Second Opinion

I called a physicians office at West Penn today. At first the scheduler said to me "The earliest I can get you in May 23rd" I was taken aback. I am calling because I feel this is an emergency. She put me on hold, and obviously got on the phone w/their nurse whom I had asked to speak to originally. After a few moments the nurse got on the phone and asked me the same questions.

I told her my concerns: 1. The doctor who helped me get pregnant has NEVER done a pelvic exam OR an ultrasound since confirming the pregnancy. 2. I KNOW that brown "bleeding" and slow rising HCG levels can be indicative of an ectopic pregnancy. 3. I am VERY concerned by being told to "wait it out" since my P4 was 147 at 15 dpo. Would there then not be a risk that this won't start on its own? Thus setting me up for infection? She did agree with me that I should have had an ultrasound yesterday AND that my HCG levels should be monitored every 48 hours rather than every 7 days. She did tell me that if I am going to miscarry there is nothing they can do to prevent it...which I am very aware of...I am not expecting a miracle here. I would just like an answer, and I am NOT getting them from my doctor.

After we went back and forth...her big thing was to tell my nurse and doctor that I demand an ultrasound and I demand blood work tomorrow she finally put me on the schedule. I am going to be seen on Friday at 9 a.m., on the same floor that Dr. K's office is on. In the same building. In the same hospital.

One of my good doctors here that I work for was kind enough to write me up a lab slip for a beta and progesterone level today. Of course they ran it, but they did it qualitative, not quantitative...so I am still reading as "pos" for pregnancy, but I don't know what my level is.

I still haven't begun bleeding. I am still not cramping...and my breasts that seemingly stopped hurting on Sunday are now as sore as they have been. So I am grasping at straws I know...but I have to do something to keep me from loosing it...

Christy called. I explained to her that I STILL haven't started, and blah blah blah. She said that I won't until my P4 drops to 0, and that as of yestersay I was still at 25. I asked when we could get started trying again? She told me if I start bleeding on my own then we can get started immediately, as in...CD 3 would be the 3rd day of my miscarriage. So I asked if I could order my meds, and she said YES if I wanted to, but that if I had to have a D&C then I had to wait for a month. I asked her when that decision would be made, and she said on Saturday.

I then asked her, for one last grasp of a straw, could this have been a multiple pregnancy and we lost one or two? She said no...emphatically...no. Logic tells me to believe, but my faith won't let me. Until we see no increase in numbers, and a negative ultrasound then I refuse to give up hope...