Mar 03, Aug 03, Dec 05, Ectopic- July 06 and I am 5w +4d preggers now. I had 1 pregnancy in 94 but she died due to a heart defect. My hcg levels are really low this time: tested May 1= 54; May 3= 57 and May 8= 103. Had an u/s May 5 could not show a pregnancy anywhere. My progesterone however was 69. I go tomorrow for another u/s and I just hope to be able to have some answers weather it is good or bad. rt- did you get your results back from last Friday yet?

JEANETTE84: Hi. I READ THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BECOME PREGNANT BUT DUE TO IRREGULARITY OF YOUR MENSTRAL CYCLE, CANT... IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE BEST DATE TO TRY, YOU CAN TELL BY WELL... THE CONSTISTANCY OF YOUR DISCAHRGE. THE BEST TIME TO TRY WOULD BE WHEN YOU CAN HAVE IT ON YOUR FINGERS AND CAN SPREAD YOUR FINGERS APART W/OUT IT BREAKING. THIS GIVES THE SPERM MORE SWIMMING LEWAY. ALSO THE BEST WAY TO CONCEIVE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ORGASIM RIGHT AFTER HE DOES, THIS MAKES YOUR BODY ACT LIKE A VACUMM AND IT'LL SUCK THE SPERM UP FASTER FOR YOU. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THOUGH, THAT YOU LAY FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. PLACE A PILLOW UNDER YOUR BOTTOM SO YOU'RE ANGLED AND LET YOUR BODY WORK. JUST LAY THERE. I AM ABOUT 5-7 WEEKS PREGNANT. THIS IS MY 3RD PREGNANCY AND I'VE MISCARRIED BOTH OTHERS IN THE PAST. MY OB COULDNT FIND ANYTHINGS THROUGH A VAGINAL U/S AND SAID THT MY Hcg LEVELS ARE A SIGN OF A NONVIABLE PREGNANCY- AGAIN. I'VE BEEN ONLINE TRYING TO FIND ANYTHING THAT MAY BRING ME HOPE. I HAVE BEEN SPOTTING AND BLEEDING SINCE WEDNESDAY THE 2ND AND FINALLY TODAY- NO BLOOD JUST A LIGHT BROWN WHEN WIPING. I DON'T HAVE TO PEE ALL OF THE TIME NOW AND BY CHEST ISN'T AS SORE AS IT WAS IN THE VERY BEGINING, SO THAT;S A LITTLE DISCOURAGING. MY DOCTOR PUT ME ON PROMETRIUM, SHE SAID THT IT WL HLP MY BODY GE THROUGH THE 1ST TRIMESTER. SHE ALSO HAD ME TAKING 1 80 MG BABY ASPRIAN/PER DAY. I WENT TO THE ER ON SUNDAY AND THE DOC SD THT MY CERVIX WAS CLSD, SO THT MNS IT'S NOT AN ACTIVE MISCARRIAGE. SAID TO DRINK TON OF ICE COLD WATER- THAT THIS WOULD HLP PREVENT CONTRACTIONS. I SAW MY DOC YESTERDAY MORN. SD MY Hcg LEVELS WERE 204; 215;245 SD LEATS THEY HSLD HV BN WAS 204.408.816- SHE TOLD ME TO STOP THE MEDS SHE HAD ME TKING AND TO GO HOME AND WAIT UNTIL THE MISCARRIAGE STARTS THEN TO GO TO THE ER. HOW DOES ONE DO THAT? JUST SIT AND WAIT FOR YOUR BODY TO TERMINATE YOUR PREG? DOES ANYONE HAVE A STORY OF HOPE THT MAY BE ENLIGHTENING?

i think this is happening to me and i am grateful to have found this board. i am 6wks pregnant following a clomid+IUI cycle and my quants, never that high to begin with, are falling. still, i have no bleeding, cramping or other signs of m/c. i'm trying to be hopeful but realistic about my chances. glad this board exists.

I had a miscarriage at 9 weeks in Mar 07. This was my first pregnancy and because my husband and I had been trying for a while, I was so excited! I am 28 years old and he is 35. We thought things were fine and then around 7 weeks my hcg levels were coming back too low. They were within the "range" but on the very low end. The signs of pregnancy started to diminish...b___st tenderness, hunger, urination all went back to basically normal...However, we had an ultrasound twice and saw the baby's heartbeat, actually got to hear it, so I thought all was well. I started miscarrying in the beginning of week 9, and 3 days later it was over. It was a horrible experience, but we are now TTC again. We waited a couple of months, and are now hoping we wil conceive soon. My doc said when hcg levels are low it usually is a sign that something was wrong with the baby to begin with. Does anyone know why hcg levels are low? I'm researching right now...this is how I found this forum. I will say that even though we lost this baby, we have been blessed through all of this heartache. I have grown and learned so much and I will continue to have faith that God has a great plan for my life, and that it includes children in some way!

To Hazl---- Sorry it took a while but here I am! Anyways, thank you for the advice. I will try it and let everyone know if something happens......Good luck to everyone!

HI ALL..........GOD HAS FINALLY BLESSED US. IM PREGNANT. A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER MY MISCARRIAGE. MY PERIODS HAVE BEEN SO IRREGULAR THAT IM NOT SURE HOW FAR ALONG I AM. I AM SCHEDULED FOR A SONO ON THURSDAY 8-10-07. I WILL KEEP THE FORUM POSTED!

Ok, I had a sonogram and I will be 6 weeks tomarrow Sunday 8-12-07. My due date is April 6th. The doctor said that everything looked great. The baby looks well protected. I'm so relieved!

Hi everyone! I've been sitting here for the past three days going nuts, not knowing what to do. I logged on to the net to do some searching, and ended up here, with all you that have gone, or are going through the same thing. Last Friday I took a test and it came up pos. Three days ago I started bleeding, and it's not light. The cramps are kinda bad, but more uncomfortable than painful. Before I could even get my first appt., all this happened, so I called my doc when the bleeding came. Grave news from the old man, I'm supposed to treat this as "a pregnancy that is going no-where". He told me I could sit on it for two weeks, then have an exam, or go get blood work for an HCG count. Like most of us, sitting around in worry was not an option. My count result in front of me says 134. I still no nothing other than it's not good. Sat. I go in for another. I've already lost one baby, well, tech. I guess it was just another "pregnancy going no-where" b/c it was very early. Strange thing, I clotted like hell with the last one, and the cramps were far beyond just not comfy. This time, third day, no clots. It's like a normal period. My fingers are crossed that awnsers come soon, but it's so hard to sit here wondering. We all know we can't stop what is meant to be, but man, would it be nice to know for sure what that fate held. What do you ladies do to ease your worries?

Kara--Sorry to hear whats going on. Well, First thing that I have to say is that every pregnancy is different. Some women have periods at the beginning of the pregnancy. The only way to know if you are miscarring is to wait it out or to get more tests done. When I had my miscarriage I was just like you....thats how I found this forum in Jan. 2006. Anyways.....my doctor told me that alot of women get "pregnant" more than they know in life because the egg gets fertilized "causing HCG to multiply.....then their period comes like normal and the egg moves out the body without most women even knowing that they were even pregnant. Do I make sense. You must have been trying to concieve right, Thats why you took the test sooooo soon and found out that you were pregnant. If you had'nt taken that test you would have thought it was just that time of the month right? I'm really sorry to tell you all this but thats the information I was given when I was going through what your going through. I hope Im wrong. I wish you the best. ---Jeanette

Jeanette84-Thank you for the response. Yes, I was kinda planning, but didn't think it'd be this soon.....though glad it is. My husband and I have a seven year old, going on eight, and after the cervical battle I had over a year ago, I really felt this was a good time to have another wee one. My son is getting older, I don't want it much farther apart. And, I was on the Depo shot for seven years, so we weren't sure pregnancy would be much of an option until next year. It's been seven months since my last shot. I took the test because my body and mind just weren't the same. My husband would look at me wrong and I'd cry, my b___sts hurt like crazy, and being a small b___sted gal, I knew that growing one cup size wasn't normal. I gained five lbs out of no-where and when my friend asked me if I was prego, it hit me that I was a week late for my period. The bleeding has slowed down, but not completely stopped, and I did pa__s tissue, though only one clot of it. The cramping is gone. The prego test today is lit up more than before. I go in this morning for another HCG count. My hopes aren't too high at this point, but there is one thing weighing on my mind. I'm a twin, so twins do run in my family (though we'd be the least expected to birth them ourselves). The night before I started to bleed, I had a dream that I was carrying twins. Then started bleeding the next day. The dream continued for the next three nights. I don't know if I am paranoid (being an identical twin myself, I'd know the hardships of having them), or if maybe those dreams are saying I'm losing one. Sounds odd, I know. Feel a little goofy saying it. But it just sounds odd that my twin would have a misscarraige and tubal in a row, then months later, I'd misscarriage too. Even the Doc finds that weird. I know it does happen. But everything in me says that this baby is alive and well. Not to mention I'm still gaining the weight and can barely wear a bra. It's in fate's hands, and I am well aware of my odds....and accept either way. I just feel that this baby was meant to be. Crossing my fingers today, guess we'll know a whole lot more :). Thanks again, it's nice to talk to people who understand and have been through it.

Well, I hope all is well. The tests will definitely give you an idea of what is going on. Also you should have an ultrasound done. If your really anxious, go to the ER and tell them you think your having a miscarriage and they will do all the tests and ultrasound. Let us know what happens!

I tried to post a question but no one is answering is there anyone out there....7/31 I tested positive, blood work 8/1 HCG was 81, went again on Friday 8/3 it was 158 drs said it was good, then Saturday and Sunday I started spotting, spotting got worse was like a normal PD for me went back for blood and ultrasound on 8/7 HCG 300, to early cant see anything looks okay the next few days I was cramping and uncomfortable pa__sing nasty nasty stuff drs figure I am having a miscarriage, 8/10 blood work my HCG goes up to 620, I have to come in the Saturday for an ultrasound, dr tells me, that he see’s no baby in my uterus and there are some things in my left tubes, not sure if it is a baby or some corpus letums but they are not sure what they are yet because I am not far enough along to tell, I had to go back on Monday for an ultrasound and blood work, and if on Monday my hcg has gone up again that is another sure sign of a eptopic pregnancy, and I will have to get “THE SHOT”. So I go Monday they take blood HCG is 1100 so still going up...and they do an ultrasound….there is a sac and what they think is a yolk in my uterus, THE DRS ARE ALL CONFUSED, I had to go back to the dr wednesday 4 drs are in the room with me and they are just not sure what is going on BUT…. they definitely see a sac and a yolk, but nothing else, so now I am told DO NOT GET EXCITED this could be a blighted ovem, but still to early to tell anything, MY HCG is 1147 as of wednesday ....This has been the weirdest experience of my life, the dr’s are even a little baffled and don’t know what to say to me … I didn’t go through anything like this when I was preg with my boys, i had twins 10 years ago.... I had terrible morning sickness and this time I have nothing, so I am starting to get worried there is nothing there at this point. HCG level is only 1447, so its still not high….THIS SUCKS, CAN THIS BE NORMAL as of today i should be 6 weeks 1 day ?

HaveFaith2008- I'm not sure what to tell you, sounds like you're in a boat we are all too familiar with. Hopefully today you'll get some clue to what's going on. I do know that my sister had a sim. situation, and it wasn't good. She went from your symptoms to turning blue in the face, went in for emergency surgery and found 30cc of blood in her stomache....but what they thought was a tubal (she had all the symptoms), wasn't in her tubes. Her ovary had a laseration on it, but no explanation for it. After surgery, she still showed as being prego (the uterus was not bothered during the surgery). A week later they found that it was a molar pregnancy and her system flushed it out. Her high hormone count is what gave them the awnser to a molar....well, and tubal prego. There are just so many if's in a pregnancy..no way of telling what is going on. I hope to hear good news from you after your visit to the dr. Good luck! Well J, the hormone count went from 134 on Thursday to 264 on Saturday. That's a good sign, but I can't help but feel maybe it's false hope. Those numbers are what we were looking for, but I'm still spotting. No cramps, no fever, just a lil blood. Is it just me, or is everyone a little bothered by the big rise in m/c?? I was prego at 17 with my son, and the only problem I had was stress, that caused him to come a little too early. Now days it seems like everyone I know is losing their babies before the fourth month. It's getting scary to me. I had a sister that went through the m/c and tubal and molar, a sister-in-law that went through three m/c and a tubal, three friends with m/c, and two more w/tubals. We live in a very, very small town, and that makes it so unusual to have this many people go through the same thing. Even the baby docs around here are a little curious. I guess in the end it all works out, eventually we all find a way. It's just hard going through the agony and the sitting around waiting for an awnser. I do want to thank sites like this, it's so nice knowing we're not alone.

Kara---Its good to hear that the levels went up but, just to warn you.....my levels went from 115 to 504 while I was miscarrying. Even after you stop bleeding, your levels could still continue to go up but that doesn't always mean that everything is ok. You really should have an ultrasound so that they can see the sac and see of everything looks ok. You can't just go by the numbers! Do like I did, go to the ER and say your having a miscarriage. They will run all the tests needed to tell you whats going on. Good Luck!

Jeanette84-Well, the ER here wont. They say to contact my Doc. And, well, this whole thing is getting very frustrating b/c I called his office and the lady told me he'd call last night. Never called. I felt an overwhelming since of loss yesterday, and later had another clot of tissue. I think the news is bad, my last m/c was so much different, but that feeling was there. I just bled and clotted like crazy last time, knowing well that it was on it's way. With this one, tom. will be a week of "light bleeding", just a lil more than spotting, only pa__sed two clots, and just a little bit of cramping the first few days. It's just so frustrating trying to get awnsers. It would take a ten minute exam from the doc to look at the cervix and tell me where this is going. Maybe that's asking too much, huh? When even the doctor acts like it's not a big deal, it can be a very scary, alone, big world. I know I can't change things, I only want to know what's going on....or even, if the baby isn't going to make it, am I okay? I hate this feeling of loss. I guess today I'm going to get my awnsers if I have to knock hid door down.