What was your progesterone during ectopic pregnancy?

Hello! I hope this is okay to ask in here. I have been having anxiety pretty much since I saw a positive pregnancy test that it might be ectopic.

Backstory - I have not gotten checked but I believe I have endometriosis since my mom has it and I have such painful periods.

This is my first time falling pregnant and I was so sure the test would be negative because I was experiencing period like cramping days leading up to the test. I was still experiencing period cramps a week after positive test (on and off).

Since I was cramping, my OB ordered hcg and progesterone tests.

My hcg at 18 DPO (4w6d) was 1788 and progesterone was 32.9.

At 20 DPO (5w1d) it was 3655.

I felt a bit more relieved after my results because I’ve read that your numbers doubling and high progesterone is a good sign, but I’ve also read from others that their numbers were great and they still had an ectopic pregnancy.

Today I did a moderate leg day and noticed mild cramping and a bit of spotting afterwards. So now I’m back to spiraling if this could be an ectopic.

I plan to call my OB when they open on Tuesday and request a placement scan, but until then I was really hoping I could get insight from any of you because my issue is that I can’t tell if I’m just being anxious given this is my first pregnancy, or if I’m so fixated on an ectopic pregnancy because it’s my intuition?

Has anyone experienced similar symptoms and they turned out fine?

I really hate that I’m this anxious but the cramping has stressed me out quite a bit and I finally stopped stressing about the cramping and now this spotting has happened.

Thank you in advance!

Posted Dec 7, 2025, 5:06 AM UTC

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