Hello Everyone. This is my first time on this site. I'm always happy to find education, the doctors always seem not to tell you. I inseminated (IUI) on July 10th and got a positive test on Aug. 25th. Have my first pre-natal visit this Wednesday, but on Monday Aug. 10th, I started bleeding with a few clots. After being in the emergency for 6 hours, they said according to the ultrasound, the sac is where is it's supose to be, but there's no fetal pole or heartbeat, but it's still so early in the pregnancy. I then visited my doctor last Wed. 8/12 to do another ultrasound that showed the same thing. The sac is measuring 6w3d at that time, but no fetal pole or heartbeat. They took blood test that day and I went in on Fri. 8/14 to do more blood test to compare the two days. I spoke to my doctor this morning Mon. 8/17 and she said my levels on Wed. were 22k and Fri. were 25k so she's concerned that they're not doubling as they "should". She suggested I see her this Wed. for my scheduled ultrasound to see if there's a fetal pole or heartbeat yet. If there's not, then she said we need to discuss what to do.
I'm upset because it seems like doctor's are so quick to want a woman to get rid of her baby. I've read that you can still have a normal pregnancy if your hcg levels are starting out slow and sometime a fetal pole and heartbeat can show up between 8-10 weeks of pregnancy. Because I didn't get pregnant like "most" woman, I know more or less when I conceived and not going according to my LMP. They say I'm 7 weeks now, which in actuality, I'm on my 5th week and I said, it may be too early to show a fetal heartbeat. I'm determined to get other opinions!
My wife and I will be contacting our insemination doctor to discuss this with her in hopes that she can do an ultrasound and bloodwork.
Please tell me I'm not going crazy and I'm doing the right thing for our baby!