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It's so great to see this thread and realize that I'm not alone -- not that I would wish this on anyone. My betas went from 73 to 37 to 23 -- and they called it a chemical pregnancy, everyone expected it to go to 0 pretty quick. Then, the next week, I got a 115. My RE was very worried about ectopic, so they sent me for a high def ultrasound. That didn't find anything. Next week I got a 557 and another high def u/s and they saw a gestational sac. The radiologist actually told me it looked good! And then my RE told me she should not have said that bc she misinterpreted the number of weeks that I am and that I had a nonviable pregnancy. The good news is that what I had is in my uterus. I went in today and my number is 1600, plus my body is now producting progesterone and I have a corpus luteum in one of my ovaries. However, the pregnancy is still unequivocably non-viable but my body is not miscarrying. My RE said there are two options - a drug called cytotec (kind of like RU 486), which is inserted vaginally and causes a miscarriage (only side effects are supposed to be cramping, bleeding and diarhea) - or waiting. I'm worried about waiting bc I have the feeling that it will continue to grow and then be more painful for either the cytotec later on or if I would need a D&C. My RE said if it was his sister or wife, he would recommend doing the cytotec now, so I'm going in tomorrow for them to insert it (they said they are better able to be sure it is inserted correctly). Then, because I have negative blood, I have to get a shot called Rogam so that my body does not produce antibodies. My RE said after the cytotec I can try again to get pregnant right away after my next menstrual period. Has anyone heard of this? It has been really hard so my thoughts are with everyone who has gone through this. I have nausea and generally feel pregnant and it's really hard to know that while I am pregnant, it's not meant to be.
Chris