Slight Decrease in hCg

[jessicab0414]

Hi,  I'm 7wks pregnant and on progesterone therapy after two previous miscarriages.  My hCg level has shown a slight decrease overnight.  It went from 83,367 on sunday night to 78,837 on Monday night.  with my last m/c's, there was a decrease in hCg, but it was much more pronounced.  I'm not having any pain or bleeding and all my pregnancy symptoms are still hanging around.  should I worry or has the past caused me undue paranoia?

[Melka76]

WONDERFUL!!!!  SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!! Congrats....

[jessicab0414]

Good news to report.  My ultrasound revealed a 7wk 5day old fetus with a strong heart beating at 150 beats perminute.  Doc says that everything looks really great and she is very positive.  She also said it's not uncommon for hCg levels to fluctuate in small amounts at this point.  Most women just don't know because they are not usually drawn this late.  she ways my chance of m/c is less than 5% and i can feel good about things now.   have another "just in case" US on the 12th of April.  will post again then.  Thanks Melka!

[Melka76]

Hoping all went well with your us.... fingers are crossed.

[Melka76]

I know that your HCG peaks at 12 weeks and does decrease - is it possible that you are further along - let us know how the us goes... best of luck

3 weeks LMP: 5 - 50 mIU/ml
4 weeks LMP: 5 - 426 mIU/ml
5 weeks LMP: 18 - 7,340 mIU/ml
6 weeks LMP: 1,080 - 56,500 mIU/ml
7 - 8 weeks LMP: 7, 650 - 229,000 mIU/ml
9 - 12 weeks LMP: 25,700 - 288,000 mIU/ml
13 - 16 weeks LMP: 13,300 - 254,000 mIU/ml
17 - 24 weeks LMP: 4,060 - 165,400 mIU/ml
25 - 40 weeks LMP: 3,640 - 117,000 mIU/ml
Non-pregnant females: <5.0 mIU/ml

[jschoch8]

Any decrease in hcg is not a good sign, unless there was some sort of mistake. I hope the best, I know how hard it can be.

[jessicab0414]

I have an US scheduled for today, here in about 8 hours.  I work midnights in the lab where i had my blood drawn and i had the hcg checked just because i'm so nervous about the US.  An US is how i found about the first m/c, no heartbeat at 8 wks, but when they checked my hcg for that one, it had dropped a huge amount.  I guess I'll just wait a few ore hours and see what happens.  thanks

[Melka76]

have they scheduled you for an ultrasound yet?  That would be a good way to see if all is well.. I never had my levels drawn out that long (usually around 5 weeks to 6 weeks) after I went over 2000 I had a couple us to confirm all was good.