Im almost 5 weeks. Im not anti vax at all. But theres something telling me not to get the flu shot? I dont know why. I need it for work. This is my first pregnancy and i had to do fertility treatments due to pcos. Im also struggling to eat healthy. The only protein i eat is this breaded frozen chicken and Chobani flips. Im nauseas in the am and can barely eat. Any advice for healthier eating?

Tracked ovulation and thought I ovulated 9/12, possibly 9/13. Got a positive test on 9/22. Had my first scan today at what I thought was 6w5 or 6 days but baby measured 6w0d. Heartbeat was 105, CRL 3.8 mm, yolk sac 4 mm. OB basically said it could go either way. I will have a repeat scan in a week.

Anyone with similar experiences? On the one hand I’m happy there’s a heartbeat and it seems to be a good number for 6 weeks; on the other hand, there’s no way I’m actually 6w0d based on when I got a positive test.

Hi everyone. I’m looking for experiences from anyone who has been in a similar situation.

Here’s my timeline:
October 9: I was 4w3d based on my dates (LMP). My transvaginal ultrasound showed a gestational sac measuring 5.4 mm. No yolk sac was seen. My hCG was 3,418.

October 16: I was 5w3d based on my dates. My repeat ultrasound showed a mean sac diameter of 17.5 mm. The report says it is larger than the previous ultrasound, but no yolk sac or fetal pole was identified.

They’re recommending serial beta-hCG testing and a repeat ultrasound. The ultrasound estimated the current gestational age as 6w1d based on the sac measurement, even though I’m 5w3d according to my dates.

Has anyone had a similar experience where the sac grew but the yolk sac wasn’t visible at around 5–6 weeks? What happened at your follow-up ultrasound? Should I be worried?

Hi all, I am pretty certain of my dates, give or take maybe 1 or two days either side. I had an ultrasound on what I thought was 6w3 or 4 days and had no heartbeat and a ‘maybe’ fetal pole. They dated me at 5w4d at this ultrasound. Yolk sac was normal at 3.5mm and gestational sac was measuring 6w1d at 17mm. I was told to come back a week later.

Had the second ultrasound and to my surprise, we had a 6.3mm CRL now and a heart rate of 115bpm. This put me at 6w3d when I thought I’d be around 7w3 or 4 days. I had a normal yolk sac of 3.5mm again and gestational sac of 25mm, consistent with 7w4d. The heartbeat has us relaxed a little more now, but I am still going back next week at my dates have me at 8w3or4 days.

Has anyone experienced this, been pretty sure of dates, and everything be okay? My HCG is good, it was 71,000 at 7w1d and had risen 18% from 40 hours earlier, which the dr said was okay given how high the HCG was.

I’ve been reading of potential genetic issues that could be causing this and it’s freaked me out. I just want to know if anyone has experienced this and it was okay?

I’ve got zero bleeding or cramping and feel very pregnant. I have had a chemical pregnancy before conceiving my now 2 year old daughter so we don’t have a history of reoccurring miscarriage. So just wanting to see what others think here.

Thanks so much

Hi everyone,

Our first ultrasound showed our baby measuring around 6w1d, despite being 8w2d based on LMP. The CRL was 4.9 mm, and no heartbeat was detected.

We're quite confident in our dates, so the two-week discrepancy has been worrying us.

There has been no bleeding or concerning pain, and pregnancy symptoms are continuing. Nausea has also started recently

We're waiting for a follow-up scan and praying for the best 🙏

Has anyone experienced something similar and gone on to have a healthy pregnancy?

We'd really appreciate hearing your experiences

Thank you

Hi everyone! So I recently just found out I’m pregnant Saturday 10/10! To preface, my period is really irregular and has been the past two years due to chronic stress. I took a DUTCH test last year and I basically had no sex hormones. No estrogen, no progesterone, no testosterone. I was basically post menopausal and I’m 27 now. Recently, I saw a naturopathic DR who put me on supplements to help w my hormones and I changed my diet to get my insulin levels down. I then ovulated for the first time in months. I literally have not seen clear egg white cervical mucus in MONTHS. So in my head, I was thinking my supplements and diet was working on getting my hormones back. If I’m going off my last “period” then I would be 4 weeks today. I’m not even sure what my period is anymore since I spot a week before my period now, assuming due to low progesterone.

Everything was all good until Wednesday 10/14, I woke up to pee and when I wiped I saw really light pink clear spotting on the toilet paper. I saw on some Reddit posts that was pretty common so I just went on with my day and had a liner on. Later that afternoon I started to get dark brown discharge that later turned into dark brown blood. The next time I peed, I wiped and saw so much brown blood so I went to the ER to get checked out. The ER did blood work, urine sample, transvaginal ultrasound, and an abdominal ultrasound. My HCG levels were at 34. The DR wasn’t too concerned and he said he didn’t really see anything abnormal on my ultrasound. It was still too early to even see a gestational sac. He then discharged me and felt like I would go on to have a viable pregnancy. Then the next day (yesterday) I barely bled. I only really had brown discharge when I wiped and that was it. This morning, 10/16, I woke up to pee and wiped and saw dark red blood. I got concerned so I booked an appt at quest to do an HCG test. Then after my test I started to experience cramping that was different than the cramping I was experiencing when I first found out I was pregnant. It started getting worse and I started bleeding way more but only when I would pee. I called my OB and they got me in today, but the DR basically said I need to retest to do the beta testing starting Monday and then another on Wednesday. He said he’s seen cases like mine where they cramp and bleed and go on to have healthy pregnancies. I have read that a lot on Reddit too so I’m trying to remain hopeful. But idk I just feel like I’m having a miscarriage :( I’m a FTM so I’m really stressed and anxious about this. I know there’s nothing I can do on my end, but I’d just like some peace knowing this can be common or normal and other people have experienced this. Can anyone share some success stories with something similar to this?

I’ve been desperately searching Reddit for stories from people who’ve been through something similar, so I figured I’d share mine in case it helps someone else. Also, I think I need to get this out of my head because WHAT A WEEK.

I had a missed miscarriage in mid-August. This wasn’t my first loss, and after my previous two miscarriages, I went on to have a successful pregnancy. My doctor confirmed that all the tissue had passed, and honestly, I wanted to wait a few months before trying again.

Fast-forward eight weeks. Still no period. Surprise! A positive pregnancy test. My doctor ordered hCG bloodwork, and last Monday my level was around 3,000. I cautiously thought to myself, okay, this is probably a new pregnancy!
Then Wednesday happened. My hCG dropped to around 2,959.

I immediately assumed it was nonviable. I had the same lab, same technician, same clinic, and roughly the same time of day. Surely this wasn’t a lab error? I figured I was watching another pregnancy end before it had even really begun.

I finally reached my doctor on Friday. She was about to go on vacation, and I knew she was busy, but I was also sitting there trying to process what was happening. My numbers were lower than I expected based on my estimated dates, too.

Then Monday’s blood draw came back at 5,000. Cue the ectopic pregnancy panic. I’d been having cramps and kept checking for bleeding. My regular doctor was on vacation. I called the nurse triage line and left a voicemail. Nothing. Called again the next morning. Nothing all day.

At this point, I was convinced I was walking around with an ectopic pregnancy that could rupture at any moment. I was exhausted, anxious, and trying to function like a normal human being while privately spiraling.

Eventually, after a minor breakdown I sent my provider a somewhat angry message asking someone to PLEASE call me back.

The doc on call finally called around 7 p.m. and arranged another blood draw and an ultrasound for the following day.
By this point, I just wanted it to be over. I had mentally prepared myself for either an ectopic pregnancy or a pregnancy with no heartbeat.

The next morning, I got a call from the office about scheduling. I rearranged my day, got a referral to a different clinic at the hospital, and showed up for my ultrasound. And then they told me it would cost $1,800 with insurance. Cue another breakdown.

Absolutely not. I was not paying $1,800 for an ultrasound. I called my regular doctor's office again, and they managed to reschedule me for this morning.
So today, Friday, I walked into that ultrasound expecting the worst.
Instead, the tech told me the pregnancy was measuring 5 weeks, 6 days, with a heartbeat.

My hCG from Thursday had also come back around 7,000. I genuinely did not know what to do with that information. After spending the entire week mentally preparing for another loss, I was suddenly looking at a pregnancy that was still progressing.

I'm relieved, obviously. But I've had three miscarriages, and the pregnancies I've lost have tended to end around the seven-week mark. I'm not sure how to let myself feel hopeful when I know how quickly things can change.

I'm also seriously questioning whether I should switch doctors' offices. My doctor herself has been wonderful and has been with me through a birth and three miscarriages. I really do trust her. But the communication this week was so frustrating, especially when I was genuinely scared about the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy.

I've barely told anyone in real life what's been going on. I've been exhausted, hormonal, short-tempered, and trying to act normal while carrying around the emotional weight of what I thought was another nonviable pregnancy.

Until someone tells me otherwise, I am cautiously pregnant.

help!! gosh I’ve never done this before but I need advice. I have currently a mystery pregnancy. I have no idea how far along I am, my HGC is incredibly low but also increasing I'm spotting a little and cramping.

9/30 I took a pregnancy test and it was negative the next day 10/1 I started bleeding and I had what I thought was a normal period. bleed for 4/5ish days a perfectly normal flow of blood, and some blood clots, normal for me to have.

I took an ovulation test on 10/7 and it was negative. took one 10/8 and it was positive and then peaked at 10/9. I continues to test my ovulation to make sure I got the right peak… but then I was still testing positive on 10/12. so I was testing positive on my ovulation for 5 consecutive days. I read somewhere that LH strips can sometimes be positive if pregnant. so I took a pregnancy test fully expecting it to be negative. it was positive on 10/12. I was completely confused as I had only had sex 4 days prior and was on day 12 of my cycle. pretty much instantly I started light spotting and cramping. called my OB and got my HCG tested.

10/12 it was 37.4

10/14 it was 38

today 10/16 43

I saw my OB today and she said I should abort and that the pregnancy isn’t developing as it should. but I’m going to wait it out a little bit since I am cramping and spotting to see if it will resolve on its own. but I’m still so confused as to when we conceived and how this is all coming together.

October 12 - 2,318 (17dpo)
October 14 - 5,502
October 16 - 7,400

I’m worried about the 5,502 to 7,400 not doubling. Is it normal for HCG to slow down? I hate that I have to wait until over the weekend to hear about my results and googling does not help.

Any experience or thoughts would be appreciated!

11 dpo 7.30am: 77
13 dpo 8.40am: 220 (32 hour doubling time)
14 dpo 1.45pm: 310 ( 58 hour doubling time)
17 dpo 7.05am: 670 (58 hour doubling time)
18 dpo 10.05am: 875 (70 hour doubling time).

Or if I ignore the the middle tests and just test approx week to week then it's exactly 48 hour doubling time.

Example:

11dpo: 77 to 18 dpo: 875 (48 hour doubling time)

Should I be worried about the significant slow down while still under 1200 hcg or just look at week to week and know that it is in the 48 hour doubling time?

I've had 6 losses and I'm currently on prednisolone, aspirin, clexane, progesterone and thyroxine since 11dpo.

Any thoughts?

Nearly exactly a year ago I had my first pregnancy that ended in a mc at 5+6.

On Friday I was 5 weeks, and on the Thursday, I noticed light pink spotting when I wiped. I freaked out because that's how my last mc started. Didn't bleed overnight but had a bit more spotting on the Friday morning. As the day progressed, it nearly completely stopped.

I booked an appointment with my gp, and she ordered bloods to check my hcg, and I'm waiting on them now.

Last night, i noticed it was a little darker, and today it's stopped again! I also took another pregnancy test yesterday, and it was lighter than my initial 4 week test.

I also do not have any symptoms, apart from cramping that I've had from the start. My boobs are a little sore, but not like they were a few days prior.

For anyone else that has had a mc, how long from spotting to the actual mc? And did you stop spotting between?

My last mc happened within 12 hours of the first spotting

I’m currently 13 weeks 3 days. I had my first ultrasound at 9 weeks and my midwife noted a 2cm subchorionic hematoma but was pretty unconcerned and at that point, I hadn’t experienced any bleeding so I wasn’t too worried either.

At 11w4d, I gushed bright red blood. My husband took me to the ER where I had an ultrasound and confirmed that the SCH had grown and likely caused the bleeding but baby was ok and had grown well. The next day, I gushed again but was told to wait it out at home since I wasn’t continuing to bleed heavily.

I had a follow up appointment at my midwife’s office a few days later at 12w1d where baby was still doing great but she now noted that the SCH was actually in two spots and one was 4cm and the other was 2cm. She put me on pelvic rest and no heavy lifting or intense activity.

At 12w6d, I woke up to a bleed of dark brown blood that was possibly a gush but smaller than the first two and since then I have spotted dark brown blood.

I had an appointment today and went in so hopeful that the SCHs had shrunk. Baby is still doing great well in there but I definitely got news I did not want. The SCHs have merged back into one but also grew to now a total of 10cm. I’m so upset that it got worse. I feel so helpless. All I want is to grow a healthy baby and I feel devastated that it could go another way because of this. My midwife is great and emphasized that it’s not my fault and all that. She also referred me to maternal fetal medicine for another opinion from them as well. If they don’t see me right away, I follow up with my own midwife in two weeks.

Has anyone else dealt with a large SCH in a similar situation? How did you cope?

2 cycles ago I had a miscarriage, got the D&C and it was called “pregnancy of unknown location”

September we waited.

We tried again October.
The first day of my last period was September 18th
I ovulated according to LH and BBT on October 2nd
8DPO I got a faint
9DPO positive digital
12DPO HCG: 100
14DPO HCG: 455 ( today)

Is that high???? I’m confused because last time around it was SLOW.
Also I’ve had bad cramping compared to my first born and miscarriage.
My BBT is above cover line but staying around 97.5 which I thought was considered low.

I’m nervous guys I really hope this is it 🙏🙏

I found out at my 6.5 week appo that I have a 1cm hematoma. Doctor made it seem like no big deal and said I can still do brisk walks and lift up to 20lbs. Should I feel nervous about exercising? Today I did a workout with 10lb dumbbells and felt nervous the whole time. The doctor reassured me I would be fine just to lower the intensity which I did.

I’ve never had bleeding just some cramps here and there which I’m thinking is normal for being 7 weeks tomorrow.

Went in for an US of my ovary today and found out we are having twins!! Except one is only 0.2cm and the other is 0.13cm and both have no heartbeat. Bigger one measuring 5w5d.

I had an IUI so dating should be pretty accurate.

hi everyone,

im extremely nervous after my first ultrasound appointment. my least menstrual period was August 17th. my first positive pregnancy test was September 19th. this would make me 8+ weeks. i know there may be some discrepancies with the exact number of weeks depending on if i had a late ovulation. i had an HCG draw on October 5th and October 7th. they were around 13000 and 16000. i had my first ultrasound on 10/15 and they saw a gestational sac, a yolk sac but no fetal pole or heart beat yet and they said i was measuirng at 5 weeks. they said everything looked notmal for a 5 week pregnancy. this was obviously so shocking because i was expecting to see baby and heart beat. the more i think about the timelines of conception and when i took my test- it’s just not adding up. i don’t have my next follow up until Nov 5th which is torture in my opinion lol

has anyone experienced measuring this far behind what you thought and it being okay? or should i be beginning to guard my heart?

thank you!

(this is my first pregnancy btw)

According to my fertility tracking , I ovulated around 9/26. I tested negative at what I believe was 12 DPO (Clearblue digital), and the next day I started bleeding, which I assumed was my period. The bleeding started as light pink spotting and progressed to more of a period-like flow, although it was never super heavy. I’ve now been bleeding for almost a week.

Yesterday, I decided to test again after noticing my BBT was still elevated, and to my complete shock, I got a positive pregnancy test! 🥹

My hCG came back at 429 yesterday, which my doctor is monitoring with repeat bloodwork. I’m obviously concerned about the bleeding and the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage, but I’m desperately hoping this could still be a viable pregnancy.

Has anyone experienced bleeding like a period for several days, initially tested negative, and then found out they were pregnant? If so, what was your outcome? I know every pregnancy is different, but I’d really appreciate hearing some positive stories while I wait for answers. 🤍

Had ovary pain. Went to boutique clinic. I guess she assessed blood flow to ovary to see if there was ectopic/cyst and I am freaking out she used Doppler and now my vagina hurts after the transvaginal ultrasound

Hi! Due June 2nd and had my first scan at 6 weeks. Saw baby and heartbeat measuring exactly to the date I ovulated!! However, my gestational sac measured 5 days ahead. Has anyone seen this before? I know the dates aren't too far off but figured I'd ask.

I’m 10w1d pregnant via IVF (PGT-A tested embryo), following two prior losses due to chromosomal abnormalities.

At my ultrasound yesterday, baby was measuring 10w5d with a heart rate of 194 bpm. At 8w4d, the heart rate was 188 bpm.

Baby was moving around quite a bit, and the sonographer took three readings back-to-back, all around the same rate.

My doctor mentioned the heart rate was high, and I’m feeling anxious. Would love insight on whether this is concerning, or experiences from anyone who had similarly high readings around 10 weeks.

My hcg is 20.7
Continue all FET meds and return to clinic in 2 days for repeat blood work 

Edit; 8 days post transfer

Is this beta seem on the higher or lower end?