Hcg level

So I'm 6 weeks pregnant I went to the doctor because I started to blead really heavy with bad cramps the doctors did some blood work took urine and some blood which came back positive that I'm still pregnant but it feels like Im having a period just a normal period the doctors measured my hcg levels and they are 19 I was told that if they go below 10 there is no baby but I'm so confused what's happining did I loose the baby on the ultra sound they can't see anything at all but my blood is saying I'm pregnant help please am I having a miscarriage??

[HeatherLF16]

Hi Krisst,
I am sorry you are going through all of this worry :(
HCG levels in a healthy pregnancy double every 48-72 hours.  So, if everything is going OK they should be 40 in 2-3 days, then 2-3 days after that 80, and so on.  They continue to do this up until you are between 9-11 weeks when the placenta takes over hormone production.  If they fall you will most likely miscarry, or if they rise but not double it indicates a problem as well.  I know it is stressful, but the only thing you can do is wait at this point.  Best of luck to you and let me know if I can be of further help.

[udbe2]

I'm so sorry you are going through all this w/out your dr giving you any information.  By 6 weeks your HCG levels should be up close to 1000 or higher.  Since your level is 19 I'm going to assume that you have been going through a miscarriage for a while now.  Have you been spotting or heavy bleeding?   It does take a while for the levels to come down.  My last one which was #8  I found out I was pregnant Jan 10.  By the end of Jan I was starting to miscarry.  It took until 11 Mar before my levels were back down to 0  and my HCG was at 458 when I started to miscarry.  So you can see it took 6 weeks for mine to come down naturally.  If you had a D&C or the shot a lot of times your levels will come down faster but natural m/c sometimes takes it a while.  

[midge94]

do u know how a dr can dtermine u miscarried through hcg levels