Posts by Joseph Hayes54

rustydrifter10 said:Old posts generally aren't deleted because it would mess up the flow of the discussion—plus, it wouldn't be fair to everyone else who contributed to the thread.

What a load of crap. If someone wants their posts gone, it shouldn't matter what anyone else wrote—it’s just like when you lock a thread and leave all that useless text sitting there when you can't change anything anymore. These stupid rules are a total disaster...

What kind of "fairness" are we even talking about here? A post is posted, a conversation happens, and then what? Are we supposed to take screenshots and frame the chat? If someone asks to have something removed, it should be a simple click and done—not this ridiculous runaround. Honestly, it feels like this Forum is just a contest to see who can spam the most comments or junk, rather than a place for actual communication. I thought people came here to talk, not to keep score of who said what. Isn't a registered user supposed to own their own words? Apparently not...

Hey, just got back from the hospital... basically, I headed over to Mercy Hospital on Thursday because my OB said I needed an exam—my HCG levels were climbing, but they couldn't see anything in my uterus. So, I show up around 9 AM and don't actually see a doctor until 2:30 PM. Once Dr. Martin saw my results, things started looking sketchy, so we moved to ultrasound. Then she goes, "Well, I don't see anything outside the uterus..." Honestly, she was muttering to herself, but then her brain finally kicked in and she called for another doctor. He looks at the screen and goes, "What do you mean you don't see it? It's right there." She’s like, "Oh, right," and honestly, I almost lost it—I was about two seconds away from kicking her in the head. Anyway, long story short, I ended up staying in the hospital and surgery was scheduled for the next day. When the doctor came into my room this morning, he told me: "Conception happened in the fallopian tube; we have to remove one." I completely lost it—even though he kept trying to reassure me that everything would be fine without it. They decided to go with a laparoscopy. When I woke up, the doctor explained it was basically like I'd had chlamydia—I'd cleared the infection, but it left behind scar tissue that blocked the egg from reaching the uterus, so it ended up in the tube instead. He said they removed the affected part—it was about 2cm—but they cleaned everything out and didn't have to remove the whole tube or anything. I finally made it home on Sunday and I'm feeling pretty rough today. Just slowly recovering from the whole shock of it all. Dr. Baumann suggested I head to some hot springs in Colorado for about ten days to recover... I'll see if I can make that happen once I check the prices and stuff. For now, I'm just on antibiotics and hoping to feel better soon. Once this treatment is done, my boyfriend and I need to get urine cultures and swabs to make sure there aren't any lingering bacteria before we try for a baby again. I have to admit, after all this, I'm actually terrified of being pregnant—I'm scared it'll just happen all over again...

Okay, I get it now—I didn't realize you needed such a high beta level just to see anything on an ultrasound. During my first pregnancy, I didn't even know I was pregnant until week 10 when I finally took a test and headed to my OB-GYN... So, I'm a little stuck on the math here—my last period was July 26th, and we had sex on August 25th. How does everything still count from the start of the last period? Maybe I actually conceived from that last time and it's just way too early to see anything yet... I don't know, I'm totally spinning right now.

So, I mostly just had an ultrasound where nothing showed up, and now my OBGYN is sending me to the hospital because—shocker—he’s totally stumped. Honestly, I'm freaking out and can't decide if I should even go... I mean, what if I actually am pregnant? It would have been mid-August, so maybe it's still too early to see anything on the scan, even though my last period was late July and the pregnancy symptoms didn't really hit me until mid-August. I'm scared to go because I feel like if it were a miscarriage, my hCG levels would be dropping instead of rising... maybe I'll just hold out for another two weeks—I don't know, I'm not exactly a genius here.

I stumbled upon this post and I'm terrified the same thing is happening to me.

A woman on one of the forums wrote:
Because of some "weird" hCG spikes and a little spotting during my sixth week, they actually suspected an ectopic pregnancy and kept me in the hospital for a few days. They were going to discharge me (on my own request) because they said they'd probably have to do a D&C on Thursday. As soon as I got home, I rushed to call my doctor and begged for an appointment. It was Wednesday—a day I'll remember as long as I live. I walked into the office, explained everything, handed over my hospital records... he started the ultrasound. I was staring at him like a maniac, trying to read his facial expressions to see if everything was okay or if things were looking grim. He just smiled and said, "Well, look who's traveling!" And I was like 😲 :???: 🇳🇴 ..Then the volume went up and I heard it—the heartbeat...
Now you know why I won't forget that Wednesday.
The thing is, the ultrasound machine at one of the hospitals in Chicago just wasn't cutting it—it couldn't detect my Lucy. My takeaway isn't that the doctor was bad—he's great and I trust him—but the equipment just wasn't top-of-the-line.🙄
That's all from me.
Seriously, wishing you the absolute best... please keep me posted.
Try to find a specialist with a really good 3D or 4D ultrasound machine.

Hopefully I’m not one of those cases 😢((( mostly I don't have any actual pain—just feel like I could sleep for a week 😢((((

Man, I really hope I’m not the only one dealing with this 😢((( Honestly, I haven't figured out if it's actually happening yet—fingers crossed we get some clarity by Wednesday... I mean, could that spike in levels point toward an ectopic pregnancy????

I mean, sure, that makes sense if we're talking about a miscarriage—but I’m just so confused because they're telling me it was an abortion, yet my beta levels are still sky-high... the whole thing is just a massive blur right now. I honestly can't tell if I'm actually pregnant or if I've just had a miscarriage 😢(((( Not knowing is the absolute worst part...

That’s why this whole thing feels so off to me—it should be tanking right now instead of climbing. It isn't even doubling properly or dropping correctly... I mean, try being reasonable here, I just can't wrap my head around it at all. 😢(((

My doctor told me I need to go back in for more bloodwork this Wednesday—but my specialist over at the Mayo Clinic says it’s just the body cleaning itself out after that spontaneous 😢((((

Evil-smile I had my blood drawn on Thursday and my beta was 158.71, but I went back today and it jumped to 304.43—so much higher, right? I saw my OBGYN this morning and he wants me back Wednesday for an ultrasound, though he’s still playing it safe and won't confirm if it’s a miscarriage yet. Honestly, I don't even know what to think. I just left a private specialist's office, too, and she tried to tell me it's totally normal—just a "clearing phase"—but I can't wrap my head around the idea that this might all be a miscarriage. My mom had nine healthy kids—I'm actually the fourth one—and she almost never dealt with pain; her periods were just regular, and she usually didn't even realize she was pregnant until the second trimester or so. 🙂)) I'm just terrified... some people are telling me it's too early to tell, while others are convinced it's already a loss and say I shouldn't have even bothered with the blood work. I'm just a complete mess and so confused right now. 😢(((((

Had my blood drawn again today instead of doing something productive—my hormone levels are dropping while my TSH is climbing, currently sitting at 304 😢((( I honestly have no clue what’s going on anymore; they told me it was just a spontaneous miscarriage... now nothing makes sense...

Man, I've still got that waiting for me too—and it hasn't even been five days yet 😢(( ugh, I honestly can't wait for this whole thing to just be over... though I'm so relieved she's healthy... my little one is already 5 and a half. She'll be starting kindergarten next year, ufff, time really does fly 🙂)))

I’m still bleeding—though it’s more of this weird brownish-black color than actual red, which has me a little worried about how long this is dragging on. My OB-GYN said it should wrap up in about 10 days, so I’m just crossing my fingers everything settles down soon. Huge congrats to you, by the way—wishing you a smooth finish and a healthy, strong little one! Is it a boy or a girl? 😁Hopefully, I’ll be in that blissful stage myself before too long.

Honestly, I really hope I am—I just want to have a baby in my arms again. I can't help but feel this wave of anxiety after everything that happened; I'm just so worried about the health of my future little one 😢((but we're definitely going to try again next month, assuming we can actually pull it off 😢

Walter Nelson56, my OBGYN was acting like he had absolutely no clue what was going on—just totally baffled by how my pregnancy hormone levels could be spiking like that. So, I went to see a private specialist instead, and he actually gave me some answers. Turns out, the miscarriage sample showed some kind of bacterial infection 😢((As for future pregnancies, he said once I get my first period back and things settle down, I need to run some tests to identify the specific bacteria. Then I'll start the right treatment, and once that's cleared, everything should be fine since my uterus looks perfectly healthy otherwise. We'll see how it goes—once next month rolls around and I'm feeling okay, we can try again. I’m honestly so impatient, I just really hope I never have to deal with this ever again... Anyway, my levels were at 164, then 154, and the most recent one was 158.

I mean, I get it, but I just can't wrap my head around how this even happens—sometimes I start questioning if there’s something actually wrong with me after everything I went through 😢((now I'm just wondering how long we have to wait before we can try for a baby again 😢((

I just got back from the OBGYN after having my levels checked again—hCG was at 164.52 last week, but today it dropped to 154.26. There was nothing visible on the ultrasound today, so I guess it was a miscarriage... damn. I just don't get it—how can everything go so perfectly with the first pregnancy and then this happens? 😢(((

Thanks for getting back to me—I actually managed to sleep through the entire day. I’m still bleeding, though it's tapering off a bit; no pain so far and I feel alright, even if she did tell me to head straight to the ER if things start hurting or get weird. 😢(It just doesn't make sense—my first pregnancy went totally smooth, so I can't wrap my head around this happening now. I don't get why I'm still bleeding, let alone this blood clot... 😢(((( I'll be at the OBGYN first thing tomorrow morning—fingers crossed everything is fine... I'll keep you guys posted. Thanks again!

A few days ago, I took a pregnancy test and saw that positive sign in the little window—I was absolutely over the moon! 🙂)) But then, yesterday morning, I noticed some bleeding. I started panicking, so I headed to the ER in the afternoon. They ran blood work, my urine test came back positive, and let me tell me—waiting there for three hours was quite the ordeal... The doctor told me to reach out if I start feeling sick or have any pain. When I finally got home about an hour later, I went to the bathroom and noticed some clots—kind of a thick, mucousy texture, about the size of a medium grape 😢(( So, just to be safe, I snapped a photo. Now I’m honestly spiraling—not sure if I should head back to the ER or if I should wait and see a doctor tomorrow. This bleeding feels similar to a period, just not as heavy, which is making me even more confused ((( I'm just praying this isn't a biochemical pregnancy, because based on the math, the doctor said I'm about five weeks along... If anyone has gone through something similar, please, please share your experience with me... I had a totally smooth pregnancy five years ago with zero symptoms, so this whole thing is really rattling me 😢(((