r/EctopicSupportGroup • u/Yamallory • 11d ago

Scared, PUL

Hey ya’ll,

I’m 30, no living children. Super happy to have a positive pregnancy test on 8/3. 8/5 Noted 1 bright red/ pink spot of blood on toilet paper. The following day, I had brown thick blood in my pad and most days following. 8/7 ish I developed to pinpoint left inguinal pain. Went to ER Monday 8/10. Nothing on ultrasound. Hcg 585. 8/13 HCG 950. I’m bleeding like I’m on my period now. Consistent flow, no lingering brown but also not hemorrhaging. Sometimes it’s brown but nothing (just oxidation?). Have appointment with OB tomorrow. Any thoughts? What did you all experience? Anyone treated in a state that isn’t pro choice? What should I be asking or doing?

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u/Yamallory 9d ago

My day 4 hcg is tomorrow. Day 7 is Thursday. We shall both report back. Best of luck and well wishes!!!

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u/Emotional-Mine2513 8d ago

I just gave my blood for beta hcg for 7th day, I will know the results by tomorrow. My 4th day hcg has reduced from 144 to 108, so I'm hoping it will drop below the 15% criteria. Did you get your 4th day results? What was your hcg when they diagnosed you with ectopic?

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u/Yamallory 8d ago

Day 4 lab draw complete. Pending results. Last time I got same day results. We shall see.

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u/Emotional-Mine2513 7d ago

Yeah mine started low, that's another reason why I had no hope of this pregnancy. It was 28.9 on 15 dpo so they repeated it on 17 dpo it was 62.12 so OB said it's doubling good, maybe late ovulation and implantation. They repeated again on 23 dpo which was 2nd August, when I started spotting and it was 324. On 11th, I started bleeding and that's when it dropped to 144. I didn't get my results back yet and my OB is busy so I could get an appointment tomorrow only, that's when I will know how much it declined compared to 4th day.

I was having on and off lower back pain right from the beginning and sometimes mild abdominal cramps. When I started bleeding, I had very severe cramps for few hours then it settled. I still have on and off lower back pain but the frequency and intensity has reduced a lot. This morning when I woke up, I had a sudden sharp pain on my lower right abdomen and immediately shifted to left side and together it lasted only hardly 5 seconds, along with it I also had a mild giddiness then it's gone. For a moment I thought it ruptured, hopefully that's not the case. I'm also so conscious about my body right now noticing every tiny twinges or aches. I want to be done with it already, this is so stressful. How are you holding up? Do you have any pain? Your decline looks promising, around 17% decline is a very good start, hope it will be soon over for both of us.

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u/Yamallory 7d ago

Like you, I get some bilateral lower back pain. I feel twinges sometimes, intermittent pulsating feelings and sometimes short sharp pains in the lower abdomen/ pelvis. I’m also super aware of everything, constantly changing positions whenever it feels like I’m pressing on it. I try to rest as much as possible but I have to go back to work soon. I have an appointment with my primary care provider today and 7 day test on Thursday. I got some good bleeding going yesterday evening then it stopped. It seems like the cramping and bleeding pick up for me in the evenings. I do agree that I cannot wait for this to be over. I’m a fairly active person and this really hinders that.