Stinky Hormones
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Forum Name: Life After Miscarriage
Forum Description: Up to one in five pregnancies ends in miscarriage, yet for many the loss of a pregnancy is isolating and lonely. Share your thoughts and feelings here with others who have experienced loss.
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Topic: Stinky Hormones
Posted By: kebakat
Subject: Stinky Hormones
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 8:25pm
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So here I was last week going yay at my hcg coming back at 29.. I thought sweet only one more blood test... BUT..
No today it came back at 3.3 Grrr bloody thing is taking forever to get back down to 0. I'm rather sick of being a pin cushion! |
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 9:28pm
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Crap! But less than 5 is officially negative so you're heading in the right direction. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 8:09am
| I know, it's still very irritating that it's sooo close |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 7:33pm
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Arrgg I forgot to ask you about that yesterday. Stink you have to go back again next week. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 7:40pm
| Surely you could assume that its going to be 0 soon. I am meant to go for another test just to make sure its all going down but I dont think I need to do it till it gets to 0. We are pretty sure mine was complete so why wouldnt it go to 0????? |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 7:46pm
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Staceys was ectopic though so they have to make sure that it returns to 0 as it is more complicated than a normal miscarriage and more likely to have retained pregnancy cells (or whatever the horrible medical term is).
I haven't had any follow up bloods, gp was happy that I had miscarried naturally and didn't say anything about doing any more bloods. Hope its 0 at the next one so you can start putting it behind you and stop feeling like a pin cushion ------------- 
 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 7:58pm
I had the pin cushion feeling today... went for iron level blood test and the nurse (phlebotomist?) had me all ready to prick and then had to go get something - I can't remember what - anyway she loosened the strap while she ducked out and then forgot, so when she plugged in the needle nothing happened!! Neither of us could tighten it one handed so we had to start all over again  So I understand your feeling!!------------- |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 10:37am
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Mine must go to 0 and be followed to 0 because like cuppatea said it's ectopic.
Sooo many complications.. it's possible that it can go down this low and then shoot back up. And if it doesn't go to 0 I have to have the op to get rid of that whole tube/ovary because it's likely whatever remaining cells are there causing my hormones not to go to 0 will become a form of cancer. |