Small Gestational Sac, Low HCG Levels

[FamouStar]

Hi there,  I am 6 weeks 3 days pregnant and I had light spotting for 3 days (it has now stopped).  I took a quantitative HCG test and it was 2030 and 36 hours later it only went up to 2500.  The doctor is concerned that it is not a viable pregnancy.  Then I had an ultra sound and they said the gestational sac is quite small compared to the egg sac but they did see the fetal pole (no heart beat yet) - they said the overall size looks to be that of a 5 week 5 day pregnancy.  They say I have only a 10% chance the pregancy will be viable?  Does this seem reasonable???  Help!!!

[adgal]

Unfortunately when this happened to me I also miscarried.  In my case I never had a heartbeat at all, the baby had stopped growing around the 5-6 week mark.  This certainly does not mean it will be the case with you, and I hope you have a better outcome then I.  I would however be prepared just in case as Eirlis said.  I wish you luck.

[Eirlis]

Unfortunately I have had this same thing happen twice in a row now. Both times there was a heartbeat at 7 weeks but the sac was still very small. I miscarried a few weeks later.

I'm so sorry you are going through this too. Hopefully you will be in the 10% that go on to have a normal pregnancy. However you should also start preparing yourself for the strong possibility that you will lose this pregnancy. Best of luck.