I need a “D & C and methotrexate” right now because my “symptoms scream ectopic.” I’m a nurse but maternal health isn’t my specialty. I thought I was having twins two days ago, now I’m crying hysterically over my miscarriage, and suddenly an on-call OBGYN that I’ve never met before calls and tells me to come in to the emergency department immediately. I remain hopeful that it could be vanishing twins-a long shot but still possible! But by Saturday I accept that I’m having a miscarriage I’ve had abdominal pain and spotting, and my Saturday test shows the same hCG level, right around 600. “Sometimes it triples as your body’s last ditch attempt,” she said. On Thursday I excitedly shared the news at my follow-up OBGYN appointment, but my provider was more reserved. Your hCG level should at least double in a healthy pregnancy-a triple hCG could be twins! I called my husband to tell him the abdominal pain was probably just my body preparing for twins! On Tuesday I did a follow up hCG test and my level tripled to 600. There was something funny going on with my pregnancy, so I held on to the chance that I could still be pregnant. Abdominal cramps could mean that I was experiencing a dangerous complication, or that my uterus is expanding. My hCG level was on the lower end for someone 4 to 5 weeks along, but it was still within the ridiculously large “normal” range of 5 (the low end) at 4 weeks to 7,340 (the high end) for 5 weeks. That could be worrisome, but then there isn’t usually evidence of a baby at 4 to 5 weeks or at my hCG level, 200. My pregnancy was detected, but there was no evidence of a baby on the ultrasound. It was possible I was having a miscarriage, and I would need more tests to confirm it.īut here’s the thing about pregnancy: every symptom can be interpreted in different ways. My hCG level (the hormone that indicates a pregnancy) was on the low end for someone 4 to 5 weeks along and the ultrasound showed no evidence of a baby. Take it easy,” my mom wrote back.īut my husband made me go to the emergency department, and several tests later, the nurse practitioner attending teared up when she told me the results. I laid down and texted my best friend and my mom “Is this normal? This hurts so bad.” Then suddenly I felt extreme abdominal pain. I was so happy, he was going to be a great dad. I called him upstairs to ask if he thought a crib could fit in the room with the queen size bed, and if he was okay with painting the furniture white and the room mint green. The Sunday after I received a very faint, but positive pregnancy test, I excitedly cleaned out the room that my husband and I dreamed of as our nursery when we bought our house.
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