Well I definitely know how scary and unsure this time can be. I wouldn't wait for them to call. I'd call today and ask to speak with the nurse about it. Please let us know how things progress!
Hmm I will have to ask them about that next time they call. I'm sure it will probably be around my next lab test. I thought I took 2 pills with my last pregnancy, and my levels stayed up really high. Maybe they can check my file to see that I took more last time. Thank you for all your information and advice! It really helps when I start worrying!
When I took progesterone supplements I took 2 a day (so 400 mg) and mine shot up to around 60-70 within a couple days. It is possible that yours will have risen but it's hard to know for sure. That's why I thought you should ask if you could increase the dosage, just to be safe.
I was 5 weeks 2 days for the second test and 4 weeks 2 days for the first. I haven't figured out why they make me wait a full week. It seems like it would be better results if it was every 72 hours if not 48 hours. Do you think my 200 MG prometrium could help raise my progesterone above 20 this next test? I was only on it for 5 days when I tested the second time.
Based on that chart you should be 5-6 weeks. I'd definitely wait until you're 7-8 weeks to get a sonogram (and it should be a vaginal one as the abdominal one can't pick up the tiny details in a tiny embryo this early on).
The point is that your HCG needs to double (or more) within 48-72 hours. That is why you're getting HCG charts with varying levels because all women will have different levels. Here is the most comprehensive chart I've seen:
hCG levels in weeks from LMP (gestational age)* :
* 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
* Postmenopausal: <9.5 mIU/ml
Progesterone should be above 20. I would ask about doubling the progesterone supplements. Progesterone supplementation will not work in the event that it is a blighted ovum. But if your little one is healthy the progesterone will definitely help sustain the uterine enviornment.
Why are they not testing your HCG/progesterone every other day? That is the norm. Your levels are probably over 2000 now and a sonogram would be the way to go to see that heartbeat!