I went and saw Dr Tinker today. Dr Tinker delivered my son and has been my main care provider throughout the last two miscarriages.
She is a very firm Dr and she is very strong with her opinions.
She basically told me the testing I was getting done was pointless.. she told me progesterone monitoring is outdated and supplements wouldn't do anything if it was low (which, I knew she would say - we had already had that conversation last pregnancy). She said getting scans every 2 weeks was silly as the scan only showed what was happening in that 5 minutes and the BHCG testing was the only thing which was even slightly worth getting done as it gives us a better indicator as to if my body is doing what it should be doing.
But, she was nice about it all :) and I will be going back to her in 5 weeks time on November 13th.
She wouldn't give me the levels from my blood tests yesterday because a) I had them done through a different lab so they weren't comparitive and b) progesterone isn't a factor.... so I called Dr Yeo and got them :p
Bhcg - 8300
Progesterone - 110
I am very happy with the results and feel much more at ease. The spotting also seems to have stopped - which has definitely put me more at ease!
Snowflake, keep growing gorgeous! We can't wait to meet you!
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