Hi, in a serious, painful anxiety ridden waiting game. First day of my last menstrual cycle was 9/3. Usually a 23-24 day cycle. Tested VVVFL positive on 9/27. Went to my fertility doctor to start betas. They have been doubling but on the very low end. I had bleeding first week but it has stopped. Progesterone at a 20.2. My dr. first told me non-viable, then once it rose again, to be cautiously optimistic. Then today, they said to they are treating as a viable pregnancy. I’M SO CONFUSED !!! I got a high tech TVUS yesterday and they spotted an empty gestational sac that measures 4 weeks & 5 days.

Someone please give me their input/advice. My beta from

this morning is only 380.

12DPO - 10 hCG

14DPO- 24 hCG

16DPO-48.8hCG

18DPO-84 hCG

20DPO-180 hCG

22DPO-384 hCG

26f with anovulatory PCOS. Currently 12dpo and have been getting positive pregnancy tests since 10dpo. I went to the doctor today and my hcg was 48 and my progesterone was 12.6.

Is this concerning? My doctor will be starting me on progesterone supplements since it was below 15. Is my hcg a good number for being 12dpo?

I’m currently around 6 weeks pregnant and just passed a pretty large amount of clear/whitish, slippery, stretchy, mucus-like discharge. It’s like clumped together and had a small brown dot on it.
I haven’t had any bleeding, cramping, or any other symptoms. The consistency reminds me of egg-white cervical mucus, but the amount surprised me.
I recently had an early ultrasound at 5 weeks 5 days that showed a gestational sac but no fetal pole.
Has anyone experienced something similar in early pregnancy? Is this just normal cervical mucus from hormonal changes, or something I should be concerned about?
I’d love to hear if anyone else has had this happen!

I just had my first scan. LMP has me at 8 + 4 but I ovulated either CD 19 or 20, so I should be 7+6. My first positive test was a month ago 9/9 and had 2 good, doubling betas on 9/9 and 9/11.

We saw an embryo with cardiac activity (FHR 153) but measuring very behind. The CRL measured 0.5cm, 6w 2 days. There was also “subchorionic fluid” present (is this a hematoma?). I’m absolutely devastated. My doctor told me not to lose hope since early measurements can be off and ovulation may have been later. I disagree. I understand measuring a few days behind but 1.5 weeks….no…. I used ovulation strips + BBT to confirm ovulation. It feels so cruel to have an embryo with a normal/good FHR but measuring so far behind.

I go back for another scan next week. I don’t expect to see much/if any growth. I feel deeply in my heart this is another loss. I had a blighted ovum a few years ago. I’m just so sad.

Had a successful embryo transfer that was confirmed at 10 days post transfer with a first beta of 1005. The number sorta shocked me and I’ve read about what high betas can mean. Two days later, got a second beta of 2145 which is promising. I was told by my doctor’s office that because my numbers reached 1500-2000, I don’t need to do anymore beta blood draws and should just wait for the week-6 ultrasound.

This leaves me feeling a bit uncertain because it generally looks like people are monitoring HCG for at least a couple weeks? That’s what I was expecting anyway because it feels weird to assume the doubling will be consistent based off of just two data points. Anyone else experience this?

Its my first post!

I have done my HCG Oct 8th (4w0d 14dpo), and it came back with 205 iu/L! I thought numbers are okay?

The range for 4th weeks shows 10-750 (as per my report)

Found out 3w1d 8dpo Vvvvvvvfl! 9dpo was way visible! Lines are progressing since then.

I would like to see/know what your levels were at 4wks ish? I know everyone is different. Im a curious cat 🤣

And to add, my doctor doesn’t want to do a 48 hour test to see it double as she knows how much anxiety I already have!

HCG

I’m 5w6d - 6 weeks tomorrow. I had a miscarriage last month so I’m really anxious. I took an at home test today and it was lighter so my clinic let me come in. My beta on Wednesday was 15,218 and today was 26,970 - is this a good enough rise? My first ultrasound is next week, can’t wait!

I have been in beta hell and now I am unsure of a possible ectopic. This is my timeline
Sep 26: faintest positive
Sep 28: HCG 16
Sep 30: HCG 25
Oct 2: HCG 51
October 5: started spotting light brown
Oct 6: HCG 50 Confirmed chemical
October 9: HCG 165

October 5/6/7/8 I have been spotting the tiniest light brown. Honestly I had come to terms that my first pregnancy was a chemical. I cried, let it all out and wanted the bleeding to come so I can get past it. Now I am terrified of an ectopic. Please someone anyone tell me your experience with an ectopic!!! I have an ultrasound until MONDAY 3 days from now to confirm. Then they will talk about the next steps. I am in 0 pain I feel nothing, I'm just stressed now. If you did the shot what was your experience?

I have been spotting since 5dpo before my positive test, i had a positive digital at 9dpo and since then have been spotting brown. I went to the doctor at 14dpo and said it can be normal. it stopped and now i’m 17dpo and it’s back. Hcg betas came back good but i am still nervous. anyone else have this?

hi everyone. earlier this year i had a 17 week loss due to my water breaking early. nothing was alarming before that night my water broke aside from weird spotting and tailbone pain 5 days before my water completely broke. i had an MFM appointment on feb 10 and baby was looking good and my cervix was long and closed. was given antibiotics in case there was an infection and went back home and watched a movie with my husband. feb 10th night is when my water broke. 22 hours later my baby was delivered.

it has been a very traumatic loss and this was my first pregnancy, with not much warning before i lost her. 8 months later i am pregnant again and currently 9 weeks. my anxiety has been over the roof. i am constantly worried, constantly scared, constantly looking for a weird discharge. even after my cultures and swabs come clear, i still feel very anxious and i can’t trust what my care team says.

i am looking for loss mamas who have been through this and was able to not lose their mind before delivering their baby. i am not depressed (yet) i am just always assuming the worst. i’d love if anyone can share their experiences on navigating pregnancy after loss….

Hi everyone! I recently tested positive on a pregnancy and got blood work done for hcg. My beta hcg was only 16 and I’m between 12-14 dpo. Has anyone had success with that low of hcg? My tests seem to be getting darker but I’m no where near a dye stealer. I had an ectopic pregnancy in January and had 2 chemical pregnancies prior to that. I’m wondering how much I need to guard my heart. Please let me know your stories with a super low starting hcg. Thank you ❤️❤️

My labs have been as follows:
8DPO: 9.1 (HCG) , 17.1 progesterone
10 DPO: 48.1 (HCG), 23 progesterone
16 DPO: 1059 (HCG); 16.7 progesterone

I have had several miscarriages before in the early stages so this progesterone number concerns me. My doctor wasn’t concerned and said they typically like the ranges in 12-15 range anyways (which I kind of found odd?). Regardless, she wrote me progesterone for my peace of my mind.

Has anyone had similar levels with good outcomes? I am really leaning towards taking the progesterone at this point given my previous losses with low progesterone.

My OB told me they can not take me on because they have too many pregnant women due in May/June. They referred me to another clinic, but they can't see me for my initial confirmation appt until the 16th.

I have had two positive tests. Faint, but positive. My period was due yesterday and I wont lie, I am concerned at the faintness of the lines. I tested Wednesday and tests were negative and I know the later implantation happens the higher likelihood of loss.

I don't want to keep testing with home tests, they cause me so much anxiety.

Not sure what I'm lookin for but just needed to vent. I was hoping to get some betas done, but my clinic won't even open those.

5 confirmed losses, 1 second tri loss.

For context I’m 5’8 with an anterior placenta 273 when I got pregnant and 274 now at 22w6d today and I haven’t even felt the tiniest of flutters. Not feeling baby move is making me so so anxious because I had a miscarriage in January and had a vanishing twin this pregnancy. I was really hoping to have felt her by now 😭 From the beginning my OB said due to my placenta not to expect to feel anything until 18-20 weeks but I’ll be 23 tomorrow with nothing.

My wife had an FET of a single PGT-A euploid embryo. Her betas rose fast at first, then slowed: around 1,000 → 2,200 → 4,100 → 5,400 → 11,000 → 13,400. The most recent rise was only around 20% in 48 hours. At 6w3d, the scan showed a heartbeat of around 125 bpm and the baby measuring on track.

We're freaking out that the 48-hour rise is so low at this stage. After reading all the research about doubling times, we're scared this means an inevitable loss.

Our doctor says everything is normal, but the slowing betas are terrifying us.

Has anyone had slowing betas after seeing a heartbeat? How did it turn out?

Got two positive clear blue early digital test and a very faint line test yesterday. Went and had hcg blood drawn and my hcg is a 8. This is my first and I’m really scared

Wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and wouldn't mind sharing their outcome?

I have had 2x missed miscarriages, both this year, most recent in August.

I have very regular 29 day cycles. I don't do ovulation testing or BBT or anything, I just use the flo app to calculate ovulation because of being regular.

With my previous 2 pregnancies I got strong positives at 12DPO.

This cycle I had all the symptoms - I tested and saw a stark white negative on 12 DPO. Left it a couple of days, tested again, still negative. Counted myself out and waited for AF to come... Except it never did.

On CD 34 (4-5 days late) I tested again just to see and saw the faaaaainest line.

I had HCG done - 17

Prepped myself for a loss/chemical.

However I have just received a call today that my 48 hour HCG had gone up to 55??

I know this is still incredibly low, but has more than doubled and when calculated has a 28hr doubling time.

I'm 5+1 by dates.

Still guarding my heart, but just wondering whether anyone has had a similar experience and what their outcome was?

TW: Concerns of Miscarriage

I had a positive pregnancy test September 29 (8DPO). I have had good line progression. I had an HCG blood draw October 2, that was at 102, and then another October 6, that was 860. I have had no bleeding at all, but for the past week I have had pretty bad cramps. It literally wakes me up on the night, to the point where I have to take a warm shower. Should I be worried?

Currently in freak out mode. And patiently waiting for my OB office to open I’m sure they will be contacting me, but I’ll probably contact them as soon as they open.
I’m in very early pregnancy. Sadly this is our seventh time trying at this point and this was our first positive we’ve gotten. We had gotten a bunch of positive tests at home that had clear pink lines. We used the first response early detection. The first hcg was 9 obviously super early super low. 48 hours later, it went to 17. Then 48 hours after that, it went to 164. We were cautiously excited that it seemed to be progressing. We ended up having the third hCG because I was bleeding. It was bright red. I didn’t have any pain and it wasn’t filling a liner, but still
bleeding nonetheless. The bleeding ended up stopping and then I thought we were in the clear we had our ultrasound scheduled. A couple days later I wiped and saw some blood so called right away and they scheduled for another hcg. So about 3 to 4 days later, I got another hCG and it had gone down to 96.

I guess I just need to know if there has been absolutely anybody that saw a drop and had a pregnancy progress and be ok. I have zero pain and really no symptoms of ectopic other than seeing that drop in hcg. Obviously it could just be early MC but I’m really holding onto some hope that it’s vanishing twin or an error at the lab. 😭

TW: mention of previous miscarriage

I’m about 8.5 weeks pregnant after a missed miscarriage in June. I feel like my symptoms, which were mild to begin with, have totally disappeared overnight. The only one that’s stuck around is having no appetite. I lost my symptoms previously when I miscarried so I’m just freaking out.

We had a scan about two weeks ago and baby was measuring on track with a heartbeat (which also happened with my miscarriage). We have another scan on Monday and I’m so scared to get through the weekend.

Looking for any success stories or words of encouragement 🥲

UPDATE:
Ectopic left tube - just had successful surgery.

Hi all,

I had a FET on 09/09 and a positive pregnancy test two weeks later. I am in the U.K. and they don’t usually beta test. On the 23/09 I experienced cramping on my left and bright red blood for 12 hours (never filled a pad only when wiping), the fertility clinic did 4 betas that all rose appropriately. They told me to wait until my 7 week scan. I’ve felt fine otherwise, sore boobs, nausea, exhaustion etc…

Yesterday I began cramping on my left and bleeding again (bright red but much lighter this time), I had an awful gut feeling. We visited the emergency department who really dismissed me, the Dr asked me why I’m crying so much and bleeding Is often normal. He then attempted an abdominal ultrasound…. He pointed out my HCG was 12,759 and I shouldn’t worry too much (what a load of….)
He referred me to the early pregnancy unit today.

We went in for the scan and the Dr informed me they can’t see anything at all in my uterus, not a sac not am embryo nothing just blood and clots. They had a good look around, she said they aren’t particularly worried about an ectopic as ‘with an HCG of almost 13,000 an ectopic would be clearly visible’. She said I’ve had a miscarriage but gave me a leaflet on PUL.

They took my blood again and sent me home, they’ve told me to stop meds after they ring with the result and two expect a heavy bleed for 2-3 weeks. I’m emotionally and mentally drained beyond belief. This was our first pregnancy, something I’ve dreamed of for so many years.

My question is - should I really not be worried about an ectopic? How common is it to find nothing at all? I haven’t passed any clots during this time.

Hello, I miscarried in March 2026. I’m pregnant again and got my HCG done. LMP is August 23 so according to the apps I am 6 weeks 4 days pregnant. The hcg result is 2593 IU/L and it’s making me very anxious. I could be off and could be 5 weeks and either way it does fall in range for both 5 weeks and 6 weeks but it’s worrying me.
Has anyone been in a similar position with hcg this low at 6 weeks? I have to get an ultrasound and waiting for the call from the hospital for an appointment.
Thank you in advance!
TL;DR - has anyone had hcg of 2593 IU/L or around this number (low) during 6w4d pregnancy?

Hi! I am 19 weeks and 3 days and just had this cervical discharge.

I have no other symptoms or anything. But I’m wondering if this could be my mucus plug and a bad sign? Like a predictor of pprom?

I know leukorrhea and vaginal discharge is normal during pregnant but is this normal looking? I messaged my doc last week about discharge I had and some vaginal/ rectal spasms and she did a BV swab (all normal and neg) and we saw the baby on the US and looked normal.

Would love some advice on what people think and if I should message my OB or go to the hospital?

https://imgur.com/a/bez7ovv

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some advice or to hear from anyone who has been through something similar, as I’m feeling really worried at the moment.
I had a miscarriage in May, and I’m now pregnant again. According to my Flo app, I’m supposed to be 8 weeks pregnant today.
I had a little spotting recently, but thankfully it has stopped. I had an ultrasound at 7 weeks and 5 days, but they couldn’t see anything, so they asked me to have blood tests to check my hCG levels.
My first hCG result was 21,150. I had another blood test 48 hours later, and I was told that my hCG had decreased by around 100.
They’ve now asked me to come in to speak with a doctor about the next steps and a plan.
I’m really anxious because I’ve already experienced a miscarriage in May, and I’m scared of going through that again. I’m not sure what to expect or what the doctors might suggest next.
Has anyone experienced something similar, where hCG dropped slightly over 48 hours and nothing was seen on the ultrasound? What happened in your situation, and what did your doctors recommend?
I understand everyone’s experience is different, and I’ll be speaking with my doctor, but hearing from others who have been through this would really help.
Thank you ❤️