I am carrying an empty gestational sac of approx. 8 wks. Ultrasound established that it was empty just past 6 wks and yesterday they checked again just before 8 wks and there is nothing in the sac. The doctor spoke to me about taking meds to bring about contractions of the uterus and cause a miscarriage but I told him I am not ready (it is our first pregnancy after 14 years ttc and after 9 failed IVF attempts). I have another appointment in a week to have a 'last' ultrasound and to get the prescription for the meds + appointments for the follow-up.
My question is as follows: beta was 5767 on 34dpo and I am still taking progesterone suppositories. I would like to go to my GP tomorrow and ask her to check my beta level. I figure that if it's low, it will help me to be ready for the miscarriage. Is this realistic? Or does beta keep going up even when there is no foetus?
I just wish I would miscarry naturally but I guess the progesterone is what is fooling my body into thinking this is a viable pregnancy.
Just in case I'm not making much sense, I should explain that in the back of my mind I'm hoping that there is a baby in there, just hiding or invisible or transparent or something. I can't bring myself to stop the progesterone just in case there really is a baby developing as hard as it can. Anyway, I run out of the suppositories in two days.
If anyone has any guidance to offer I would really really appreciate it. Yesterday at the consultation and for the rest of the day I realised that I had no idea what to do and was completely unable to make any kind of decision, even simple ones unrelated to the miscarriage.
Help?