Pregnant and Paranoid

No experience myself but didn't want to read and run In terms of symptoms I wouldn't expect to have ms that early so wouldn't worry about not having that yet, I didn't feel pregnant at all until about 6 weeks when it hit me.

Good luck, hope everything turns out well for you

And just to add - I hardly felt pregnant at all this time, a few nauseas moments but nothing major until much later on

Doubling time this early on is generally around 48-72 hours (but also normal to go quicker or take a bit longer) so your levels are doing exactly as they should considering there was less than 48 hours between them. Dont put too much investment into the numbers, so long as they are climbing, its generally a good sign!

With my 1st I had major ms from the day after finding out (so from 4 weeks) then I had 2 mc's where I felt just as sick. When I finally got preg with DD, the first 2 weeks passed with no nausea which scared me silly as to me, pregnancy = being sick. A lot. I ended up going for 2 early scans (the first one being too early which scared me even more after losing 2 the year before!) but bang on 6 weeks the ms hit, and hit hard. Be careful what you wish for huh? Oh and I had 3 hcgs done, the first 2 being rather low, leaving my GP all doom and gloom, but I knew from various threads on here, and googling hcg doubling time calculators that my levels were perfectly fine as they were.

This time around I delayed both early scan and hcg to be sure I didnt get any questions over 'viability' and symptoms started off barely noticeable (unless I skipped a meal, then I knew all about it!)

It is very hard to remain positive after that first loss, even more so when the losses have been recurring. Crossing everything that all turns out well for you this time.

Hey Mrs H - I just wanted to say that us charting girls don't mind you 'bleeting' on at all - in fact I don't think you are bleeting at all!!
But FX everything works out.xx

I never got my levels tested so I don't know the answer to your question. Certainly us pg people (or ones who have been!) know what it's like to feel anxious in those first couple of months! I hope everything turns out perfectly fine with this one. Do you have a real-life friend who you can confide in too? Then you can have real-life hugs and real-life chocolate too.

MrsH, honestly I think your HCGs sound perfect. I know it wont stop the worrying so feel free to post away
My HCG at 16DPO with Lilla was 80. (Im guessing you were around the same stage when you got your first test done?) so yours are way higher already and she is here with me
Keep us updated tho k hun? When your next ones come back fine xx

Mine took about a week to double at one point - when they should have at least tripled. I was sure that I was headed for my fourth miscarriage that year...but went for the scan and there was a little heartbeat. Both my husband a doctor with O&G experience and my midwife were not that positive about the numbers, but the fact that they were going up a lot was the main thing.

Can I suggest something...quit taking the blood tests. There is no good reason for taking them, they are making you really anxious and while I really understand the need to know, not knowing your HCGs cannot be worse than the stress you are under now. I would never, ever do serial HCGs again (unless there was a specific medical reason for it).

I had my 3rd blood test this morning, I'll know later on this arvo what the results are. No more blood tests for me after this, the clinic has offered me a scan just after 6 weeks so thats just over a week away - I can hang out til then.

Wish me luck

Good luck MrsH
Good idea with the scan, I found that more reassuring than HCGs

That's great news have a great weekend!!