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Hi Archie,
I have a 4yr old & we have been trying for past our second for the past one year there was no problem with our first i have never had any miscarraige before,my first pregnancy was healthy one.Right noe i have missed my periods & took a hpt & it came + then called dr took b-hcg day 15-81
day 17-147
day 19-371 these were my results.Iam very worried if my second pregnancy will turn out be blightened ovum or chemical pregnancy or ectopic pregnancy:( what are the possible chances? that all this could happen considering that i had no miscarrige before? iam 5 weeks now today & i can't enjoy this pregnancy iam filled with fear.do you have any suggesions? archie replied. Hey ABC,
Congratulations on pregnancy.
You should enjoy rather than getting into too many un-necessary worries, these worries will drive you mad and do harm despite you are having a healthy pregnancy.

Looking at your data there is no need to suspect any wrong upcoming.

Stop reading too much about pregnancy complications unless told or warned to you about.

Where did you get this ectopic pregnancy thought? Why would you think on that? Have any base for this thought?

Trying for second for a year is perfectly normal. Remember your age does not stay where it was while you got pregnant for first time. Remember that fertility decline by age. Also no to forget both sperm count and ovulation can affect with age and environment along with body hormones. So to sum all it's very normal to take one year while ttc disregard whether thats for first baby or subsequent pregnancies.

For the God sake people should not relate their pregnancy to anyone else. Trust me ABC you will experience many things related to pregnancy that are totally new (in this pregnancy) and you will learn that you can't correlate two pregnancies of your own, then forget correlating to others!

Sorry if I am strong but I just did not like you getting nervous while pregnant.

Typically hcg levels double within 48-72 hours while in 5th week and yours look like doubling. For example 147 on dpo 17 and 371 on dpo 19 (this is more than double value and that's good sign).

Archie