Well, I made a consult appointment with the OB/GYN doing my D&C. It is the Dr. my midwife works with and I have heard nothing but good things about him so I am glad about that. I hope I like him tomorrow when Scott and I meet him. I went to RE today. Exam, ultrasound, and MORE blood work. As far as I can tell he saw nothing on the u/s which wasn't surprising given my low hcg number. I am almost 6 weeks pregnant and RE said by this time he should be able to see a sac and possibly the baby/heartbeat and my hcg number should be in the 3000 range (give or take). My hcg # was 284. It was 268 yesterday so although it is not going down yet it seems to be leveling off. RE said we could wait to see if the number goes down before giving me the D&C but he is suggesting I don't wait because we don't know where the pregnancy is at and we need to find and take care of it asap. He is positive it is not a normal pregnancy so the sooner we find it the sooner I can get back on track.
I believe my D&C will be Thursday. So they will remove tissue from my uterus and look at it under a microscope for pregnancy tissue. If they find it and my hcg numbers decline then the pregnancy was in my uterus if not I will be given medication to basically force me to have a miscarriage as I understand it. I didn't realize this would *medically* be such a long process. I did know that emotionally and spiritually this is going to take time. Like I just told someone- right now I have bad and good hours and eventually that will turn into bad and good days. I just wish I had a fast forward button right now...
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