BFP on CD 13??

[CalsMom89]

I know it probably means nothing, I just like seeing the line get darker!

[nuthinbutpink]

I think when it gets darker like that, it does mean something! When we see people POAS very early and at different times during the day then stressing over the change in darkness, that is when it means very little but seeing a darker stick is always encouraging for me!

[atomic sagebrush]

seeing a darker stick is never bad, but worrying because a line is a little lighter or even more so, worrying because it isn't getting darker, isn't warranted. The darkness of a pee stick on a day to day level is always at least in part contingent on the concentration in your urine and not necessarily HCG levels.

[essnce629]

That's a super dark FRER from today! With both lines being equal it seems like you are 5 weeks pregnant. That's how my FRER looked at 21dpo, which is 5 weeks. A CB digital test with weeks predictor should say 3+ at this point. Good luck!

[CalsMom89]

So an update on me...

I got a beta on Monday which was only 109. Wednesday it went up to only 119. Doctor is concerned for an ectopic pregnancy at this point, which was my hunch as well. I'm currently waiting at the lab to get my third beta drawn. Monday and Tuesday I was definitely feeling pregnant, peeing a lot and feeling nauseous. Since Weds AM those symptoms are all gone, all I'm feeling now is really really sore boobs :-( My frer lines are staying the same as that second test I posted.

Basically she wants the level to go down on its own so that I don't need to get methotrexate. If I get the methotrexate I have to wait to ttc another 3 months and it's a pretty intense drug that I would rather not have! There are some risks to the next baby if it is not out of my system before I conceive again. As long as the initial hcg is below 200, which mine was, there is a good chance that this will resolve on its own...I really hope it does!

Anyway, I will give you all an update later once my result comes back and my doctor and I decide what to do. This whole thing has been a nightmare and I'm just hoping for the best!

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh no I'm sorry to read this. FX for a quick resolution and yes please keep us posted!

[CalsMom89]

So it did end up being ectopic...betas continued to rise strangely and then at work yesterday, I almost passed out and my heart rate was in the 130s. One of my nurse friends took me straight to the ED where I had an ultrasound which showed it was most likely ectopic on the right side but they couldn't say for sure. My tubes are both fine. They did a d&c to look for fetal tissue in my uterus and there was nothing there so they determined that it was definitely ectopic and gave me the methotrexate. I finally got discharged from labor and delivery at about 7 am this morning. We will need to wait to try again after the methotrexate and I will take some extra folic acid after my hcg goes down to 0 because the med decreases folic acid levels. They assured me I can try again in December as long as my cycles return to normal. Thanks everyone for your positive thoughts!

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh gosh so scary! Glad everything is ok now!!!

Roll on December!