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hcg levels not doubling
I am 5 weeks, My HCG levels were tested 3 to 4 days apart in the past or so. They started at 100 Sat, Wed 218, Fri 285 and then this week, Tues at 660. They are not doubling in the 72 window. My DR thinks possibly etopic or blighted, but wants to check with ultrasound next Thurs for heartbeat. Has anyone had a successful pregnancy with hcg levels not doubling? I had 2 m/c in the past year. Thanks
Please help?!?!
On Friday July 24th I found out I was pregnant- my HCG was 227 and on Tuesday, July 28th my HCG was 546. My HCG is rising but not doubling. What does this mean?
On Friday July 24th I found out I was pregnant- my HCG was 227 and on Tuesday, July 28th my HCG was 546. My HCG is rising but not doubling. What does this mean?
I to am going through something similar. I am about 6.5wks. I lost my first pregnancy. My levels were very low the first time. Now...I had them checked and on sat 1/17 they were at 25480, and they rechecked it 1/19 and it was at 34600. They are not doubling. I have to go and get an U/S on thursday. I pray that everything is ok. I hope everything will be ok for you as well.
Clearly this is an older thread, but I still want to comment on it.
I am dealing with the same thing, really. I went in at 6 weeks exactly for my first appointment, and I had been having some EXTREMELY light spotting for about a day before that, so I was worried. I had a miscarriage about 6 months ago at 12 weeks, so I was instantly panicked.
They did an u/s, and said everything looked ok, no heartbeat yet, but it may be too early. One odd thing was that the pregnancy was developing far on the right side of my uterus, so he would monitor that, but that it could mean nothing at all.
My first numbers from my blood draw looked good - 4118. "Great" is what the nurse had said. My second draw, almost 3 days later, was only 6120. This was still in the acceptable range for how far along I was, but CLEARLY not enough of a rise.
The nurse told me just to keep monitoring things, so I'm sitting around this weekend, waiting. And of course running to the bathroom wtih every little twitch or gas bubble. So far there have been no changes in the spotting. It's been very light, and only visible when wiping. Only one time did I see any red, and it was after a b/m, and just a tiny bit, and it was really more pink and watery than regular blood. The Dr told me repeatedly that spotting was very common in early pregnancy, and I've heard women say they basically had a light period for the entire 1st trimester and everything was fine. (Blood, not just brown spotting.)
But the levels not rising enough really scares me. Reading on here some of your stories gives me a little hope, I guess, but I don't really want to have hope! It'll just hurt all that much more if things go where they are looking to go.
I go in Monday, supposedly, for another u/s and blood draw, so hopefully I'll know more then.
I am dealing with the same thing, really. I went in at 6 weeks exactly for my first appointment, and I had been having some EXTREMELY light spotting for about a day before that, so I was worried. I had a miscarriage about 6 months ago at 12 weeks, so I was instantly panicked.
They did an u/s, and said everything looked ok, no heartbeat yet, but it may be too early. One odd thing was that the pregnancy was developing far on the right side of my uterus, so he would monitor that, but that it could mean nothing at all.
My first numbers from my blood draw looked good - 4118. "Great" is what the nurse had said. My second draw, almost 3 days later, was only 6120. This was still in the acceptable range for how far along I was, but CLEARLY not enough of a rise.
The nurse told me just to keep monitoring things, so I'm sitting around this weekend, waiting. And of course running to the bathroom wtih every little twitch or gas bubble. So far there have been no changes in the spotting. It's been very light, and only visible when wiping. Only one time did I see any red, and it was after a b/m, and just a tiny bit, and it was really more pink and watery than regular blood. The Dr told me repeatedly that spotting was very common in early pregnancy, and I've heard women say they basically had a light period for the entire 1st trimester and everything was fine. (Blood, not just brown spotting.)
But the levels not rising enough really scares me. Reading on here some of your stories gives me a little hope, I guess, but I don't really want to have hope! It'll just hurt all that much more if things go where they are looking to go.
I go in Monday, supposedly, for another u/s and blood draw, so hopefully I'll know more then.
mine only went up 20% in two days and I had a healthy baby boy. good luck
try not to worry too much because your levels are still increasing.
My levels have started out low and aren't doubleing. My Dr. said it doesn't look good and that I'll probably start miscarring soon. I'm so upset. I had an ectopic back in Jan,and we have been trying with no luck ever since. I can't believe this is happening. How is your pregnancy going? My levels look alot like yours: 7/29-32,7/31-72, 8/1-103,8/130
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