So here's where things stand right now

So I posted earlier today about the research I found, saying that blighted ovums have been known to be misdiagnosed. Turns out that sometimes, the docs are wrong and it's a perfectly healthy pregnancy.

I called the doctors office to ask some questions but they gave me the run around. I called the second they opened and asked for a nurse. I was told no nurses were there yet, but one of them would call me as SOON as they got there. Thirty minutes later I still had not received a call back, so I called them. The (same) receptionist told me that the nurse can't help me with anything and all my questions should be directed towards the doctor I saw yesterday....who isn't in today.

I was so pissed that I was waiting around for a call, just to find out they weren't going to call me at all. I then told the receptionist that I want my beta results from yesterday. She put me on hold for another 5 minutes just to tell me that she couldn't find them anywhere. She said "I'll all the lab right now and call you back". I made sure to tell her that everytime someone says they will call me back, they never do. She SWORE she would though.

Fast forward another 30 minutes. STILL NO CALL! I call there AGAIN and this time she says "well, I have the results right here.........but I cant give them to you". She claimed that she wasn't allowed to. That the doctor had to sign off on them and THEN she could give them to me, but again, he's out of the office for the day. So now im REALLY pissed off.

DF told me to call the hospital lab directly, where I got the bloodwork done. I called them and they said they couldn't give them to me over the phone, cause they couldn't prove I am who I say I am, BUT, I could go there in person and get them. So off I went.

When I got my results and saw 245.7, I did the math to calculate the doubling time from my last beta 7 days prior. Everything added up correctly, like a normal pregnancy would. Now, it's true that the only way to know for sure is to get it done 2 days apart (which I am doing) but still, everything looks good.

I did more research, but this time I was checking what the normal levels should be, and how past my numbers should double. Just like the myth that every woman has a 28 day cycle, they assume that all women double HCG in 48 hours..again, not true. 48-72 hours is the average doubling time. That being said, my numbers are doubling (so far) ever 60.7 hours. Right on track.

After a while, a nurse from this new doctors office FINALLY called me. She said im 100% right, that the doctor could have been wrong. There's no way to know for sure that it's a blighted ovum this early. ESPECIALLY since his judgment was based soley on one ultrasound. She said we'll know something more tomorrow with my new beta test results.

This got me thinking even more. Why would he tell me it was a blighted ovum, and prescribe me pills that induce miscarriage (in order to speed up the process) if he was not 100% sure?

I called my normal OB (who lives 3 hours away from me since I moved) and he said I have no reason to worry. My levels are normal, im to early to see much of anything on ultrasound (so its no wonder he didn't see anything in the sac) and in order to know if it's viable or not, my levels have to be atleast 2000. He said he feels that everything is fine going by the info I gave him, and NOT to get another ultrasound. He recommended that I keep up with the beta testing for peace of mind, but everything should be ok. Atleast at this point anyway. There's not yet a reason to worry.

I haven't passed any blood clots, im not cramping and im not bleeding. Im spotting a bit and yes it is red, but it's not much at all. I think it may be left over from yesterday. That's ok though. I bled for the first 4 months when I was pregnant with my DS. Im guessing that I probably ruptured or bruised my cervix and that's where the blood came from. That explains the light/medium flow when I was in the rest room at the doctors office. After that, they did an internal ultrasound, so if my cervix was what was bleeding, then that explains the increase in blood loss at that time. After that happened I didn't bleed like that. I went back to spotting.

So, here's where I stand now. Tomorrow morning I am going down to the lab at the hospital and getting another beta done. I'll grab something to eat and head back there about an hour and a half later to get the results myself (since the incompetent people at the doctors office are no help) and then i'll go from there.

I have faith that GOD is watching over this baby, and HE will make sure the baby is just fine. Until I know anything for sure though, I will continue to pray, hold on to hope, and wish for the best.