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No story but just wanted to say I hope everything works out for you, fingers crossed for you!

It's still early! Try to stay positive. I got my BFP on Saturday and when I went to the doctor on Monday their test was negative! My tests on Saturday and Tuesday were both light lines. I don't know my HCG numbers though.

The important thing is the doubling HCG! I'll cross my fingers for you. And stop temping!!!!! That adds so much stress!

ETA: I'm 22 weeks pregnant so everything worked out!!

I just want to wish you luck. I had a bad experience last month with very low hcg, but I'm hoping yours turns out differently. And don't take a digital test and assume hcg's going up (like I did!). I managed to find the one digital test that showed a positive with an hcg of 5.

@Mrs.Someone: no advice but your in my thoughts!!

Sending positive thoughts your way! It could still be VERY early and stop temping!

@Mrs.Someone: Sending positive calm sticky thoughts!!!

Did the Dr. ever get a positive BFP on their blood test? After my m/c, when I got preggers again, they monitored my HcG levels. They noticed it started dropping, but didn't want to give me progesterone until it went below 11 (I think that was the #). I was going out of town and they told me to go ahead and come back for a blood test when I came back (5 days later). I asked to come back the NEXT DAY and it had gone down to close to 11 so I got the progesterone supplements right away. Thankful that they & I monitored it really closely. I'm SURE the dropping HcG is what caused my 1st m/c as the DPO and drop coincided at the same time. My tip is don't be shy about asking your Dr. for more test, info, etc. Whatever you need. Wishing you the best!

@Mrs.Someone: I knid of don't remember clearly now. HcG is the pregnancy hormone right? And progesterone is the one for the uterine lining? I think that my HcG levels kept going up, but the progesterone was falling low at the same time. Sorry if I confused you...
If it really is the HcG dropping, I read that taking progesterone can just stall and hide an impending m/c. Best of luck sweetie.

@Mrs.Someone: I might look into the herbs again ( I did it before a few years ago), are you taking the herbs in pill form or tea form ? Oh btw, just wanted to add that I've been ttc for about 8 months (my first baby took 1 year), and couple things I started taking just a month or 2 ago are CoQ10 pills and probiotics. I have no idea if they helped at all but the CoQ10 were suggested by my acupuncturist, and the probiotics I started on my own.

@Mrs.Someone: "Securing the Uterus" herbs ...that is cute

@Alivoo01: oh little peach pills sound so much easier ! but I guess that's because your levels were not as bad as mine. I need super duper strength =\

@Mrs.Someone: When I was pregnant with my son, I had really low beta levels (17 at one point, and then 15). They gave me progesterone suppositories but didn't think it would work because of how low the levels are. Well, my son is now 2 1/2 years old! With my DD, my beta levels were low AGAIN (16 I think) and they thought I would miscarry. Enter progesterone suppositories. Well, she's 4 months old now. I guess some women just have low levels.

@Alivoo01: Ditto! As soon as I had a BFP after my m/c, the OB had a standing order so I could go get blood tests every 2-3 days. That's how they discovered the dropping progesterone levels. I'm positive w/out it, it would have been a m/c again. And I will be definitely tested and likely use progesterone again for any future pregnancy.

@Mrs.Someone: @podomama: I'm so sorry you are both going through this right now. {{{HUGS}}}

@podomama: I started on the suppositories, but it was causing major itching so the last couple of weeks they switched me to capsule pills. It was definitely a PITA but I would have done anything to keep the baby so I was really diligent about 2xs a day until they told me to stop.

@Mrs.Someone: I got a BFP and then started having brown spotting shortly after. I called the doctor and they told me to come in (they thought it might be an ectopic pregnancy). They took bw and told me my beta levels were really low. The doc prescribed progesterone for me but basically told me to be prepare for a miscarriage because of my super low levels. It was really hard but I had all of my hopes on the progesterone working. And i think that it did. I have no proof of this but I just feel like it did. So to answer your question, the only indication I had of low progesterone was the spotting.