Level with me please-- low beta

[Anonymous]

Please help me set my expectations.

1st beta at 9dp5dt: 34
2nd beta at 12dp5dt: 179
3rd beta at 19dp5dt 2789

Ultrasound is next week (6w4d). My nurses are pretty useless in helping me hedge here, since in the beginning it was "oh no" and then it became "on track!"

These are my most likely outcomes right? Ranked in most likely to least likely. Am I missing anything?

- empty sac (blighted ovum)
- nothing to be found (ectopic)
- sac with yolk, fetal pole measuring behind-- no heartbeat-
- sac with yolk, fetal pole, measuring behind- low heartbeat
- sac with yolk, fetal pole, measuring on time- low heartbeat
- sac with yolk, fetal pole, measuring on time- regular heartbeat

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please help me set my expectations.

1st beta at 9dp5dt: 34
2nd beta at 12dp5dt: 179
3rd beta at 19dp5dt 2789

Ultrasound is next week (6w4d). My nurses are pretty useless in helping me hedge here, since in the beginning it was "oh no" and then it became "on track!"

These are my most likely outcomes right? Ranked in most likely to least likely. Am I missing anything?

- empty sac (blighted ovum)
- nothing to be found (ectopic)
- sac with yolk, fetal pole measuring behind-- no heartbeat-
- sac with yolk, fetal pole, measuring behind- low heartbeat
- sac with yolk, fetal pole, measuring on time- low heartbeat
- sac with yolk, fetal pole, measuring on time- regular heartbeat

I'm sorry you're in limbo, OP. It's really stressful and could go either way... yes, the numbers are on the lower end, but according to Betabase (http://www.betabase.info/chart/basic/single) they're not so low that I would assume a miscarriage is imminent. Fingers crossed for you.

[Anonymous]

I don't feel like doing the math but is the doubling rate ok? That's USUALLY a positive sign. However, I started off, I think, with the exact same beta at the exact same time. Doubling was excellent and I thought I was in the clear but once it came time for ultrasounds... nothing. Blighted ovum (waited until 2nd ultrasound at 7 weeks to throw in the towel). You have probably seen my posts on here.

I would say hope for the best but prepare for the worst. It really could be ok. When I was going through it I came across countless stories that made be feel optimistic. I just wasn't lucky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't feel like doing the math but is the doubling rate ok? That's USUALLY a positive sign. However, I started off, I think, with the exact same beta at the exact same time. Doubling was excellent and I thought I was in the clear but once it came time for ultrasounds... nothing. Blighted ovum (waited until 2nd ultrasound at 7 weeks to throw in the towel). You have probably seen my posts on here.

I would say hope for the best but prepare for the worst. It really could be ok. When I was going through it I came across countless stories that made be feel optimistic. I just wasn't lucky.

it was a 30 hr and then 42 hr doubling time... yeah, that's why im afraid of the next ultrasound but it is what it is. did you eventually have success?

[Anonymous]

I had a low beta of 29 at 9dp5dt with the next one at 32 at 11dp. It did start to double normally after that, but the fact the second didn't double was a pretty clear sign something wasn't right. It ended up being an empty sac pregnancy.

I'd say "cautiously optimistic" is a good way to go about it. Your numbers did double very nicely, which is a very good sign. Some people just have low betas, so it could really mean nothing. Good luck on your first ultrasound!

[Anonymous]

good luck and let us know how it goes please

[Anonymous]

your doubling time seems really good. isn't that the key factor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:your doubling time seems really good. isn't that the key factor?

I’m gtatefyl for the doubling but from all I’ve read the very low first beta puts me in like 13-14% chance of live birth
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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't feel like doing the math but is the doubling rate ok? That's USUALLY a positive sign. However, I started off, I think, with the exact same beta at the exact same time. Doubling was excellent and I thought I was in the clear but once it came time for ultrasounds... nothing. Blighted ovum (waited until 2nd ultrasound at 7 weeks to throw in the towel). You have probably seen my posts on here.

I would say hope for the best but prepare for the worst. It really could be ok. When I was going through it I came across countless stories that made be feel optimistic. I just wasn't lucky.

it was a 30 hr and then 42 hr doubling time... yeah, that's why im afraid of the next ultrasound but it is what it is. did you eventually have success?

I've had success before this loss (twice) -- but both times I went through many procedures and losses. This was my first loss in trying for a 3rd, and I haven't tried again since the loss because my beta is still not negative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't feel like doing the math but is the doubling rate ok? That's USUALLY a positive sign. However, I started off, I think, with the exact same beta at the exact same time. Doubling was excellent and I thought I was in the clear but once it came time for ultrasounds... nothing. Blighted ovum (waited until 2nd ultrasound at 7 weeks to throw in the towel). You have probably seen my posts on here.

I would say hope for the best but prepare for the worst. It really could be ok. When I was going through it I came across countless stories that made be feel optimistic. I just wasn't lucky.

it was a 30 hr and then 42 hr doubling time... yeah, that's why im afraid of the next ultrasound but it is what it is. did you eventually have success?

I've had success before this loss (twice) -- but both times I went through many procedures and losses. This was my first loss in trying for a 3rd, and I haven't tried again since the loss because my beta is still not negative.

oh man =( when did you have your miscarriage? (like how many months/weeks ago)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't feel like doing the math but is the doubling rate ok? That's USUALLY a positive sign. However, I started off, I think, with the exact same beta at the exact same time. Doubling was excellent and I thought I was in the clear but once it came time for ultrasounds... nothing. Blighted ovum (waited until 2nd ultrasound at 7 weeks to throw in the towel). You have probably seen my posts on here.

I would say hope for the best but prepare for the worst. It really could be ok. When I was going through it I came across countless stories that made be feel optimistic. I just wasn't lucky.

it was a 30 hr and then 42 hr doubling time... yeah, that's why im afraid of the next ultrasound but it is what it is. did you eventually have success?

I've had success before this loss (twice) -- but both times I went through many procedures and losses. This was my first loss in trying for a 3rd, and I haven't tried again since the loss because my beta is still not negative.

oh man =( when did you have your miscarriage? (like how many months/weeks ago)

My D&C was on Sep. 12!

[Anonymous]

I agree with others to be hopeful but cautiously so. I also obsessed about the doubling times and was on that website with the beta calculator 1 million times a day. longer time goes on the slower the betas are to double.

Good luck! Keep us posted.

[Anonymous]

Update 6w3d: ultrasound went well and heart beat was heard and visualized at 125bpm. Very grateful to have made it this far. Now someone please put me in a coma until 2nd trimester pls. still not out of the woods but glad to have made it this far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Update 6w3d: ultrasound went well and heart beat was heard and visualized at 125bpm. Very grateful to have made it this far. Now someone please put me in a coma until 2nd trimester pls. still not out of the woods but glad to have made it this far.

Great news! Fingers crossed for you OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Update 6w3d: ultrasound went well and heart beat was heard and visualized at 125bpm. Very grateful to have made it this far. Now someone please put me in a coma until 2nd trimester pls. still not out of the woods but glad to have made it this far.

Congratulations! I jokingly asked my doctor if she could prescribe a tranquilizer...fingers crossed for an uneventful 18 more weeks at least!