Pregnant with baby number 2 (due August 29, 2018) after previously having a miscarriage back in October. We had been trending my HCG levels after finding out I was pregnant for a few weeks, and everything had been doubling appropriately - My last HCG was drawn 12/31 and was 2,600 (at 5w4d). I then had an ultrasound 1/2 at 5w6d to confirm placement in the uterus (which it was), and we were only expecting to see the gestational sac but we did end up seeing the yolk sac and also the fetal pole, however it was too small to see a heartbeat quite yet. The fetal pole was measuring spot on at 5w6d. Well this past week I had a little bit of cramping, no bleeding at all, and I noticed my nausea had gone away and overall I just feel tired and bloated but no other significant symptoms. I had one more HCG blood draw ordered, so I decided today at 7w3d to get it drawn to ease my mind until my ultrasound this Wednesday 1/17 where we should be able to see the heartbeat transvaginally. Well my HCG today was 38,000 something (I couldn't hear the exact number when they said it over the phone), but that makes me nervous because following the doubling every 48-72 hour rule from my last draw of 2,600 on 12/31, it should have been somewhere between 41,000 and 160,000... has anyone ever had similar results with previous pregnancies and gone on to have a healthy baby? I am so nervous now...It was an on call doctor that gave me the results and said if I want to talk with my OB to bump up my ultrasound for Monday or Tuesday instead of Wednesday I could try doing that, but he made it sound like everything was "looking good" very quickly before he ended the phone call and it wasn't very reassuring. I know as the numbers get higher up the doubling rule doesn't always apply but I thought that was more towards the 60,000+ range so I just really would like to hear your stories if you had ended up with a miscarriage or a healthy pregnancy. I'm trying to stay positive, it's just so hard after having done that the last time and ending up losing the baby. I would almost rather expect the worst and be surprised with happy news!