Low and slow rising Hcg at 4-6 weeks

Amy

I’ve read countless other posts and some were semi similar but thought I’d share my own to get others opinions. Pregnancy is crazy because everyone’s body does such different things and it’s so nerve wracking in this beginning period when we’re paranoid about MC.

I’ll be 6 weeks tomorrow, according to LMP. I think I may be a bit behind that because of usually later ovulation. So at 4+5 my hcg was 41, 48 hours later at 5w it was at 58 and my progesterone came back low at 5. So I went back in at 5+3 to get tested and get my first set of progesterone shots they wanted me to start doing twice a week. Definitely sore in the hips and some moderate cramping after that! My levels came back at 99. So a better jump then the first and still rising but not the picture perfect doubling needed to show no worries and good progress. Getting hcg drawn again tomorrow at 6w and feeling scared as hell. Having off and on cramping and pressure down there but that was normal in my last pregnancy of my now 18 month old, even some spotting as well but I still worry. Within the last week I had some very light only when wiping pink spotting but then today was some darker brown tinged CM and brown spotting when wiping and some darker red tinged CM. Feeling some cramps and pressure but nothing extreme. This was our first time doing letrozole for ovulation boosting and I had an HSG scan which “flushed out the pipes.” So I have no idea what’s happening because I still feel like an ectopic could be a thing. Just needed to vent, share my journey so far and see if anyone had similar. I know things mostly lean towards not good but there’s a lot of hope out there too. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Thank you!