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Am I having a miscarriage or not

I'm so confused.  I have been an emotional train wreck now for almost a week and now another surprise pops up.  I have been struggling to get pregnant now for almost 3 years.  I have PCOS, and was told that it would stabilise itself when I went off the pill.  That carried on for 2.5 years until recently I went to another doctor who diagnosed me as Anemic and due to the constant bleeding because of my PCOS.  So I was put on Glucophage (Metformin).  Last week Tuesday, after waking up with quite bad cramps and have bled for 5 days prior to that, I did a pregnancy test.  I know what you thinking, why the heck am I doing a pregnancy test, but I did.  It came out positive, and immediately I froze, because the first thing I could think of was the bleeding and the cramps.  Phoned the doctor and went in, he did another urine sample which still showed positive, but was lighter and presumed it was a miscarriage.  I went for a sonar, and the first doctor said that everything looks fine, there are two sacks high up in my uterus.  Then the next doctor came in and said, it does not look viable, but is inconclusive until the blood tests.  Went in on Tuesday afternoon to have blood tests done and the hcg count was 327.  Went again on Wednesday, and when the doctor got the results, he said that the miscarriage is confirmed and that I can take Ibuprufen for the pain.  THEN today, I get a message saying that I no longer need to see the doctor but will need to go for more blood tests?  This immediately confuses me.  I go into the doctors room to get my form for the blood tests and ask for my last blood test - the hcg count was 492 (basically 24 hours apart).  That is what he described to me as a miscarriage.  I am now so confused and after really trying to get through this all weekend, I have a little hope again, and a part of me wishes I didn't because I am very scared.  If it was 327 on Tuesday and 492 on Wednesday, is that a confirmed miscarriage?  I should only be either 1 or 2 weeks pregnant?  Should I even have hope?
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Thanks so much rach301.  I went for another test yesterday and my level was 5000.  The doctor says I still mustn't get excited, but I can't help it.  I'm still upset because I can't believe he told me on Friday that I am miscarrying, when clearly I wasn't.  But now we wait and see.
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I would get more blood tests done to confirm if your HCG levels are. If should be lowering not becoming Higher.

I have really high HCG Levels for up to 9 weeks pregnant, but I still had a miscarriage and this my 3rd pregnancy there were lower, but normal.

I would get theses levels re-checked again before taking anyother medication, painkillers are ok, but nothing eles.

I am sorry that you're going through this. I had 2 missed miscarriages in 2012, and 6 months apart, I was 3rd time lucky and gave birth to my 1st baby in Feb 2014.

Rachel
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Thank you so much for your response.  Sorry, I don't really understand all the pregnancy words and meanings yet.  I did go for a scan and the doctor said it definitely is not eptopic.  She said that there are two small sacks high in my uterus.  Everything I have read says that people mustn't worry too much about hcg levels, as sometimes it can be low and the baby can still be healthy.
All I can do, I guess, is hope.  
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No such thing is 1 or 2 weeks pregnant because the earliest term is 4 weeks (lets say if your period was on May 1st and with a 28 days cycle – on May 28 would be 4 weeks pregnant).

As for your hcg 327 to 492 – in a way it’s a good thing that it went up because normally when it goes down that mean for sure it’s a miscarriage.  But 327 is very low for you since I think you probably were 5 or 6 weeks pregnant.  For your case, from 327 to 492 – I’m very concern because it might be a ectopic pregnancy where the baby is in the fallopian tube and that’s the only reason the level still going up.  

It’s very normal for doctor to give you the hcg test once a week until it reaches 0-3.  You will still get a positive test until the level drop very low but this doesn't mean you are still pregnant.  I would recommend this and a ultra sound.  Sorry for your loss, I had a m/c Feb this year too.      
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