Monday hcg report #5

To recap, here are the dates and results of my weeks of hcg labs documenting my treatment of either ectopic or missed miscarriage through methotrexate injection:
February 28 - hcg 500
March 3 - hcg 417
March 10 - hcg 1300
March 13 - hcg 1600
March 14 - Methotrexate shot
March 18 - hcg 2800
March 24 - hcg 1600
March 31 - hcg 560
April 7 - hcg 185
April 14 - hcg 58

Hopefully April 21 will be the last blood draw and my cycle will return. I've been having some heavy brown spotting/clots/stringy tissue stuff going on the last 2 days, so hopefully things are getting in gear...

Hopefully one of the last hcg updates

My hcg on Monday was..........185! This is very good, but I still have to keep going in until it reaches 0. I'm hoping that will only be 1-2 more weeks. I had some potentially ovulatory symptoms earlier in the week (sore boobs, o pains), so maybe AF will show up in a week or so. That would be AWESOME.

quick hcg update

Just a quick update...

my hcg was down to 528 yesterday, so that is really good. I told myself I would be happy with anything below 800. Now I just hope it continues to go down all the way to 0, as last time it got down to 20 before it became stagnant.

Physically, I'm feeling pretty good. Breast tenderness has gone away and spotting is down to almost none.

Emotionally, I feel pretty good too. I'm sure I'll hit a plateau again after this is all over with, but for now I'm just trying to focus on getting healthy and enjoying my current family. I've gained about 8 pounds in the last 2 months, so I'm starting to exercise and eat more consciously in an effort to shed that weight before pool season!

I want to send a special hug out to my online friend Melissa, who is really struggling right now with the nightmare that is infertility. I'm thinking of you and hoping you are ok!

New lab results

The methotrexate seems to be working. My hcg today was 1600 down from 2800 last Tuesday. Now begins the weekly labs until it's down to 0. So....a long way to go yet. Last time I did this after my D&C, my hcg started at 710 and it took 6 weeks and one more methotrexate shot to get it back down to 0. So I'm anticipating a long haul before this is all over. Then I'll probably get another HSG just to make sure my tubes are indeed ok and there is nothing left inside my uterus. I know that surgery would have been the easy answer, but after hearing a story on the radio over the weekend about a woman in London who went in for leg surgery and came out with a new anal sphincter muscle (I am not kidding!) by accident, I am VERY glad to be avoiding the hospital!! Even if it does take longer...

It's so strange to be hoping my hcg is zero. I should be thrilled with an hcg of 1600. Oh, if only the world made sense and things were that easy!

Lots of snow up north for our Easter weekend - 8 inches at my dad's house. It felt like Christmas not Easter!! I'll post some pics of our egg dyeing party soon :)