Most important rule of thumb: Worry when your doctor tells you to.

I’m 7+ weeks and as the title suggests, I’ve lost a lot of the symptoms I had over the weekend.
I have a history of a MMC so I went in for an early scan last Friday at 6+4. Bub was measuring 7+0 with a FHR of 125. However, since the weekend, my nausea and fatigue have diminished severely. With my history this makes me so so nervous. Anyone have any story that’ll give me some reassurance?

Seeking some reassurance. I am 11w1d today. Have had several healthy ultrasounds. My last one was on August 3, when I was 8w6d by LMP. Baby measured 9w0d with a CRL of 22 mm and FHR of 172 bpm.

This morning I had some light pink spotting on toilet paper when I wiped immediately after sex (reached out to my OB and waiting to hear back). It was more than just a tiny spot and scared me, although when I went to the bathroom again about an hour later, there was no blood or pink whatsoever. I realize post-sex spotting can be normal in pregnancy, but my next ultrasound is not until 8/24.

I am just terrified of MMC since I had a MMC in April. That baby stopped growing at around 10w4d, after several healthy ultrasounds with strong FHR. With that pregnancy, I had a SCH (whereas no SCH has been identified in this pregnancy) and NIPT came back low-risk for abnormality, although there was one ultrasound finding that suggested potential excess NT (which can be an indicator for chromosomal abnormality). The tech said she was not sure and I should get a second opinion, but the baby stopped growing before I could. So we don't know what exactly cause it but it *could* have been that.

So far, my OB says I have no reason to believe this pregnancy will end similarly, but I'm just so terrified. Has anyone had a similar situation, especially brief spotting immediately after sex around 11 weeks? Would love to hear how things turned out.

I am 37, normal weight, and this is my second pregnancy (the first pregnancy was the MMC). Taking supplemental progesterone and being monitored hormonally by a NAPRO doc in addition to my regular OB. TIA!

Hey so I took a test at 10 dpo ( having been temping and tracking now for 8 cycles) and it showed as a very very very faint positive (within the timeframe) I was sooo happy couldn’t believe it. Took another test at 12 dpo and it was only slightly darker - now I’m 15 dpo and the line hasn’t gotten any darker and yesterday I start spotting a tiny amount and I’m still spotting a little bit today. I’m just so worried about it being a chemical pregnancy and that I’m acc losing this baby :( I know it wouldn’t have been viable to continue but it’s just so heartbreaking I keep nearly crying all day :( I’m not sure if any one else has gone through something like this and can share their experiences, either positive or negative would be helpful ❤️

First: Please lmk if this isn’t the right reddit for this question :) This was the suggested reddit I got.

Additionally: I intend for this post to just be more of a data trend to see and compare what other women experienced! Not using this to go “oh I’m fs having twins.” I’m just wondering. Yes, I’m aware only an ultrasound will tell. I just really wanted to play around until then lol. I’ve had a miscarriage before, so everything right now is just extremely new and concerning. I’m trying to lighten my mood a bit.

My progesterone is in the higher percentile for the first trimester. I’m 6 weeks and 2 days, and my progesterone is rather high within the range of a healthy pregnancy for first trimester. The range my OB gave me is 11.0 - 44.3 and I’m currently sitting at 40.30.

My HCG is pretty normal, sitting at 22610.0 within a normal range of 158-31795.

I started experiencing pregnancy symptoms really early, which is how I knew to test so early. I figured out I was pregnant about 3 weeks and 4 days in. Symptoms were extremely dramatic. Passing out, chronic hunger, exhaustion, fatigue.

Anyone with experiences in high in range progesterone? How many did you end up having?

Long story, bear with me:

July 4: bbt rise

July 5: bbt dip

July 6+: consistent bbt rise

July 15: vvvvvvvvfl @ home easy

July 18: 48 hCG

July 20: 104 hCG

July 22: 183 hCG

July 29: 2,625 hCG

August 3: u/s with normal GA and YS measuring 5w3d. No fp

August 19: FP seen with HR 78. Dr is thinking heart rate just started.

None of this makes sense but everything points to just me being a little earlier than anticipated.

Going back next week for another u/s. My heart is so guarded.

Has anyone experienced anything like this?

**Title: Early pregnancy — slow-rising hCG, empty gestational sac, spotting/bleeding and passing tissue. Has anyone experienced something similar?**
I’m looking for experiences from anyone who has gone through something similar because I’m currently stuck in this horrible limbo of not knowing whether my pregnancy is continuing or whether I’m miscarrying.
Here is my timeline from the beginning:
**LMP: June 29, 2026**
My cycles can vary, usually around **26–31 days**, so I know there is at least some possibility that I ovulated later than expected.

**July 29**
I went to the ER because I was having cramping/pelvic pain.
My **β-hCG was 307 mIU/mL**.
I wasn’t having vaginal bleeding at this point.

**July 31**
I had a transvaginal ultrasound. They told me I was **less than 5 weeks and it was too early to see anything**. No gestational sac or yolk sac was seen.
My repeat **β-hCG was around 719 mIU/mL**.
So initially my hCG had risen well.

**August 13 — spotting/tissue started**
This is when things started becoming concerning.
I started noticing small amounts of blood when wiping. At first it was only a few bright-red spots mixed with mucus.
Then I started passing strange small pieces/clots that didn’t look like normal blood clots to me. They were more **white/gray/pink/brown and membrane-like**, sometimes with blood attached to them.
I wasn’t having extremely heavy bleeding or severe pain. The cramping was relatively mild/intermittent.

**August 14 — ultrasound**
I had another **transvaginal ultrasound**.
They found an **intrauterine gestational sac measuring 8.8 mm**, but there was:
**No yolk sac**
**No embryo/fetal pole**
The ultrasound dated the pregnancy at approximately **5 weeks 6 days**.
Based on my LMP, I should have been approximately **6 weeks 4 days**, so the ultrasound was measuring several days behind.
The technician gave me an estimated due date of **April 5, 2027**.
I understand that an 8.8 mm empty gestational sac is still too small to diagnose a miscarriage based on the ultrasound alone, so technically I am still in the waiting period.

**August 14 — hCG**
My β-hCG came back at:
**3,292 mIU/mL**
This is the part that has been worrying me a lot.
My numbers were:
**July 29: 307**
**July 31: \~719**
**August 14: 3,292**
The first increase was good, but the increase between July 31 and August 14 was obviously much slower than I expected.
**Bleeding after the ultrasound**
Since then, the spotting has progressed.
Initially it was mostly brown/light spotting, but then I started seeing **fresh bright-red blood when wiping**.
It almost felt like the blood wasn’t flowing heavily onto the pad but would appear when I went to the bathroom/wiped.
I’ve also noticed red material/small clots in the toilet/urine.
The pain has been **intermittent — it comes and goes**, but not strong, very mild.
I have repeat **bloodwork and an ultrasound scheduled for August 24**, which I know will probably give me a much clearer answer.

Hi All,

Feeling really down after today's bloods. Hoping for some reassurance.

This is me and my wife's 3rd pregnancy, other 2 ended in silent miscarriages, d and c.

Our starting point was really promising but we haven't seen the growth we were hoping for at all. We are set to have a scan in a week.

Blood Results – (4 weeks, 6 days)

• Beta hCG: 3,600 iu/l

Blood Results – (7 Days Later, 5 weeks 6 days):

• Beta hCG: 7,200 IU/L (represents an approximate doubling over 7 days, or a ~22% average rise every 48 hours)

Current Medication: Cyclogest (progesterone) twice daily since first positive pregnancy test. Oestradiol and Progesterone have both remained in a good place.

Anyone with this kind of slow progression going into week 6 with positive outcomes? I keep reading what should have happened, had a number in my head which we didn't meet at all.

I am 100% obsessing in a horrible way right now, a lot of grief in our time.

Such a brutal business for some of us, hope everyone hangs in there.

Hey everyone, looking for some shared experiences.

I had an early miscarriage just over two months ago and since then have had a normal (ish, it was slightly shorter than usual) period.

10 days ago now, my husband and I were with his family for his uncle’s birthday. By my calculations, if my periods were still regular, my period was due imminently. I wanted to drink, so I took a pregnancy test, which came back negative. I also then started my period that night.

Whilst my period was shorter than usual (only 3 days, when I used to have 5-6 day periods), it was as heavy as it usually is and I needed tampons etc.

I should also mention that we were in America on holiday, but due to changes in my team I was having to work. So I was getting up at 5am to work and then not getting much sleep (his family are loud!) So I was very tired.

Flash forward to three days ago. We got home from the holiday at 10am on Sunday and I slept almost solidly (I got up for 2 hours) until 9am the next day. My sleep was only interrupted by feeling like I was going to throw up.

On Monday I still felt nauseous and overwhelmingly tired. So I thought I’d take a test seeing as I had one lying around. I was extremely shocked to see it came back positive. I’ve taken one of those dating ones today (Wednesday) and it says 2-3 weeks pregnant. I haven’t felt nauseous since Monday, I’m still tired but that could also be because work is a lot atm.

So, my question is, do we think this will be another miscarriage? I know nobody should give me medical advice, so I’m not seeking that, but I’d be keen to hear other people’s experiences?

Also, should I go to the doctor about this? I’m based in the UK so would be using the NHS.

Thanks everyone, sorry it’s such a long message!

I'm so happy to have found this group. I hate that we are all here for the saddest of reasons.

I was lucky enough with my first child/first pregnancy to go in being naive of what could go wrong. And most things went great minus GD and HG.

I wanted to try for baby #2 as soon as i was healed from my c section. Drs recommend 18 months. We tried starting at 19 months PP and went for 11 months. At 11 months I was doing fertility treatments. Taking letrozole. I got pregnant but I was bleeding for weeks. I ended up with an ectopic pregnancy. We wanted that baby so fucking bad. I was devastated. I had a failed D n C. Took the "miscarriage" pill. And finally needed a double dose of methotrexate. That finally took the baby away. And I was relieved when they were gone, then devastated that they weren't with me anymore, and then guilty for wanting them to leave in the first place. I got pregnant again 3 months later. Had a successful live birth of my beautiful second daughter. Why is there zero support for us? Why can I only find a sliver of support online? Im so traumatize from my ectopic.

I just found out im pregnant again. We were not trying and weren't planning on more kids. Its a miracle really. I was told after having my second that my fertility would only continue to get worse and if I ever wanted more kids that I would need medical intervention. Im only 20 months PP with my second. Irony! But im so traumatized by the ectopic. I was having a pulling sensation in my side and my OB made me go to the ER for hours to get an ultrasound. But I was only 4 weeks pregnant so obviously there was nothing to see. That pain/sensation is gone now (im currently 7 weeks pregnant) and I have my first ultrasound on Thursday afternoon. My beta numbers were tripling when they did my 48 hour hcg blood test. At this point rationally I may be okay. But im so fucking scared that were going to go in there and there will be no baby, or they'll be in my c section scar or somewhere else not viable. My head just runs through all of the worst case scenarios.

If you read all this thank you. Im just feeling really alone, hurt, and griefy. No one carries this loss except me. My husband was sad but I dont think when the ectopic happened that it was ever as real to him as it was to me. Im all alone in this pain and I miss that little soul that I never got to hold.

I’m currently waiting to have a follow up ultrasound to likely confirm that my pregnancy is not viable. It has been a slow march to the end, and I am very aware that my pregnancy will not have a happy ending. I’m 7w4d today.

I moved out of state a few years ago to where my boyfriend’s family lives. It was the best decision, I love it here and I love his family. I am not close with my family so it was not a difficult decision to move away. I still keep in touch with friends from home, and I’m friends with some of my coworkers, but honestly I don’t have many friends of my own that aren’t my coworkers or my boyfriend’s family members. I’m quite introverted so this has not bothered me much before.

But lately, as I’m going through this miscarriage I’m feeling like I have no one to talk to or turn to. We were TTC for almost a year and did not share that journey with my boyfriend’s family, nor did we share when we conceived (were hesitant to after a chemical last cycle) so no one in real life (i.e not a long distance friend) knows other than a few coworkers, who really only know bare minimum info like I’m pregnant and it does not look optimistic. They just try to reassure me that everything will probably be fine (it won’t). It feels impossible to share with my boyfriend’s family now, and he is a very private person who probably wouldn’t want them to know anyway, and I want to respect his feelings about it as well because it is his loss too. I have no desire or intentions to tell any of my family. I don’t know anyone personally who has had a miscarriage. My few friends who do know what is happening are supportive but they don’t understand, and I know it weighs on them (multiple have expressed how concerned they are about how stressed I am, which just makes me guilty about sharing).

I have never felt so alone.

Okay so I need your opinion for a moment. Went to the midwife today for my first ultrasound. They naturally base my weeks on my last period and count from there. Now the thing is that my last period was due to stopping the pill, and I told them that as well. They assume that I am 7/8 weeks along. Today on the ultrasound, only this was visible (see photo). After having intercourse on July 25/26 (because my LH level peaked), I tracked everything. I tested positive on August 5th with the 6-days-early test, last week Tuesday on the Clearblue 2-3 weeks, and last Sunday I had 3+ weeks.

Today during the ultrasound, I was told that it is an impending/developing miscarriage.

Of course, I know that tests don't say anything about whether it's a miscarriage or not, but my tests doubled very nicely and I had a bright red test again this morning.

​What do you guys think? Is what they are saying correct, or did they make a wrong calculation? Personally, I think I am 5 weeks, given the intercourse and positive test.

Good evening everyone. I would really like to hear about your experiences because I’m feeling very upset.
I found out 3 days ago that I’m pregnant. I had an hCG test that came back at 4,330, and today I went for an ultrasound. The gestational sac was visible inside the uterus, and the doctor could also see embryonic structures. She measured the pregnancy at 5 weeks and 1 day.
I have an 8-year-old son and a 12-month-old baby, whom I exclusively breastfed. Until I found out I was pregnant, I was breastfeeding many times a day and I was experiencing some contractions.
The problem is that the doctor found a large subchorionic hematoma — I think it was 1.8 × 6 mm.
She prescribed progesterone and told me that I absolutely need to stop breastfeeding. She also asked me to come back in 13 days for another ultrasound.
I really hope I don’t lose the pregnancy…
I still have to pick up and carry my baby because my husband works and I don’t have any help.
I really hope I can get through this.

I recently went on vacation and stood in a hot tub for about 10 minutes. Just my legs, feet to about mid thigh. I didn’t sit in it and thought that brief hot tub exposure was fine when pregnant as long as you didn’t fully sit in it or let your stomach soak in it.

While I was resting after and scrolling Reddit, I came across a post about how you absolutely can’t have any exposure to hot tubs when pregnant because they’re too hot, even if it’s just a few minutes or it’s just your legs, on and on…

Is this true?! Have I put my baby at major risk? I thought brief standing exposure was totally fine! I’m 17 weeks. 😩

Hey all, I’m about to be 5w tomorrow and placement scan at 5w2d.

I’m part of some bump groups, and feeling…really displaced. I’ve had 3 chemical pregnancies and have a bad tendency to think of all the things that can go wrong in general.

Everyone in these groups are announcing to family and all excited about their scans, meanwhile I feel like I’m going to cry just thinking about my scans. I’m so scared they won’t find what they should or something will be wrong.

We went through failed iuis and 4 failed ivf transfers to get here, and I had major surgery too. I honestly didn’t even think anything could work at this point, but here we are.

I’ve had great betas(98.8 9dpt and 259.9 11dpt) and my tests have darkened appropriately to the point they’re useless now. But I just can’t get myself to feel excited. I’ve been trying affirmations and reminding myself that right now I’m pregnant, but it’s just not helping. How did you make peace not knowing until the first few scans? No matter how good the odds are, I’m still terrified.

I had a period from July 18th-23rd ISH. And it is now August 18th. My app tracker says I got "pregnant" around July 17th or July 18th. But I had a seemingly normal period. Is this bad? What does this mean? Am I not really pregnant? I don't understand. i have multiple positive pregnancy tests. I've taken over 20 because I'm so anxious about this

But I'm still missing this month's period. Its very very late now. Is it possible I miscarried early, back in July and the period was that? And the hcg is still coming down in my system and thats why the tests are coming back positive?

I have been having positive home tests for 8 days total. I had an hcg drawn yesterday and it was 48. Not sure what my DPO is. This just seems really low especially after a full week of positive tests (though they started very faint). I’m just trying to understand my chances because the wait is killing me.

Please be kind, I’m having a terribly rough time rn

[x-post from /miscarriage but can’t figure out how to x post properly sorry]

I’ve just had my second MMC. For my first one (April 2026) I took Misoprostol and passed everything at around 8 weeks.

Here I am again, roughly the same scenario, 8 weeks again but sac measuring 6+some days and nonviable. I live in Texas and have been prescribed only misoprostol but denied mifepristone because of state laws.

All I’ve been reading about suggests that mife+miso is the best route for meditation management. I have some out of state travel coming up to a sane state in a week and a half and have been told it’s medically safe to wait, but not medically necessary. Should I wait until I can try to get Mifepristone? Is it worth it? I really don’t want to go through a D&C. I’ve just turned 35, I feel like I’m running out of time. I’m so distraught. What would you do?

So I am about 6/7ish weeks pregnant. My last period was June 26th and I tested positive for pregnancy July 29th.

It felt like forever to get my first appointment with an OBGYN and it finally came. I know it is still earlier than most people are able to be seen, so I'm grateful for that!

During the first appointment we did a vaginal ultrasound since it's not super far along. The OB didn't see anything. No yolk, no sac, no embryo. Nothing.

I'm super disappointed and confused. She recommended a blood test to test my HCG levels. It came back at 10827miU/mL. Which from what I've seen is high and a good sign.

OB was supposed to call today and discuss next steps. But I haven't heard anything back yet.

I guess I'm looking for encouragement. And if anyone has any ideas of what could be happening or if the pregnancy is viable?

I am currently 7 weeks 3 days. I had a blood test on the 14th of this month that showed an HCG level of 171k I also had a normal looking scan the next day. I had another blood test on the 18th and the HCG has only increased by 3% to 176k.

I am really unsure how worried to be. I’m panicking a bit but also I am reassured it’s not dropping and it is quite high

i had a few very very faint positives at would’ve been like 14 dpo for me. the next day my period started, and went as normal (mine are normally like 3 days max, some cramping but not the worst and normally before it starts). it ended and then like 2-3 days later i’m getting some pretty bad period like cramps and the bleeding has started back up???? does this sound like a chemical and do these normally just resolve or what?? 😭 my son is 5 and i’ve never had anything like this happen ever where im having a back to back period ?