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Confused and Frustrated :(

On the 25th of May I took 3 at home tests that came up positive. On the 28th i went to see my primary physician due to slight bleeding/spotting. He sent me to have my blood drawn to check my HCG levels, and set up another one 48 hours later. Tuesday my hcg was 944, Thursday it was 820. Friday I went to the hospital because, although my physician stated it was an emergency, the obgyn said it could wait until Monday. The hcg levels at the hospital were 984 and my ultra sound showed a sac in the endo. canal. I am not experiencing any pain, and have pregnancy symptoms. The following monday June 3rd, I had more blood drawn, my hcg level was 1207, Thursday the 6th I had more blood drawn and on Friday I had another ultra sound to check for ectopic pregnancy due to slow increase in levels.. Friday evening the obgyn's office called me and said "You had a miscarriage, you have nothing to worry about, you're numbers will be dropping." but he insisted that i come in and take a medication called Methotrexate for tubal pregnancy. The doctor has yet to say that the egg/embryo is in fact in my tubes. My first ultra sound i was only 5 weeks, my second I was 6. OBGYN called me today June 10th and said that my hcg levels are still increasing and theyre now at 1500 and that i need to have more blood drawn and make an appointment for the medication. I'm incredibly scared, i have no evidence that i need to take this medication which has been explained to me basically as an abortion pill. I have been with my husband for 6 years, in february i went through surgery for SEVERE endometriosis. In the 6 years we have been together i have never gotten pregnant, we have never used protection, now that i've had this surgery and had tissue removed i was able to get pregnant. I need help and I have found that 3 doctors are not giving me any answers ive been told i am miscarrying then i was told im not and that its ectopic then i was told i already had a miscarriage then i was told my numbers shouldnt be increasing if i miscarried. :/ I don't know what to do at this point.
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thank you, i have getting a lot louder with the physician, mainly because im frustrated. and the medication methotrexate is the shot you received id assume... because thats the same process id be going through. it sounds identical. i will be getting another opinion from another doctor.
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did you have weekly ultra sounds and were they able to find anything?
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i had an etopic pregnancy last year and my HCG level increased slightly. they told me for a healthy pregnancy they should be doubling each day. it sounds like an etopic to me bcos they are slighly movin up. wher as if u had a misscarge they wld b dropin slighly. i was 9weeks by th time i found out and my tube almost burst so i was very lucky. they had to remove my right tube via emergency surgery. i thot i would never be able to hav kids but i now hav a very healthy 3week old baby. good luck. i really do hope it all works out for u, its a terrible thing to go thro.x
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maybe get another opinion from anther doc. Or you have to be loud and slightly mean to be heard and told exactly what is going on. Being bold get you heard. Go there and let them know you are very confused and you WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY what is going on. I ended up havin rising HCG but falling progesterone. Doc put me on some progesterone supplements and did fine. I also had a tubal pregnancy years ago, and I have never heard of a medication to take to terminate or absorb the pregnancy. I did have a shot given to me in the hospital to avoid surgery and had follow up bloodwork once a week to make sure my levels were dropping. I really hope you find out for sure whats going on. BIG difference between tubal or miscarriage.......
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