We believe that we are around 5 or 6 weeks pregnant now. Last Tuesday I was in the ER due to some bleeding and cramping, and they measured my hormone level at 5999. Friday, for my appointment, the doctor was convinced I was having an ectopic pregnancy because my hormones were only at 6085, and she couldn't see anything in the sac. She rushed me to the hospital again, and they confirmed that it was NOT ectopic because "they found a structure in the uterus that was supposed to be in the uterus", but she also said that I was most likely losing the pregnancy anyway because the rise in hormones was too slow. She told me to schedule my next appointment with her one week from last Friday, which seems cruel and unusual, even if I know that in one week they will have a better idea of where things stand. Not knowing what's happening in the mean time is driving me absolutely crazy.
My friend is a nurse and told me that it was too early to go by anything on the ultrasound, and that taking blood in two different labs can cause a discrepancy. She also said that not all pregnancies double every 1-2 days, even if most of them do, that there's still a possibility of having a normal pregnancy. To me it seems like too huge of a difference to raise only about 100 (which mine did) in 4 days, instead of the several thousand which it should have.
So any information about this would he helpful. I'm getting mixed ideas from reading online, and I can't seem to find any examples of healthy pregnancies that had slow-rising levels and exactly HOW slow they were.
Also, should I expect to miscarry once the pregnancy does fail, or could I just not know any difference? I've been experiencing some pregnancy symptoms anyway- sore breasts, sensitive stomach (not throwing up yet, but getting nauseous), headaches, massive fatigue, etc.), If the pregnancy fails, will these all stop immediately? IS there anything I can keep an eye out for while I wait another 5 days to see the doctor?