Early pregnancy - please help me

[Angela26x]

Please please please help me, I am so worried and need reassurance

Following a miscarriage with my first baby in September last year I was delighted to find out 3 weeks ago my husband and I are expecting again. My doctor has been monitoring me closely by taking blood tests and I had a refferal yesterday for a scan to the Early Pregnancy Unit.

I was unsure of my dates so the scan showed yesterday I was only 5 weeks gone, all we could see was the sac.

My blood test Hcg levels have been: -

Wed 4th Feb - 7
Tues 10th Feb - 151
Thurs 12th Feb - 546
Tues 17th Feb - 4351

All these tests were done at my Gp surgery

Thurs 19th Feb - 5357

This test was done in a different hospital yesterday and I got the result last night, have to go back tomorrow to the same hospital to get another blood test done.

I am so worried because my Hcg levels up to yesterday were rocketing and if they are supposed to double every 2 days so I was expecting yesterday's to be at least 8000, does it make a difference depending on where the blood tests are taken to the results, I mean do the Gp's and hospitals have different ways of testing what the level is?

I checked a page earlier and it said that in the case of ectopic or miscarriage the levels are normal and then start to slow down, does this look like the case for me?? I want this baby more than anything, please give me some advice xxxxx

[sweetangel7]

According to the American Pregnancy Association, your hcg levels look perfectly normal for 5 weeks.  

#  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

[JoyRenee]

First off, congrats! I got pregnant after my miscarriage in 2006 and my daughter was born full term and healthy. She's having her 2nd birthday next month.

I miscarried in November (three months ago) and am pregnant again. I know your anxiety and fear! But relax, your levels are rising.

It is normal to only see a sac at a 5 week ultrasound. Get another scan at 8 weeks. You should see baby and a heartbeat then!

[JoyRenee]

Oh and your levels need to double in 72 hours, not 2 days. So it looks like all is going well so far.

[babypooh]

Looks great! Congratulations and good luck :) I wish you a happy healthy 9 months!