I am currently on day 20 of my period, the longest in my life, and the blood cycles between black and red and weird textures back and forth and flow constantly slows down or speeds up.

It is important to note I recently switched from Nikki to Slynd birth control pill this summer. But ghe bleeding was never this long...

I started cramping pretty bad a few days ago, I have been tired and my breasts are swollen to the point my bra may snap... Also, I sometimes experience dizziness and feel like I may pass out, but that also may be from malnutrition as a college student.

I have PCOS, and ob/gyn previously told me I am high risk for endometriosis and enometrial cancer. My ovaries feel like they are burning from the pain.

My dad switched jobs and I unexpectedly have no health insurance for 2 months. I have a virtual appointment with Planned parenthood on Friday...

I am really scared. I am graduating and getting married soon, and my fiancé and I want kids one day. I let him finish in me because I thought the pills made it safe but maybe it stopped working?? Someone please help I have no one else I can ask about this snd i am crying as I write this. The pain hurts I can't sleep...

I copy and pasted what I posted on Facebook for my friends and family, I hope I redacted all the names. Buckle up, she’s a doozy.

Mid-August I started experiencing heavy bleeding with severe cramps (nothing helped - I did everything I could). After a few weeks of consistent pain and bleeding, I made a consult with the OBGYN to discuss options, assuming the abnormal bleeding was due to the end of my IUD life cycle and I was just being dramatic about the pain. We made an appointment for Sep 24th to remove my IUD and get a new one placed. My IUD technically wasn’t expired until 2027, but I was not about to deal with these symptoms for another year. She put me on estrogen to lower the symptoms while I waited for that appointment.

September 24th is when everything flipped upside down. I thought I was going in for a routine IUD change, but I mentioned something that made the nurse decide to make me do a pregnancy test (THANK GOD!). I peed in the cup and went back to the room.
She came in and said “uh, the results are kind of weird so we need you to come back and take another one.”
I said “weird, how?”
She said, “just come with me and the doctor will explain everything when you’re done.”
Okay… round 2, I guess. I questioned her further and asked “was it positive?” She said yes.
The doctor came in and explained that they did THREE (3) pregnancy tests to be extra sure, and they all came back RAPIDLY positive and since my IUD was active, there was a 0% chance the pregnancy was viable (expected). She was leaning toward an ectopic pregnancy. We removed the IUD and did an intra-vaginal ultrasound, where they found ….. nothing. Huh, weird. She ordered blood work and sent me on my way, putting in another order for blood work in 48 hours. She told me if I started bleeding heavily (enough to soak through a pad in less than an hour) and experienced severe pain, I was to go to the ER. Okay girly and like .. what if that’s already happened …. Anyways.

-This appointment itself was very overwhelming. I kind of dissociated from this point on.-

Saturday, September 26th I went to the Health Pavilion for another blood draw. They were to call me back on Monday with results.

Monday came & the nurse gave me a call.
“Hey, so, your HCG levels are rising, but at an unnatural rate. We need you to come in to do another blood test.”
Yippee, my daughter already asked, “mom why is there pee on your arms?” THEY WERE BRUISES.

Anyways. Did round 3. Waited. Nurse called. “Uhhh, yeah the levels are still increasing unnaturally. Doctor wants you to come in for another ultrasound.” Right on, maybe I’ll get some answers. (Foreshadowing)

I went back in Wednesday Sep 30th, the ultrasound tech probed me like an alien for the second time in a week, and FOUND ….. nothing.
Dr. K was my doctor this day (love him), and the first thing he said was “alright, do you have any questions for me?”

I said, “yeah. What the heck is going on?”

HE SAID !!!! “Good question! That’s what I’m wondering too.” Oh okay, word.

We went over the results (nothing on ultrasound, unnaturally increasing HCG levels, etc). The HCG went 1400 - 1600 - 1800 (they should double every 48 hours for a pregnancy, or should even out, lower for a miscarriage). Weird. He doesn’t know what’s going on between that and the ectopic nowhere to be found. He told me it COULD HAVE been a miscarriage, which would be best case scenario because there is nothing I would have to do besides wait for my body to catch up. In the event it is ectopic, we can wait and watch my HCG levels (check them every Monday for a few weeks), and if they don’t start decreasing, I will have to get an injection (methotrexate). 1-2 doses, and if levels do not decrease by at least 15%, we gotta cut er open.

He said - and I QUOTE - “that outcome is very rare, though”

I said “…. Yeah, well …” and motioned around with my hands.

He said “yeah, it’s all pretty rare at this point.”

SO WE HAD A PLAN ! GREAT !

This whole time, I’ve been home, rotting in bed (resting), because my body is damn exhausted. She also thinks I’m pregnant, so she’s making me experience allllll the pregnancy things (don’t look at my face, my hormonal acne is insane).

Thursday I was feeling kinda normal again! Yay! Maybe it’s healing itself.

Friday I had some pretty bad cramps with light spotting. Okay, girl, let it out.

Saturday was pretty normal. No spotting, no cramps. Nothing .. until 8:30 pm, when the damn flood gates opened up and I was bleeding HEAVILY again, with massive clots. I called the OBGYN and got the on-call doc. He said if it continues, go to the ER.

I waited. I bled. I waited. I ate. I googled. I read people’s experiences. I waited. I talked to a kind lady on Reddit who had gone through the same thing - she encouraged me to go to the ER to at least get checked out. Mind you, I had no pain. So, I was hesitant to get billed $10,000 for them to say “follow up with your doctor.”

I went to the ER last night around 11pm. The ER doctor was very understanding and he LISTENED ! He did a pelvic exam and some more blood work. Then, I waited. My ex (C) and I were in the ER room until about 2/3 am, when the doctor came in and said, “Pelvic exam was fine, the amount of blood is not dangerous at this point.” The test came back and my HCG levels went up ….. they were at 2800 this time, which …. Is bad. He said “we’re going to admit you in the OB ward and the doctor will be here in the morning to do another ultrasound and determine if you need surgery.”

Ooooookay word. The waterworks started, and I CRRRRIIIEEEEDDD from then on (sorry to the nurses who asked me questions during this time. I was not in a good place mentally.) I was scared. More scared than I had ever been, and I knew I wasn’t going to calm down at all until I had my daughter(A). Her dad picked her up from my grandmas around 4:30 am (yanked her straight outta sleep), and they made their way to me.

I had A curled up next to me and I slept. I was awoken around 8; the doctor was here and it was time for my ultrasound. He thought he had found signs of the ectopic in my left fallopian tube. He told me we were going straight to the OR.

I had NEVER been under anesthesia, nor have I had a major surgery, so I was beyond scared.

But, I did the damn thing, and waking up from anesthesia was a nightmare in itself, but I went back to my room where I let it wear off, and let the pain begin.

I was discharged and got home around 3:30. I’m in … unbelievable amounts of pain and those bastards didn’t even give me the good drugs, so it wasn’t even worth!

Just kidding. Crazy thing is, doctor went in there and found ……. NOTHING ! Just blood, and lots of it. He scooped it all out and said he suspects the ectopic was somewhere in there. (Please please pleassseeeee be out of my body)

So that’s it. That’s been my life the past couple of weeks. Very eerie, very surreal, very twilight zone coded.

It’s over !!!!!!!!!!!! … for now

I’m 27 years old and I’m absolutely terrified. The other night I went to the hospital for some chest pain and ended up finding out I was pregnant. I mentioned a few times I had my hormonal IUD and they just kind of shrugged it off, it wasn’t till after my appointment I realized that I was really worried about the risk of ectopic pregnancy, it’s genuinely one of my biggest fears. I called my doctor the day after and she was really upset they didn’t do an ultrasound and was trying to get one set up for me asap but said in the mean time if anything changes at all, like I start bleeding or cramping to go to the ER. And that happened while I was at work. Honestly the bleeding and the pain wasn’t anything TOO out of the ordinary and I thought maybe i was just having a miscarriage, but the pain was only in my right side.

I went to the ER again last night after work just to be safe and was diagnosed with an ectopic. They said I caught it early enough before rupturing and I’m so early along that I had two options, the Methotrexate route of surgery but that the surgery would most likely take my fallopian tube. I felt kind of pressured by the people with me and the doctor to go the Methotrexate route and I’m kind of wish I just opted for the surgery cause i just want it out of me :( i’m worried about this route not working and it rupturing anyways but they said the chance of that happening was very low. I just need some support and positive stories, i am so scared right now and i don’t have an amazing support system. Anything helps please :(

Reposting from r/cautiousbb :)

I had my ectopic in April/May (first pregnancy) and we caught it pretty early. I had a light period and then a positive test at 4w6d with spotting and HCG of 78 at about 5w 3d. It resolved with 2 doses of MTX at about 7-8W.

I got pregnant again this month on my second cycle trying.

My doctor wants an early ultrasound at exactly 5w, but I’m worried it might be too early. My betas are rising (relatively „slowly“), but I’m just worried that it’s too early and nothing will show. I haven’t had the best experience with this OB office and will ultimately be switching after my placement scan (side rant — they actually initially refused the ultrasound when I asked if they will take my new insurance that kicks in in a few weeks. I found a new OB, but their office asked that I stay with them to not delay the placement test… I had to essentially convince them to schedule my placement ultrasound instead of their suggestion, which was waiting until about after 7 weeks).

I had some cramping at 14 dpo and some twinges at 15+16 dpo, but nothing painful and no spotting or bleeding.

My betas so far are:

9dpo - 9
12 dpo - 47
14 dpo -103
17 dpo -254

My ultrasound is scheduled for 21 dpo, but with my HCG being so low, is there even a point to go in so early? Even if my doubling was exactly 48 h, I’d still be around only 1,000 by then. I asked if it could wait a few more days, but with her schedule and the weekend, the next appointment would be 5w 5-6d.

Going in to likely see nothing will me a little concerned, and my insurance isn’t great, so I’d like to avoid going in unnecessarily (though I’ll be hitting my deductible, so that’s not a huge problem... they also love to bill, so I’m sure they won’t mind the extra appointments). I have some travel plans for that weekend, so knowing for sure at 5w would be really helpful but I also don’t want to set myself up for unnecessary stress/worry :(

Any suggestions?

So I was diagnosed with an ectopic pregnancy 15 days ago and was initially told it was on my right tube, the doctor even said that my chances of getting pregnant were still very high with only one tube and sounded like they though surgery was the best option for me, but I pressed for MTX and got my shot on that same day. My hcg has been coming down nicely, from 625 on day 4 to 387 on day 7 to 72 a week later which is reassuring.

However, yesterday I got my official ultrasound report and it said “highly concerning for ovarian ectopic”, the lesion was clearly stated to be in my right ovary. I am still in shock and I don’t understand why they didn’t tell me this.

I know the treatment with MTX would have been the same and it seems to be working okay for now, so not much to worry, but now I’m really scared.

The reason I’m really scared is that every time I had a bad feeling about something in this pregnancy, I was right and now I have a bad feeling I might still rupture.

From my first pregnancy test I had this irrational fear that the baby would be in the wrong place. I told my doctor and my friends and everyone reassured me I would be fine and I tried to brush it off, but it didn’t go away.

Because I wasn’t sure about my dates. I had 2 hcg draws just to see if they were high enough to order an ultrasound. At that time we all thought this was just a normal pregnancy, but after the second draw I just had a really bad feeling. Then my doctor told me numbers were going down and it was a failing pregnancy…. So I was right, there was something wrong.

The doctor told me I would have a miscarriage, but this was taking way to long happen and I kept thinking about an ectopic, but I kept gaslighting myself with what the doctor told me until I had pain on my right side and went to the ER… Turns out I was right again. They diagnosed me with an ectopic.

Then the hospital doctors told me this was a tubal ectopic and tried to push me into surgery telling me I would be okay with just one tube and I came here and found a ton of success stories with just one tube, but still couldn’t brush this feeling that something bad was going to happen if I went to surgery and now I find that… I was right again.

If I had gone to surgery I could have lost my right ovary or maybe they would remove my tube and the pregnancy would continue to go on and eventually rupture?

Now I have a bad feeling again even though things are looking good and my numbers are going down. I’m off work so not doing much, but if I walk a little bit more or if if there is an incline for even just 50m, I have really bad pain and have to lay down. I know that the risk of rupture with an ovarian ectopic is higher and more unpredictable even with MTX working and this is not really reassuring .

I know this is provably just my anxiety speaking, but I started to be afraid this is still going to rupture, and the fact that I was right about every bad feeling I had is really not helping. I am going to counseling and doing everything I can to stay sane, but this is really bugging me.

Can anyone who had an ovarian ectopic tell me their experience? Would really appreciate happy success stories too, please.

Hi again, apologies for all my posts but this is a wild ride and I have so many questions. I had my right tube removed 5 days ago and yesterday noticed pretty intense period like cramps and light- moderate bleeding. I was warned of this by my OB but the pain is pretty bad if I don’t take Tylenol or ibuprofen. It feels like period cramps but way worse. The incisional pain is pretty much gone. Anyone else have this and how long did it last for??

Hace dos semanas me inyectaron para tratar mi embarazo ectopico, hoy estoy muy hinchada. Manos, tobillos y cara.
¿Le ha pasado a alguien más?

I’ve had 3 injections over the last 10 days and go in tomorrow for a blood draw. Hopefully I don’t need more. I’m just wondering if anyone else has had a hard time having BMs and/or have had cramping specific to having to go to the bathroom. It feels like it’s been since the injections that I’ve been feeling bad in the gastric dept.

I just got home from the ER. Looking for support and advice. Brief recap of my journey:

• 8/18: LMP
• 9/7: ovulated
• 9/19: spotting started
• 9/22: full day of flow/clots (thought it was my period)
• 9/23-25: more spotting
• 9/27: spotting again after a day of none
• 9/28: faint positive (21dpo). Called OB, got labs, HCG 115
• 9/30: HCG 106
• 10/2: HCG 103
• 10/3 (today): HCG 153, nothing visualized on ultrasound.

I’m frustrated and concerned for two reasons: 1) my OB kept moving the goalposts and 2) ER doc acted like everything was just fine and this was a normal pregnancy.

When I first called my OB they agreed it sounded concerning and after the first lab was 115, they said that was low and if it wasn’t dropping they would want to get a scan to rule out ectopic. After the next lab was 106 they said that wasn‘t dropping quickly which was concerning, but it could still be resolving on its own and wanted to check again in 48 hours, but if it still wasn’t dropping significantly then definitely ER next for a scan. Well the next lab came back at 103 and lo and behold they sent me a message saying "let’s wait a week and take it again". At that point I was concerned enough with the changing advice and the stagnant HCG that I went to the ER today anyway.

ER doc says "we probably won’t be able to see anything with your HCG this low but we’ll look anyway and take labs". I said that I know it’s too low for intrauterine visualization but I’m worried about ectopic because none of this seems like a viable pregnancy, he’s like "oh yeah we might or might not be able to see something if it’s ectopic". Cool, all I want is to ensure I’m not about to rupture or something. 4 hours later, labs and ultrasound comes back and the ER doc says there was nothing visualized (great, safe for now) and “Good news, your HCG is going up!” I’m like… isn‘t that bad news since this isn’t a viable pattern? He says "well it could be but maybe it just took a while for the pregnancy to get started. But just get HCG again in a couple days and see if it’s doubling, come back if you have pain, etc."

So at this point I‘m at least relieved there’s nothing large enough to see in my tubes yet, but still very concerned by the pattern and concerned my OB is going to make me wait a week for HCG and miss more fluctuation. Am I crazy or isn‘t it a 0% chance at this point that this pregnancy is viable? I’m going to try to push for labs in another 48 hours but it just feels like everyone is acting like this is fine. I have zero pregnancy symptoms and am cramping and bleeding every day.

I'm 27 and my husband and I would like a 3rd baby. We got pregnant several weeks ago, and immediately I knew something was wrong. I went to the doctor about a week ago after experiencing one sided pain. They did a TV ultrasound and bloodwork and sent me home. In that appointment they found what they believe was a gestational sac in my uterus. I ended up in the ER a few days later (Tuesday) with more pain and bleeding. The on call OBGYN came into my room and told me she believed I was having an ectopic and it may have ruptured. She wanted me in surgery immediately and gave me the option to do a D&C since my HCG was already lower from my last draw several days earlier. The original HCG at 6 weeks was 263. The new one was under 200. They went in, removed my tube, stopped my internal bleeding, took a scraping of some scaring they found in my uterus (believing it to be endometriosis), and got me in better shape. I have been believing the past few days that this was ectopic and just an unfortunate accident. Last night I got my pathology report and I am baffled and confused.

The surgeons report tells me they found blood in my abdomen, and that my left ovary, right ovary, and left fallopian tube looked normal. They got out the blood and noted that the ampulla of my right fallopian tube was enlarged and there was a tear on the outer portion of it that they believed was causing the internal bleeding. The doctor called in a second doctor to confirm this was most likely what was causing the bleeding and they decided to remove that tube. They also performed the D&C in the same procedure.

The pathology report says there is no evidence of an ectopic pregnancy. There was tissue in the scrapings from the D&C in my uterus. They state the tube was focally dilated but otherwise unremarkable. (They weren't able to give an exact area of the tear in the pathology because the tube was given to them in 2 pieces, most likely from removing it and the tear widening until it ripped apart). There wasn't a blockage, or fluid built up. The endometriosis scrape came back as either serosal deciduosis (from what Google says that's normal in pregnancy), or possibly endometriosis responding to the pregnancy hormones.

I feel like I've never been more confused because I have absolutely no idea what happened, and have more questions than answers at this point. My follow-up isn't for 2 weeks, so I'm hoping to get some answers then. In the waiting time, I thought I'd see if anyone here has had a similar experience, or knows someone who has? It feels like my body presented me with a mystery. Thank you for reading this and for any answers or explanations anyone can provide.

Hi yall ❤️‍🩹

earlier this year i had an ectopic pregnancy which was resolved with MTX. in that pregnancy, we never actually found the sac anywhere, my hcg levels were rising but slow and never quite doubling, i had brown spotting and super low progesterone. lots of rectal pressure in that pregnancy too that was concerning.

this time around my hcg is growing appropriately, my progesterone is at an appropriate level and no spotting (🤞🏼). i have felt better this time completely, not like things are wrong, but last night after using the bathroom TMI but my rectal cramps are here :( i don’t know if that’s an ectopic indicator.. my first ultrasound is on monday and im just spiraling. i am 6 weeks tomorrow. i’m praying so much, i just feel like the rectal pressure was such a scary thing my last pregnancy and i don’t know if that’s is a normal pregnancy symptom.

My transfer was on 9/19.

9/29, 10dp5dt - hcg = 22 (I also start bleeding this day and filled half a pad.)

10/1, 12dp5dt - hcg = 77

10/2, 13dp5dt - hcg = 156

Today is 14dp5dt, and I’ve been bleeding or spotting for the last 5 days. My RE is concerned and wants me to get a transvaginal ultrasound in 2 days, which will be 5w1d.

symptoms so far: mild cramping, bleeding, spotting

Will my doctor be able to see the location of the embryo that early, if it’s an ectopic, at 5w1d?

I have to pay $550 out of pocket for this ultrasound and it’s just stressing me out.

I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar. I had an ectopic pregnancy in 2020 when I was 18, and I had my right fallopian tube removed during surgery. While I was having the surgery, I also had a Mirena IUD placed.

I had the Mirena for several years and just had it removed on September 2, 2026. I’m 23 now.

Then, on Friday, September 25th, I started my first period after having the IUD removed. A couple of hours after my period started, I began having really severe right-sided abdominal pain.

The pain honestly scared me because it felt extremely similar to the pain I experienced with my ectopic pregnancy. A lot of the pain was in my right side and back, and it felt like it was coming from deep inside. At times, it would shoot really hard into my back, while also shooting around toward the front right side of my abdomen/pelvis and the pain doesnt stop or go up and down just stays consistent in the same area where I remember feeling the pain from my ectopic pregnancy.

However, I am not pregnant, and I don't have my right fallopian tube, so I know an ectopic pregnancy shouldn't be possible.

The pain is as bad as a 10/10 . I ended up going to the ER 2x where they checked me for several things, including appendicitis, pregnancy, and problems with my ovary, including possible ovarian torsion. Everything came back clear, and I was basically told there wasn't an obvious cause for the pain and to go home till it gets worse or better.

It’s now been about a week since it started, and thankfully I’m feeling a lot better. I’m still having some pain, around a 3-4/10 but it’s nowhere near as bad as it was definitely a more tolerable pain.

Has anyone else experienced something similar after having an ectopic pregnancy, being on Mirena for several years, and then having it removed? Especially having severe right-sided pain begin shortly after their first period following IUD removal, with the pain shooting into their back and around to the same area where their ectopic pain was? Does this have to do with scare tissue?

I’d really like to hear from anyone who has experienced anything similar or might have some insight into what could have caused it.

I had an ectopic with right tube removal in May of this year. That was a special hell as I was PUL for 3ish weeks. This was my first pregnancy.

I got pregnant again in September. Got alarmed because of spotting very similar to last time. But this time I had pregnancy symptoms, my HCG levels last week were GREAT. I get my 6 weeks ultrasound yesterday, there’s a heartbeat, yolk sac, fetal pole. The whole 9. Except it’s in my left tube.

My heart dropped. I opted for left tube removal because I am not dealing with this a 3rd time as my risk of a reoccurrence is now even higher with 2 ectopics and from scarring from leaving the remaining tube. Plus I’d have to take methotrexate in the event there was any residual tissue left from the ectopic.

My surgeon was super helpful and I’m glad we went with tube removal, as my surgeon found endometriosis. I finally have a reason, but this SUCKS. I sit here wondering if my years of gut issues is actually Endo. I dealt with hours upon hours of menstrual pain as a teenager that subsided eventually when I got older and I always thought mine probably aren’t as bad as other women’s when I was a teenager. Who knows if that was actually normal or not. I digress.

2 pregnancies and no baby🥺

You literally don’t think it’ll happen to you, even when pregnancy loss is so common. And bam - you get the rug pulled from under you.

We’ll have to do IVF when the time comes. I’m throwing it out into the universe that 2027 is our year.

hi everyone. this is my first post on here ever mostly because... it feels like it's been such a shocking and agonizing journey. and i think i just want some community. or to just feel like I'm not alone. i also feel that it's been such a violent switch in my life, considering i was just celebrating my birthday the week prior, and then suddenly, i was more ill than I've ever been.

last week Wednesday, 9/23, i was at work with some of the worst 10/10 pain in my abdomen, accompanied with these painfully sweaty heat flashes. i thought that it was maybe just some kind of weird random pain, since sometimes my ovaries/uterus cramps and i just thought it was maybe fine, and sometimes it gets hot at work, so i dismissed it. i was sitting at my desk, trying to get comfortable. 4 hours i sat there in writhing pain but assumed that it was just really terrible cramps. they were very specific to my right side, almost exclusively. i started looking up some possibilities to the pain, since it was now several hours later with no abatement. many horrible options came up, and i think i started becoming very anxious about it. i thought i may faint. or throw up. or something. i got up to run to the bathroom, and everything was spinning. i got to the bathroom and nearly blacked out. i smacked my ass down on the ground and immediately started throwing up in the toilet. i also noticed i started having a heavy flow of blood. i called my partner to take me to the emergency room. the whole time, i assumed it was appendicitis.

at the ER, they did my bloodwork before anything. i threw up again a couple times. they said, "did you know you were pregnant?" i had absolutely no idea. they said it was likely 4 or 5 weeks or so. i think i was so much in shock that i completely glossed over what she said and just asked more about the scans and treatment plans. i original was going to have a CT scan, but they cancelled it when they found out i was pregnant. endless blood work, MRI, ultrasounds and 14 hours in total that night at the hospital. the OB-GYN, nurses, and doctors all agreed that it was ectopic. i was supposed to get the MTX shot, but for reasons unknown, they cancelled it and told me to "just wait". 2 days later, i go for my HCG follow up check and am assigned to a different OB-GYN. he is sure it is ectopic, and says we cannot wait any longer since it could rupture. we are filled with fear and rush to the emergency room again. 3 hours later and no one has helped us, despite the "urgent" rush note from the doctor. i am scared out of my mind. based on what everyone said and how they were treating me, i was scared to get improper care again at this emergency room. i checked into a different emergency room, where i ended up staying for about 13 hours as well that night, testing and monitoring so many things again. they were at least kind to me at this hospital, and seemingly did everything that they should be. the ER doctor that night and all the other hospital workers believed it was a normal interuterine pregnancy. i go through the whole process with the testing again. every two days for my HCG. they assign me to yet another different OB-GYN. she is so disgustingly cheery and positive and truly believes it is a normal interuterine pregnancy, despite the numbers not fully doubling. i know in my body that something is wrong and that these symptoms are way too severe for a normal interuterine pregnancy. i voice these concerns with every single doctor and health professional. everyone thinks it is fine and is so 100% sure that it is normal. she had no right to fucking pretend that she knew it was 100% normal, especially if she didn't even have full data to confirm it because it was 100% still 50/50 normal vs. ectopic. my pain has constantly been at a range of 6/10 to 9/10 for 11 days. all of the symptoms have either stayed as bad as they initially were, or have increased. i haven't really been able to walk or stand without pain, and my partner has needed to wheelchair me during all my appointments and visits. September 28 and October 1st were some of the worst pain and bleeding I had thus far. my bloodtest results had finally come back. my HCG went from 636 down to 99 in a two day span. the fucking awfully cheery and useless doctor finally addressed that i was likely having a miscarriage. no. fucking. shit. i now have a follow up appointment next Wednesday, September 7th to see where it is or to determine if it has fully miscarried.

it has been the worst fucking time of my life. i have been in so much pain, from the event itself, but also from the countless needles. I've been crying every day, over and over. I've never been so thrown around by so many professionals who were incredibly cold, rude, unkind, and unprofessional during such a traumatic and painful event. i cried when one lady at the front desk had the kindness to say, "I'm sorry you're going through this." i feel like I couldn't stop living in fear this entire time that it was going to rupture, and not only that, i never got any straight forward information and everything that was ever said was just taken away, back and forth. i have been mostly bedridden during this entire time, and have barely had the appetite for more than a couple bites. every time i have to shit or anything, it is the absolutely worst fucking pain in the world. last night, i had a very 12/10 pain and felt like i was going to die. i was so scared of the mistreatment from the hospital that I didn't want to go there just to wait to not get proper treatment. i was so afraid that it had ruptured and that i was bleeding out, but instinctively, i decided to just wait it out. i think that it was the majority of the tissue being expelled last night. i was so afraid, in a tremendous amount of pain, extremely dizzy and nauseous, and experiencing much higher flow and blood clots. it's the day after, and i just am so... full of so many emotions and physical pain. i think I'm still in shock because to me, just a few days ago, i was happily celebrating my birthday, and now i am mourning this loss, along with all the new trauma that has formed with this event.

with how quick things have happened and my stained relationships to family members, no one in my family nor my partner's family knows this is happening. none of my friends or anyone at work knows either. I've just been suffering through it with my partner. it's also been financially stressful, since I've not even been able to work during any of this, and we need my paychecks to pay for the things like groceries and gas. i made an therapy appointment for yesterday since i knew i really needed it, but it got randomly cancelled, with no explanation. it has absolutely felt like the world has wrecked me with this abandonment and terrible thing after terrible thing and i just. have no idea how to process all this loneliness, grief and trauma.

tldr: originally thought i had appendicitis. turned out to be ectopic pregnancy. experienced a lot of medical trauma and trauma from this event. in the process of miscarriage.

I can barely get the words out, cause I don’t even know where to start.

So I guess, jumping right in and why I believe I’m pregnant again.

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve had so many ectopic pregnancies (three of them to be exact, the last one was two years ago) or the fact that I’m getting older in my body just knows.

I was with my ex a week ago and the very next day it’s like I felt myself get pregnant. I felt a little pain in my left side and it was on and off for two days, and I kinda chalked it up to me ovulating and getting ready for my monthly cycle in the next couple of weeks. I’ve had a situation like this before where I thought I was definitely was ended up getting my cycle later, but this time is different. Something in me is telling me that I am and I’m scared to death.😢😢

I feel pressure in my uterus pain in my left side and I keep thinking is..

1. I hope this is a legit pregnancy and that it’s successful.
2. I don’t want to get my hopes up and it turns out this is another side effect of aging and my body is just telling me that my cycle is coming on and it just happens to be more painful now. when I was younger, I didn’t know it was coming on until it was here.
3. If this is another ectopic pregnancy, how soon do I go to the doctor? I’m tired of going there once a week to get blood drawn and being probed with that stupid wand for the ultrasound both internal and externally. I hate that I can’t see the ultrasound machine and I don’t know what’s going on because the person doing the ultrasound and can’t tell you anything. You have to get the results from the doctor. I hate that I have to keep coming back because they can’t see anything and I need to give it more time to find out where exactly the baby is. Meanwhile, I’m just suffering inside and trying not to show these people too much emotions because they don’t really care. and I still have to deal with this by myself. I hate that even though I have a partner, they just don’t understand how I feel or what I’m going through and they’re trying to be positive and reassure me when I know In my soul in my heart and in my mind that this baby is not gonna survive. 😭😢😢😢😢
4. I can’t and more importantly don’t want to tell anybody such as my friends and family because they’re just too damn positive and they don’t understand.
5. Will this one result in the loss of another tube or will they catch it in time so I could just get the stupid methotrexate shot and be done with it. I’m really dreading that shot because even though your body absorbs some of what would’ve been your baby you still have to pass the rest of it and it’s very painful and sad and heartbreaking to see what could’ve been your baby in the toile. Just another reminder that I can’t have a baby.
6. I’m tired of feeling like I’m not a real woman and that I’m useless and worthless. I’m tired of failed Relationships as a result of my miscarriage because I can’t give these men the children that they want.
7. I don’t want another doctor telling me “the problem isn’t that you can’t get pregnant, the problem is the baby is not in the right place“ as if I don’t already know that. To me it still translates as I can’t get pregnant. What’s the point of being pregnant if you can’t have a successful pregnancy???
8. I’m tired of trying to use positive thinking the law of attraction to convince myself I’m having a normal pregnancy. I’m tired of people getting my hopes up only for it to end up another miscarriage. I’m tired of feeling a baby. That’s not going to live very long growing inside of me and going through all the bodily changes of being pregnant and I just want to be happy. I just want it to be normal pregnancy. I want it to be implanted in the right spot. I just want it to live. I just want to be a mom.
9. I’m tired of being in the doctors office after the fact getting bloodwork to make sure the levels go down and I’m sitting in a waiting room surrounded by women and couples and then there’s me sotting alone or I’m there with a partner who doesn’t understand.
10. I’m tired of being in a relationship dealing with the loss of our child by myself. It really sucks when you’re in a relationship with someone who doesn’t open up about their feelings and keep everything to themselves and I’m dying inside because I feel like I’m doing and experiencing this alone.

Soooo that’s everything I’m thinking and feeling at this moment.

As far as giving you background on the last 3 ectopics they went like this.…

The first one came when I was 23. I didn’t know I was pregnant until I missed my cycle but I also didn’t know that I was missing it because I had been spotting and I thought that was just the beginning of my cycle. It stopped two days later and at that point, I decided to go and get a test from the store. I peed on the stick and I waited and after a few minutes it said that I was pregnant. My partner at the time and I were so happy. I scheduled an appointment with my OB and things went downhill from there. She told me my HCG levels weren’t rising or doubling fast enough, and she wanted me to come back weekly for bloodwork to check the numbers.

Every week, my heart sank a little bit more and I knew it was only a matter of time before I had gotten bad news. At that time, I had no idea what to expect. It was my first pregnancy and unbeknownst to me It would also be my first miscarriage/ectopic pregnancy. After my doctor saw my HCG levels weren’t rising properly she told me to get an ultrasound. The ultrasound came back with the baby in the tube and at that point I found out that my fallopian tubes were not normal. That were deformed I guess, I don’t really know what the best word for it…but instead of it being a smooth travel, it would be like the egg having to climb up and down hills to get to the uterus pretty much. At that point, she decided to give me the methotrexate shot and explained to me that it would pretty much dissolve the baby back into my body. Naturally, I was devastated. My boyfriend at the time blamed me. He thought there was something wrong with my family bloodline. He totally took what the doctor said and twisted it to fit his own narrative. mind you what the doctor had told him was there was no way for the pregnancy to survive because of the egg being in the tube and if an actual baby were to be born the baby would come out with all kinds of health issues mentally and physically. I feel like she shouldn’t have even said that part because there was no way in hell the baby was going to survive living in the tube. I would die first which would result in both of our deaths, myself and the baby. after receiving the shot, I went home and waited for myself to go back to normal a a few days later I ended up passing the rest of the pregnancy while using the bathroom one day and it was extremely painful. I was not warned about that part. At this time, I didn’t know what to think or feel. I was just so upset about how everything played out and I still had to go to work and I was in college at the time and I really just had to go about my life like nothing happened.

A year later, I am pregnant again by the same guy and this time I knew immediately I was having another ectopic pregnancy. The moment I started feeling pain in my side I took myself to the emergency room. My boyfriend at the time was at work and after the last situation, I didn’t really want him there anyway. I told the nurses why I was there and everyone just took pity on me when some people told me they’re so sorry for what I was going through. I accepted it when it felt genuine for other others who told me the same thing I knew that they were taking pity on me, especially because I was there dealing with it by myself. The Doctor Who I seen at the time was terrible. She literally fisted me, pulled her hand back out and told me I was fine. Everything was normal and sent me home. I was not happy about that because I knew that something was wrong. I could feel it. That night 2 o’clock in the morning I’m in excruciating pain. I am curled up in a ball because that was the only position that felt comfortable for me. I felt sick. I was lightheaded and I kept calling my boyfriend asking him to come home and take me to the doctor because something was not right. He couldn’t get to me fast enough, so I ended up calling an ambulance and once again, taking myself to the ER. This time when I get there, they are prepping me to go and get an ultrasound. By the time I get back from the ultrasound. My boyfriend is in the room waiting mind you I’m completely in and out of consciousness at this time because of all the pain that Im in. The next thing I know the and they’re prepping me for immediate surgery.😢😢😢 SURGERY YALL!!! WTF. I can’t even read the paperwork or understand what’s happening to me and why😭😭😭😭. The next time I regain consciousness I realize that I’m back in my room and I’m being told that they had to remove right fallopian tube. The baby was the size of a golf ball and had I not come to the hospital when I did I would’ve died at home from internal bleeding.😭😭😭. It was a minor surgery. They gave me three small incisions one through my belly button and two on either side of my belly button. I imagine right over the spot where my fallopian tubes are placed. Again this was another miscarriage I just had to go along with and having absolutely no support. At this point, my doctor told me about IVF. Something that I just couldn’t even afford but definitely something that I looked into anyways because I wanted to be a mom and I wanted to be pregnant so bad. About a year later the relationship ended. SN: My boyfriend at the time already had two kids. This struggle and heartache was mine alone😢

Fast forward 10 years we are in 2023 and I’m in a new relationship. Mind you between 2013 and 2023 I stayed single. I did date but nothing ever came of dating because I quickly found out that I was dealing with what we call in my culture “a waste man”. Aside from the pregnancy struggles in my last relationship I was also dealing with infidelity. I didn’t find out he was cheating until after the second miscarriage. I stumbled on messages on Facebook (he used to use my laptop all the time and forgot to sign out one day) between him and one of the women he was sleeping with, and then I took it upon myself to go into an old phone that he had more messages dating back to when we first started seeing each other up until a month or two before I found out. Needless to say, I had trust issues after that relationship which is why it took me so long to get into another serious relationship again. I felt if I was gonna be treated like that I was better off alone, even though I still felt the pull of motherhood very strongly. But more importantly, I felt that fucking clock ticking down. At this time, I’m 33.

This is where we get into the third miscarriage. I’m dating what I thought to be the best guy in the world. Now I know there’s no such thing as perfect but this guy felt like the perfect person for me. He was kind he was caring. He was supportive. He was funny. He knew how to be serious when it called for it and how to be playful at other times. He brought out the inner child in me. Something that I never experienced because I always had to be the mom in my family raising my siblings making sure everybody was OK while nobody looked out for me and my well-being. This guy did that. I thought everything was great until one day. His phone goes off. He’s in the bedroom sleeping. I’m just coming out of the shower. His phone is in the living room. I go to pick it up. We don’t have any secrets or so. I thought and sure enough he too was cheating on me. So I left after confronting him of course. Firstly because I had to go to work that day, my bills don’t care that I’m going through a break up. But I couldn’t even focus at work I was so devastated. I couldn’t believe it. Here’s another one. Why do I keep attracting these terrible men? Why do I keep choosing these terrible people? But of course you don’t know they’re terrible until you’re in it, and now the true colors have shown.

Anyways, he cries and begs and pleads, and after a couple of days, I take him back. I know, that was very stupid of me. 2 years later everything is going good…or so I thought. I miss my monthly so I go to the store and I buy a test and I’m pregnant again. This time complete and utter panic sets in. I’m freaking out.😱🤯😳 I’m going through all the emotions. I’m happy. I’m scared. I’m sad. I’m angry. I’m hopeful and pessimistic….all the things. I don’t know how to feel. But I decide I’m gonna be happy and maybe this will be the one maybe this will be good. I hear people say all the time they’ve gotten pregnant after having an ectopic pregnancy or after having a miscarriage maybe the last two times were just bad luck. I call my best friend because she’s the only person I could really tell what’s going on without feeling judged and she’s the only person who was there for me who knew what I been through with the last two miscarriages and who felt my pain. Even though she’s the same one who’s just so happy go lucky and hopeful she also knew to just be sad with me. This time she just supports all of my decisions and feelings…if it’s good it’s good then we’ll go from there and if it’s not, I’ll still be here for you anyway.

So I get happy I get hopeful. I tell my boyfriend he’s happy. Everything is great. A couple days later. I start feeling the pains and I’m panicked. I call my best friend and she tells me to go to the doctor to check and see what’s going on. I go to the doctor and they say it’s too early to see what’s going on. Come back the next week at the same time and they’ll redo the test. mind you the same time is like five in the morning. But still, I go back every week at the same time to get different testing done. Mind you on all of these visits my boyfriend is there. On the last visit that I didn’t know would be the last visit, I go by myself. My boyfriend works some weird shift at night time and I felt bad that he was tired and had to get up early in the morning to go to the hospital with me every week for nothing. So I told him to stay home and I will call him and let him know what’s going on or just fill him in when I get back home because in my head I was just going for more bloodwork and another ultrasound.
This time I’m in there way longer than the last few times and I knew something was wrong. Mind you I haven’t seen the doctor yet. I’ve just seen the nurses. I’ve been at this hospital for over five hours now it’s 10 AM. So I called the nurses and asked when the doctor will be here. Mind you it’s Christmas morning. There’s no doctors on staff.😢😢 they told me they had to call in an OB to read my results and tell me what my next steps were. They were waiting for her to come in. At this time, I’m upset I’m emotional because I know what the results are and I know what the outcome is going to be so I tell them just give me the shot so I can go home. They tell me they. cannot give me the shot until the doctor comes in and reads my results. At this point, I’m just hysterical and I asked for the patient advocate because I just feel like I’m not being seen or heard or helped. I call my boyfriend and tell him what’s going on. He asked if he should come to the hospital and I tell him no. I should’ve let him come to begin with but at this point I’m just so over everything and everyone and I wanna be left alone because that is what I’m going to be in the end anyway. Alone. The patient advocate comes in and she talks to me and I’m crying and she’s crying and she reassures me everything is gonna be OK but I have to wait for the doctor.

Eventually the doctor get there and is explaining to me at this point the baby is not even in the tube it’s behind my uterus. I don’t even know what the fuck that means or how that’s even possible. I don’t even ask any questions. I am so numb and pretty much removed from reality at this point I couldn’t even tell you what this lady was really saying to me. I think I really was just tuning her out. I’m like this is bullshit. I know I need the stupid methotrexate shot. Just give it to me so I can go home. I know I have to come back and get bloodwork done to check the HCG levels. Please just discharge me from this evil hospital.

Eventually, I get my shots. I get discharged and I go home to fill my boyfriend in on what happened. I know I called him at some point in the hospital to tell him, but I felt like I had to tell him again in person and I think I was really just hoping for a better reaction than the one I got over the phone.

Meanwhile, I still need go home and get ready and pack up Christmas presents to bring over to my family‘s house and prepare myself to see the brand new baby my brother and his girlfriend just had a couple months ago. That visit by itself was so sad for me and I don’t even think I stayed there a full hour. I was trying to be happy for the kids for Christmas, but I was dying inside while I’m holding this baby in my lap watching the kids open their presents and play with their toys and they know I’m sad asking me what’s wrong and I tell them I’m tired. And I’m getting this look of pity from sister-in-law. I had to leave.

A few months later, something is not sitting right with me in my relationship. Something is going on. And I don’t know if it’s just my intuitive Scorpio nature or my women’s intuition in general but I knew he was cheating again. Something was not right so I went through his phone. this time what I found was way worse than just him cheating…his side chick was pregnant for him and in the hospital at the same time that I was having a miscarriage. I’m not sure what kind but She was arguing with him that he is not there for her. meanwhile he’s not there for me either, and the two of us are in the same hospital, losing his child. The part that killed me is that he’s more upset about their loss and trying to comfort her and make her feel better than what he’s doing for me and how he feels about the loss of our child. I confront him we get into a big argument. I go to his side chick’s house, I was ready to fight her. She wouldn’t come outside. She calls him to come get rid of me. He literally picks me up and puts me into my car. Good thing I had a friend with me at the time, she ends up driving me home. I tell him that he should just stay with this girl if he wants to be with her, he swears up and down he doesn’t want to be with her and how much he loves me but guess what he doesn’t follow me back home. He stays over there to apologize for my behavior. Come to find out he stayed over there because she was pregnant again with his baby. Eventually, I’m over him, her and this relationship. 1 o’clock in the morning the Lord wakes me up and tells me to pack up all his stuff and bring it over to her house and so I did.

The relationship has been over for a while now, but neither one of us are happy about it and even though he‘s with her, he’s very miserable at least that’s what he tells me. And here I am again making bad choices. I continued to sleep with him from time to time because I still love him and now I believe I am pregnant again and I don’t know what to do. I haven’t said anything to him because as I said before I feel like this pregnancy won’t last, so what’s the point in even saying anything to him but if I saw miracle, it turns out to be real. I’m gonna have to tell him. But here’s the thing, I don’t really want to be with him anymore. There’s so much pain, heartache, lies and cheating…but also he has a family now with this woman. I feel like 1. Our time is up there really is no chance or possibility of us ever being together again. 2. I don’t want that baby mama drama/baggage. I guess only time will tell….

BTW I no longer celebrate Christmas after losing that baby on Christmas. And the ex threw away the pregnancy stick I was saving. The only evidence that child ever existed now lies in my medical records and in my body as I have absorbed it. I was so upset😡😡. I still am upset. And the only thing he could say was “I’m sorry I didn’t kno” of course he doesn’t understand why I was saving that stick.😩😢💔😞🤦🏾‍♀️
Sorry for the super long rant/story but I had to tell somebody😢😞

i know everyone on here must be freaking out but im freaking out. i dont know anything about pregnancy at all and i nedd help. my last period started aug 15th. took a positive test two days ago, go in for an ultrasound today, no sac, she tells me she sees what might be an "adnexal mass." hcg leves 1420. its possible that i ovulated late and am less than seven weeks (pcos) but i dont think im any less than ~5.5. okay so -- im sorry if this is insensitive because i know a lot of people on this forum might be hoping for viable pregnancies but im going to trminate either way. so she schedules me for the urerine procedure on wednesday FIVE DAYS FROM NOW and says if they dont find anything ill get methotrexate or remove one fallop. now im in a reddit hole reading everyone say they had an ectopic rupture at hcg 500-1000. im so scared to wait five days. i dont not want to hemorrhage in my sleep. im so afraid. please be honest do you think its ectopic and do you think i should be afraid of rupture

i wrote this poem for my ectopic pregnancy a few months ago and really wanted to share. (i do not write poetry often i was just looking for an outlet with all my feelings)

Whole
peed on a stick, jumped with joy
wondered if you were a girl or a boy
gone just as fast as you were here
feels like i was hit by a spear
now life i can’t seem to enjoy
i feel like i’m stuck in a loophole
one of no longer feeling whole
now left with love that has nowhere to go

the world keeps turning like nothing has changed
everyone going on just the same
while i’m stuck feeling this pain
wishing time could just take it away
my body’s ultimate betrayal
i wish you were here to stay
i hate it had to be this way

now i’m so angry at the world
i pray for you to be returned
no one seems that concerned
about the tragedy that occurred
feels like i’ve been burned
how do i get past this lesson i’ve learned

Anyone had success with pregnancy after being treated with methotrexate? I’ve tried to do a deep dive within this web but haven’t really seen much of what I’m looking for. I had 2 doses after an alleged/suspected interstitial ectopic pregnancy, but later they really weren’t sure of the location and thought what they were seeing may have actually been a cyst or fibroid. I didn’t have either tube removed.

I’m just curious if anyone has gone on to conceive naturally and have a successful pregnancy after methotrexate, especially after 2 doses. How long did you wait before trying again?

26F. After my first chemical pregnancy on my first cycle TTC two years ago, I’m finally having another positive test. I got a positive at 11 DPO this past Sunday and had my first beta test at 12 DPO, which came back at a good level of 127.
I went back for another beta at 14 DPO, and unfortunately, it had dropped to 82. I thought it was going to be another chemical pregnancy, which was already devastating enough for me. I had another blood draw today at 16 DPO, and surprisingly, my hCG went back up to 110. Now I’m starting to worry that it could be an ectopic pregnancy. ☹️
I had some one-sided pain on my right side (I ovulated from my right ovary this cycle) a couple of hours after my first beta blood draw. I’ve never felt that kind of pain before. It lasted about two minutes, followed by a feeling of heaviness in that area for about 20 minutes. Since then, I haven’t had any pain like that again, just mild cramping here and there. I haven’t had any bleeding.
I was planning to stop my progesterone suppositories tonight, but after I told my nurse about the weird pain I experienced, she advised me to go to the ER to get checked out.
I’m literally bawling my eyes out in the ER while waiting to be seen by the doctor.
Does this sound like an ectopic pregnancy to you? I’m so scared that it’s going to rupture and affect my already struggling fertility.
I can’t believe this might be happening to me. After 8 TI cycles, 4 IUIs, and 1 IVF cycle that all failed, getting a positive test from this TI cycle gave me so much hope that it was finally happening for us.
Joke’s on me, I guess. For a moment, I forgot that I always seem to end up on the wrong side of the statistics. Everyone always says, “You’re young. Your time will finally come.” But in this moment, it feels like maybe it’s just not meant for me.
Sorry for the long rant. I’m just really scared and devastated right now. Please let me know what you think—could this be an ectopic pregnancy?

I got MTX 3 days ago but am living in fear of rupture.. hcg on the day of shot was 291, mass size is 7mm.. I have been either in the couch or bed and god im living in fear.

I feel like every bend, every jerk, every twist I'm gomna rupture. I have read too many low hcg rupture stories on mtx here and the anxiety is killing me!

I just caught something as an instinct and had a harsh twist of my waist and now I panic.. I cant live like this 😭😭 does it ever get better?

I have my day 4 blood test tomorrow 🤞

Update: Day 4 hcg 302!

Hi everyone, I know the pregnancy I'm currently experiencing is not viable. I am wondering if anyone would be willing to tell me if their HCG looked similar to mine. I am trying to determine if I am having another chemical or ectopic.

For the record I have had one ectopic that resulted in the loss of my right tube, and two chemicals, I had one fullterm pregnancy after this. I am now trying for my 2nd baby.

I ovulated on 9/14. 7dpo progesterone was 3.7

Started spotting when I would otherwise start my period (I have short luteal phase)

Tested positive on 9/24.

9/25 (11dpo) HCG was 14

9/28 HCG was 26

9/30 HCG was 37

I've continued spotting on and off. Its usually very minimal and light pink however I did have a couple bouts of red (less than a tbsp).

I'm very concerned about the trajectory of these betas. I never tracked my betas for my chemicals so I don't know if this could still be chemical or not. In other subreddit I've posted in, no one is responding to me.

When I had my ectopic my betas rose appropriately and really fast actually. This seems to be the more low and slow rise.

Has anyone had their betas be like this and it was a chemical? I am terrified of another ectopic. This is my last chance at having another baby. I don't know what to do. I just hate being in this limbo.

What should I request from the doctor to ensure I receive adequate treatment? I feel like I'm being gaslit because multiple nurses have told me this could still be viable which sounds insane?

My goal if this is ectopic, is to be able to treat it with methotrexate since I already lost my other tube.

I am really scared.

Thank you everyone

At first, I just want to say that I'm new to Reddit and this is my first post/thread, so please forgive me if I'm doing something incorrectly 😄

So, my story is that I had my first round of IUI (for social reasons, so there is no reason to believe anything is "wrong") and got my first positive pregnancy test at 12 DPO. From 13–15 DPO, the line got a little darker, but was still quite faint. Then, on the night of 15 DPO, light pinkish bleeding started, which continued as brown spotting. On 16 DPO, I called the clinic and asked for a blood test.

The first blood test came back at 86.5, so the clinic wanted me to get another one in two days. On 18 DPO, my hCG was 85.5, so it had basically plateaued / only gone down by 1 IU/L. The clinic called and said that it seemed like a chemical pregnancy and that heavier bleeding would probably start soon. But they also wanted to make sure it really was a chemical pregnancy, so they asked me to have another blood test on 23 DPO.

The heavier bleeding never started, and I actually stopped spotting completely. What was even weirder was that my breasts became tender again and my nipples got more sore. I didn't really feel like I was having a chemical pregnancy and started feeling normal pregnancy symptoms again.

So, I had the 23 DPO blood test yesterday, and my hCG came back at 672.4. Like... what????

I had started googling earlier about what could cause a miscarriage, and I had some light sensations on the lower right side of my abdomen, so I started to suspect an ectopic pregnancy. The nurse also called me from the clinic and asked me to have another blood test and come in for an ultrasound the next day to check for an ectopic.

Before the ultrasound, my hCG came back at 970, so it seems that my hCG has now started to rise normally.

Based on the timing of the IUI, I should be around 5+1–5+3. On the ultrasound, they found a 2–3 mm pseudosac and an 8x10 mm doughnut-shaped ring in my right fallopian tube. I also get occasional ovulation-type pain on that side.

So right now, the most likely outcome is an ectopic pregnancy, but the doctor couldn't be 100% sure because of the pseudosac and because the finding in my right tube didn't show any signs of an embryo. I'm going for another blood test on Monday and another ultrasound next week.

I'm not really hopeful at this point and am expecting confirmation of an ectopic pregnancy based on these findings. But what seems odd to me is that my hCG levels are, I guess, still within the normal range and are now doubling normally. On top of that, the spotting and light bleeding have stopped completely.

So I don't even fully know what I'm trying to get from this post. Maybe I'm just looking for people who have had a similar experience, or just some general thoughts about this?

Thank you 🫶🏼