Aprn said I miscarried (I didn’t)

So this morning I went to my appointment thinking I would see my primary OB. I was nervous, because I was getting results from my beta hcg test I had drawn Saturday. I sat down with the med assistant and was measured, weighed,etc. She lead me to the exam room and I waited there for the doctor. Instead of an OB, I found out I was meeting with the nurse practitioner (which confused me, because I was supposed to be evaluated due to my high risk pregnancy. I had been getting my blood tested every other day to make sure my hcg was still rising normally.

So the nurse practitioner walked in, introduced herself, and said “so normally in pregnancy we look for a number over 5. Your number came out as 5, so I’m going to lean on the side of your not pregnant”. I was floored. I felt my heart sunk into my gut. “What?”, I squeaked tears welling up in my eyes. “But this doesn’t make sense! I was at 295 on Thursday; how did it drop that fast??”. She then asked what my appointment was for. I explained through tears that this was my fourth pregnancy and that I suffered from recurrent miscarriage, which was why I was urged to make an appointment so early. She told me to calm down and said that she was going to talk to the med assistant. She cane back in a moment later and said she reading the wrong number, and the test she was reading was from December. She pointed at the chart. Except the number she pointed to (which was from a past miscarriage) didn’t even say 5, it said 36. I know I wasn’t reading wrong because I remember getting those results this winter with my last pregnancy. She informed me that my last test was at 568 (I had the test early in the morning), which was normal.

However she said that my progestin was still the same. I said that I was told by the other provider that I needed to get on a progestin supplement of the level didn’t rise. She tried to talk me out of it! She said progestin supplements were for women who had late stage miscarriages. She said that anxiety was a side effect of progestin and that I seemed like I was already a very anxious person. Anxious??? You told me I miscarried! Of course I flipped out.

Anyway I’m hoping all goes well when i see my actual doctor soon. Let’s pray this baby sticks and that my needs are properly addressed. You