Hi all - I was googling info and came across this site & thought I would post for some help/advice/opinions.

2 weeks agon my daughter did a home preg test & came back positive. Called the dr & scheduled her an appt end of July. A week ago she started spotting (brown), Sun & Mon she was cramping & blood turned red so she called dr. They ordered ultrasound, tech told her she couldnt see anything and that she probably was never pregnant or had miscarried (but felt if it was miscarrigage she would be able to see a scar or "something" on ultrasound). Dr had her go for hcg - the level was 224. She needed to have test repeated in 2 days to see if the level would increase or decrease. It increased to 576. She was then spotting bright red & cramping, so dr told her to go to ER to check for possible ectopic pregnancy & repeat ultrasound. This again showed nothing & ER dr sent her home. She is to have hcg recheck tomorrow.

My questions... With level in 500, could they even see anything if she were pregnant? And just because she's spotting bright red, does this automatically mean miscarriage? Of course they're both upset & just want answers as to whats going on & if she's pregnant or not. In my opinion, I dont think it was up to that Tech to tell her she doubted that she was pregnant or she had miscarried. I'm thinking that since the levels are increasing instead of decreasing she could be pregnant & it's just too early to detect anything on ultrasound?? I thought I would post & see if anyone's been thru anything similar to this. I was too impatient to read all the posts, so my questions may have been already answered. One thing that guaranteed... time will tell