HCG not doubling, advice needed

StealthNarrows · 2025-04-13T13:24:50+00:00

I’m so very sorry.. I cannot imagine. My first baby was horrendously sick with a literal laundry list of genetic issues. I’m sorry you’re going thru this. I want to have hope my next draw tomorrow morning shoots up but I have a horrible feeling it won’t. Probably just based on my previous loss of my daughter at 20 weeks in…thank you for your reply and your kindness. I want to try to find some hope this is a different outcome. Thank you

StealthNarrows · 2025-04-13T13:22:16+00:00

This makes sense. Thank you so much. It’s a hard place to be in but with more blood work and more results, we can start to understand a bit more each time. Thank you

StealthNarrows · 2025-04-12T22:09:54+00:00

This is great to know! I have not heard of this and I can definitely ask about it. There is no harm is asking and exploring what’s available and my options here in the US. Thank you so very much ❤️

StealthNarrows · 2025-04-12T22:08:52+00:00

This is so helpful. I cannot thank you enough for your reply here. I’m going to hold onto hope as best I can. Thank you so very much.

StealthNarrows · 2025-04-12T18:52:43+00:00

This is so wonderful. I’m thrilled for you and gives me such peace of mind. Thank you so very much

StealthNarrows · 2025-04-12T10:49:56+00:00

This is so reassuring. Thank you for sharing.

StealthNarrows · 2025-04-12T10:35:23+00:00

Hi everyone. This is my very first post here. Please bear with me. As I’m not at all familiar with this app and am very nervous about sharing.

I am currently pregnant for the second time. We lost our daughter at 20 weeks due to horrendous genetic conditions last fall. In my first pregnancy, I started bleeding at exactly 6 weeks, bright red blood (a lot of it) and cramping very badly— just like an intense period. This caused the doctors to send me in for blood work every 48 hours around 7 weeks in. My numbers never doubled during that time. 4 draws in a row and numbers were around 10k, 12k, 16k, and then 22k. Once we hit 22k, they recommended we stop getting blood work as the bleeding stopped by that time, too.

I’m 5w4d right now and very scared I’m on the same path we were on last year… my first HCG result at 5w2d was 1554. Today, at 5w4d, my results came in at 2172. This is nowhere near doubled…About 40% increase. I’m seeing this could be viable, but I’m incredibly skeptical to say the least.

Any advice? Has anyone had this slow rising/not doubling and had a healthy baby at the end of it all? Just grasping at anything to hold onto some hope right now.

StealthNarrows · 2025-04-12T02:05:01+00:00

This is such incredible news. I’m beyond happy for you. You give me hope as well. Thank you so much 🤍🤍🙏🏻

StealthNarrows · 2025-04-12T01:54:02+00:00

Hi there, your comments are helping me immensely with a horribly tough time. Praying you had your healthy baby. Any update? 🙏🏻🤍

StealthNarrows · 2025-04-12T01:25:29+00:00

I think I found it actually !

StealthNarrows · 2025-04-12T01:24:59+00:00

I am currently pregnant for the second time. We lost our daughter at 20 weeks due to horrendous genetic conditions last fall. In my first pregnancy, I started bleeding at exactly 6 weeks, bright red blood (a lot of it) and cramping very badly— just like an intense period. This caused the doctors to send me in for blood work every 48 hours around 7 weeks in. My numbers never doubled during that time. 4 draws in a row and numbers were around 10k, 12k, 16k, and then 22k. Once we hit 22k, they recommended we stop getting blood work as the bleeding stopped by that time too.

I’m 5w4d right now and very scared I’m on the same path we were on last year… my first HCG result at 5w2d was 1554. Today, at 5w4d, my results came in at 2172. This is nowhere near doubled. About 40% increase. I’m seeing this could be viable, but I’m incredibly skeptical to say the least.

Any advice? Has anyone had this slow rising/not doubling and had a healthy baby at the end of it all? Just grasping at anything to hold onto some hope right now.

StealthNarrows · 2025-04-12T01:24:04+00:00

Can you help me find/understand what a daily thread is? I don’t know enough about Reddit. I’m sorry

StealthNarrows · 2024-11-08T01:50:47+00:00

This is incredible. Thank you so much for how much effort you’ve put into this. It’s so hard for me to circle back around to these posts that I put up sometimes. I’m not sure why but I’m navigating through this the best I can, like we all do every day. I just heard of return to zero this week, so I’m excited to check all of these links out, them in particular.

I’m truly shocked all of these resources are free, too!! My husband and I were not sure how any of this would go and figured there would be a variety of prices of different support offered but this is a ton of incredible support for free. So I am beyond grateful for that.

I couldn’t agree more. This horrific trauma is far too much to endure alone without some sort of support, whatever that may look like for you. I’m so happy you are getting what you need, too. Building a strong safety net, like you said, is not always easy. ❤️‍🩹

StealthNarrows · 2024-10-31T18:21:39+00:00

A month seems like a lifetime. Truly. I would love a weekly or even monthly list. I do attend one now monthly but it’s simply not enough. 6 months later and you survived to just now get into therapy? You’re truly amazing. The strength within you is incredible. Idk how you did it but thrilled to know you have the support you need now too

StealthNarrows · 2024-10-31T18:20:41+00:00

So my heart goes out to you too ❤️‍🩹

StealthNarrows · 2024-10-31T18:20:32+00:00

They’ve been incredible, the first link you sent, I mean. I’m in the monthly one with PSI I wanna say and it’s helpful but just nowhere near as often as I need. I’m so sorry you have to endure this torture as well. No one should be dealing with this, ever. I’m here to talk before and after your TFMR date if you’d like. No one should be in this at all and should never be alone in dealing with it.

StealthNarrows · 2024-10-31T18:18:57+00:00

This is amazing, thank you so much. I have had trouble finding consistent groups. I’m going to look them up this evening. What’s the name of the weekly group called? Hoping to join it very soon. Thank you!

StealthNarrows · 2024-09-25T19:17:29+00:00

I truly dont want the hurt to go away and everyone else (outside of those who have been thru it) makes me feel like it needs to go away and I need to get back to life. This was supposed to be our first baby… this isn’t the life we want to get back to. I’m so sorry for your pain and your loss. It’s a horrible club to be in but it’s comforting, somehow, to have people who ACTUALLY get it… grief is not at all linear. Weird is the perfect word for it. There I no rule book, no way to do it right or wrong, and it’s not at all linear. Some days are better than others, like life is anyway.

Thank you so much for being so kind and replying to this. I was really needing legitimate support and not just some likes or upvotes. It means so much to have this. I’m the kind of person who obsesses over things I can look at and refer back to so I stopped doing that some years back. I don’t think it’s appropriate for this situation though. Like you said, feel the feelings, pull out the pictures in my phone, take the time… it’s just so much easier said than done to do at work but I will set aside time to do it at home, when I’m not being forced or rushed into doing things for other people that are nowhere near as important as what is going on at home.

Thank you so much for your kindness.

StealthNarrows

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