Results back today and progesterone has gone from 22 up to 35. Dr said to increase to 3 pessaries per day and has given me a script for stronger ones once this lot has finished.
My HCG has gone up from 908 on 9/8 to 2990 on 13/8. The Dr said this looks good, but I'm worried as it looks a good increase but it was actually FOUR days between tests... Why do they say it should double? Mines going up, slowly.
My hcg history is:
24/7 - <2
2/8 - 193
4/8 - 280 (It was the day after this I saw my Dr and she actually told me this was not a viable pregnancy, assuming I was 5-6 weeks, the numbers low and not doubling, she said it was an early miscarriage, and that this is usually due to chromosome abnormality. She said I would need a D&C and to come back in with my dh. She did have me do another BT though and thats when dh and I were shocked when she said the number had gone up, which was the next one)
7/8 - 508
9/8 - 908
13/8 - 2990
So I keep thinking about what she'd said prior, it was something along the lines of "nature weeding out the unhealthy pregnancies". Her wording was much better, but I didn't hear much after miscarriage. Obviously babies are born with 'abnormalities', and those pregnancies progress 'normally', so I don't really understand the logic. My youngest child has a developmental delay, and there was nothing within that pregancy that indicated it. This was years ago before I was diagnosed with PCOS or struggled with fertility, so I never had HCG checked or monitored back then. I just wish I had more information, what do these levels mean, what has been the experience of other women with this pattern etc. My gp is obviously limited with information I guess. I am going with an obstetrician this time but I don't see her until I'm 10 weeks... I've compared this to my experience with midwife care (my two older children were born in a birth centre setting), back then they didn't even see me until 15 weeks. I tend to thrive on information and I feel very in the dark, I do have my u/s tomorrow, and I guess I'll know more then...
I know of a woman whos HCG levels didnt double/ triple as they should. All continued to progress along with the HCG levels not rising in a 'text book' way. She now has a child from that pregnancy. the ultrasound will be able to tell you much more than you know now. Hang in there, at the moment there really isnt a lot that you can tell from the results you have
Ladyrose- Hun those levels are fine!! If you type in hcg doubling calculators you can use that to see roughly how much they are doubling within a timeframe. I typed yours in (because I'm anal lol) and your last three results were doubling every 55-57 hours...that's in a normal timeframe! For levels under 1200 a timeframe of 31-72 hours is expected, levels between 1200- 6000 it's 48-96 hrs and levels over 6000 96+hrs.
Your levels are perfectly fine IMO!
Big hugs and good luck tomorrow xxx
There was nothing there. He couldnt see anything. Not even a sac. He also said he couldnt see any sign of an ectopic. I'm waiti g to see my gp. I cant deal with this, please help.
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