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can hcg level rise after a miscarriage?
by mommamia75, Apr 30, 2003 12:00AM
Hi there. I'm new to this forum but I'm glad that I found it because I have some important questions. On 04/22/03 I was 7w3d pg. I got up that morning to get ready for work as normal. All of a sudden I started bleeding badly with no warning - 4 or 5 clots in all. I went to the ER and 5 hours later was seen by a doctor. The u/s showed a sac measuring 5 1/2 weeks. My Hcg level was 10,000 and an exam showed my cervix to be closed. The on-call doctor said this was considered a threatened m/c and to carry on as if I was still pg. I went back on 04/28/03 for a follow-up u/s. The doctor said there was no sac to be found and to be prepared for a D&C. No vaginal u/s was done or any internal exam. My Hcg level was then at 20,000 - which was doubled from the last time. He phoned me on 04/29/03 to come in for a D&C, however I had a gut instinct telling me not to. I live an hour from the nearest hospital and the u/s machine there is very old. I was not convinced that they could dectect a h/b or sac with this antique machinery at 8w2d. I am going in the morning for hcg level testing again. Please someone give me some advice. Can hcg levels rise after a m/c??
Anxiously waiting,
mommamia75
P.S. I had a m/c on 02/04/03 and D&C on 02/07/03.
Anxiously waiting,
mommamia75
P.S. I had a m/c on 02/04/03 and D&C on 02/07/03.
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I say go with your gut. There is no harm in following some more levels. They should double or triple every 2 to 3 days.
However, if you start to bleed badly, or have abdominal pain, go AT ONCE to the ER. There is a chance the pregnancy implanted somewhere besides the uterus (ectopic). If the u/s equipment is very old, it may be hard to diagnose that.
When you go back to the doc for levels, insist on a referral to another facility that has proper equiptment. You need a vaginal ultrasound. That equipment has been around for 10-15years, so you should have some sort of access to that.
The same thing happened to me last week. I did have an internal examination by my doctor on monday who said that the cervix was still closed and carried out a pregnancy test - I just got the reults today - negative. But I still feel pregnant, my stomach has doubled in size since last week and is rock hard and I still have slight nausea. I am going to go back to the doctors after the weekend, if the symptons persist.
Please let me know how you get on.