My FDLM (first day of last menstruation) was March 8, 2008. Last week of March my dermatologist prescribed Doxycycline antibiotic for my casual pimple breakouts after making sure that I was not with child. I was very sure then, but not after I checked on the Woman Calendar installed in my PDA that my husband and I, you know, done it several times on my most fertile days.
And I have taken eight antibiotic capsules already. My next monthly period would come on April 4, 2008. But two days after my supposed “monthly visitor” did not come; I was then suspecting I was pregnant. And the test I took affirmed my suspicion. I was like, "huh, ah okay". My eldest is already two years old and maybe it was the right time to have another baby. I was ecstatic then. But in every time that I move around, like doing the usual stuff, my lower tummy would hurt a little and it's like making contractions of its own. And the baby did not like the usual jeans and high heels I usually wear to work every day. My tummy was giving signs that the baby inside was not comfortable, plus the abnormal painful sensations, I immediately called my doctor.
Unfortunately, she was unavailable. I was referred to another doctor. I was scheduled to visit the next day. After I hung up the phone, I went to the ladies' room. There, I noticed little red marks in my shield - blood! So I thought, well, maybe it was just nothing. I have heard of other pregnant women experiencing slight bleeding but still delivered the baby anyway. But later that night, after my husband and I came home from a prayer meeting, I was already bleeding. But it was not alarming since the bleeding was only comparable to my regular menstruation. And I was like, if the baby has deformities from the antibiotic I took and if it really has to go, then, so be it. It was April 11, 2008. The bleeding went on for more than a week, which was unlikely, since my menses usually last for four days the most.
The doctor scheduled me for a transvaginal ultrasound. The result presented my uterus was already empty without any traces of the miscarriage and that a Beta HCG pregnancy test was required to rule out ectopic pregnancy. If the B HCG titer is more than 500,000 then I was having an ectopic pregnancy. But if it's lower than that, then I was not pregnant after all. My titer was only 2, which meant I was not preggy, I just had a delayed menstruation, the doctor explained. Huh? Then what about the positive pregnancy test, the sensations I had, and how can she explain the prolonged "menstruation" I had?
Puzzling, isn't it?
