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ER visit / 4w4d

Hey everyone! For the past 2 days I’ve been having horrible cramping but no bleeding. I woke up around 6 this morning with excruciating pain and my husband rushed me to the ER. The pain felt like horrible period cramps. I got my blood work and it came back 173.8 hcg and they want me to go see my OB on Tuesday so make sure my levels are okay. I also had an ultrasound done but they didn’t see anything crazy or really see the baby I guess since I’m so early. I’m just really scared and idk what to think 😭😭 I guess I’m fine since I’m not bleeding right?

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I had horrible debilitating cramps between 4 and 6 weeks worse than my period but no bleeding. My doctor said it wasn’t dangerous to the baby, just the pain of my uterus expanding. We saw the sack and little bean at 5 weeks 6 days. Still going strong now at 8 weeks and the cramps have decreased tremendously.

this just gave me so much hope :,) I’m happy for you!

If your HCG was 173 today then they will want to see it be more than 346 on Tuesday to make sure the pregnancy is developing correctly! It will give you even more peace of mind once you get it!❤️

I’ve been having the bad cramping too

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