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Am I in very early pregnancy?
Hi...has anyone ever had a serum HCG test of 20 and been pregnant? I just did 2 home pregnancy tests that were positive and had a blood serum test with the doctor yesterday that was only 20. He said he cannot be sure if I am pregnant or not. I had some light spotting about a week after my period and thought I should check it out. I want to be pregnant so badly!!!
Yes definitely get your HCG levels tested again. Any HCG number over 5 means you're pregnant, but you just want to make sure the numbers are doubling because if their not that could mean you're in the process of having a miscarriage. Wait 48 hours from the last time they were tested and test again. Good Luck!
i would suggest you get your levels taken more than once to make sure they are doubling. I had a MC back in oct and just found out i am pregnant again. My HCG on 1/2 was 42 and doubled to 89 on 1/4 and that is a good thing. you want your hcg to doudle at least every 48-72 hours. What does your OB say? Good luck to both of us:)
I hope that it is just very early in your pregnancy..we believe I had a chemical pregnancy my first pregnancy. I found out I was pregnant 5 days before my period.. then 4 days after my period was due I started having cramping and spottng that escalated to full fledged bleeding.. I went to the ER and my HCG level was only an 18. They said either it was very early or a miscarriage. unfortunately the next morning I was passing clots and went back to get my levels re-drawn on Monday and they were already down to a 5 so I did indeed miscarry.. i hope this is not the case for you.. goodluck..
It was under "what happened to me" but I will copy and paste :0)
When I was about 5 weeks along my hcg level was only 57. I felt discouraged but they said everything was fine. A week later I m/c-my levels went down to 17. What I have read on line is this:
"Chemical pregnancies" are sooooooooo common...almost EVERYONE has had one. What happens is that HPT are so accurate these days that people take them early and get a + but then AF arrives a day or two later. The egg and sperm meet but never progress. You can google "chemical pregnancy" and research it. People not taking the HPT's just think AF was a day or two late and never even know they were preg for a even a second.
You say you had spotting a week after your period?
When was your last period?
I hope that it is just to early to tell.
~*~*~*~ baby dust~*~*~*~
When I was about 5 weeks along my hcg level was only 57. I felt discouraged but they said everything was fine. A week later I m/c-my levels went down to 17. What I have read on line is this:
"Chemical pregnancies" are sooooooooo common...almost EVERYONE has had one. What happens is that HPT are so accurate these days that people take them early and get a + but then AF arrives a day or two later. The egg and sperm meet but never progress. You can google "chemical pregnancy" and research it. People not taking the HPT's just think AF was a day or two late and never even know they were preg for a even a second.
You say you had spotting a week after your period?
When was your last period?
I hope that it is just to early to tell.
~*~*~*~ baby dust~*~*~*~
Well, some unhappy news for me. I was still having some pain on my left side yesterday so I went to my Dr. who did a serum test again and a rush ultrasound. I got the results back this morning and found that I have had a miscarriage and my HCG levels are now only 2. I am sad, but still very hopeful for the next time. We have been trying for 3 years to get pregnant and it is amazing that I got a positive test to begin with. Thanks for all of your comments. :)
I would take a trip back to the doctors to see what they say. Usually anything over 5 is a 'positive' pregnancy, but I would double check your levels.
happend to me last time too..! the following month, i feel preggos for real..and now i am 6 weeks pregnant. dont give up hope!
Hi Ladies,
Thank you so much for the info and encourgement! I am going to have another HCG test done this week, so hopefully it is going up! The spotting stopped on Friday after I was at the ER, so I guess that is a good thing. I did another HPT this morning, just for kicks, and now it is negative???? My mind is in so many places right now and I cant stop thinking about what is going on!
Thank you so much for the info and encourgement! I am going to have another HCG test done this week, so hopefully it is going up! The spotting stopped on Friday after I was at the ER, so I guess that is a good thing. I did another HPT this morning, just for kicks, and now it is negative???? My mind is in so many places right now and I cant stop thinking about what is going on!
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