HCG LEVELS

I am pregnant and very nervous, my last pregnancy i lost at 13 weeks,
now i am pregnant again and got blood test for hcg levels, at 19 dpo, and result was 2127, and today, 5 days later, the result is 16036... do you think the increase is too fast?
it is a single sac, so it is not twins.. at least not in different sacs..
but i am nervous because i heard high  levels of hcg can mean molar pregnancy or maybe down syndrome babies.
Do you think these levels are ok??

[ace104]

Hi honey
Sounds good to me.  You must be what 7 8 9 weeks along.  The chances of molar pregnancy are pretty rare, so try not to worry.  I lost my first pregnancy at 8 weeks and Im now having a symptomless pregnancy and im 5 weeks 5 days.  My levels were only 470 on friday and 830 on monday so Im worried sick.

[alaysha]

at 5w6d my levels were at 32000. It doesn't matter really what the level is but rather that it is doubling in the 48-72 hour time frame.

[ace104]

Well it didn't double in that time, it doubled in 76 hours, the nurse said this was ok! still worried sick though :(

[alaysha]

That is still fine its like 85% of normal pregnancies (or around that amount) double in that time frame. The higher the level gets though the longer it usually takes to double.

[MARIS78]

no.. i am 5 weeks and 4 days... is early.. thats why im worried

[MARIS78]

i heard levels increase every 48 to 72 hrs, so i think you dont have to worry..
i have no symptoms at all.. so dont worry..
i have several friends that never have symptoms either.

[MARIS78]

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