Daily Thread #1 - December 26, 2024

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[u/hokaycomputer]

5w6d. Spent the morning of Christmas Eve in the ER because of some troubling spotting. Everything looks “fine” however my HCG is high enough that they would usually see a heartbeat and fetal pole which they didn’t. It’s not impossible that everything will be fine but I’m just not hopeful as my last pregnancy stopped growing around this point. Of course my husband’s cousin announced her healthy 15 week pregnancy at Christmas dinner. It just emphasized what a difficult year I’ve had with one loss and one question mark. Just really feeling sorry for myself this morning.

[u/No_Membership2804 → u/hokaycomputer]

I just want to let you know that HCG is not always an indicator for seeing heartbeat, fetal pole etc. I was 5 weeks +4ish days in the ER for bleeding and my HCG was 21k, they only saw an empty GS, basically told me i was getting scanned too early and to come back in a week. I'm 38+3 today. 

[u/hokaycomputer → u/No_Membership2804]

Thank you for this 🙏