QuestionI am 24, I have one child who is 5, my LMP was 1/31/04. I had my sterlization reversed in 12/03 an dam currently 5 weeks pregnant. my quantative beta hcg level was 140 on 2/27/04. would I be in pain yet if it were ectopic?
AnswerIf this pregnancy were an ectopic pregnancy (tubal pregnancy) and the fetus were, indeed, growing in one of your tubes, you would experience pain, especially if it is beginning to rupture the tube or extrude through the fimbriated end of the tube. It is too early to see anything in the uterus on sonogram since you are only five weeks pregnant. However, I would continue to take serial HCG tests to see if you have normal doubling every 48 hours and then take a sonogram at 6-7 weeks gestation, At that time you should see a gestational sac, a fetus, and a fetal heartbeat.
