Please help hcg low 11 weeks

Urgent help PLEASE
My doc just phoned back with results from blood test and she said the progesterone was fine but HCG wasnt. It was dropping from 15,000 to 13,000 to 10,000, which wasnt good and she recommended that I start doing clexane injections daily as that was one of the suggestions that a FS recommended and OB disagreed with before. So I went with OB suggestion of metformin and not clexane.
Anyway she said that the drop in hcg was bad and that I could still miscarry but the clexane (which was started today, way too late) could help.
She said that I couldnt have an ultrasound and that it wouldnt help, BULL!! Seeing a heartbeat would sure help me, if there is a heartbeat then the injections are worthwhile but if there isnt then injecting myself till next wednesday (when I get the next bloods back) is a complete waste of time.
Then I got straight on the computer and googled 11weeks hormones in pregnancy and a site said that it IS NORMAL to have a drop in hcg from 11 weeks onwards. AAARRRRGGGGGGHH!!!!!!!!
Someone help!!!!
She made me think I was miscarrying AGAIN and then refused an ultra sound....

Hmm....... HCG levels do peak around this time and then plateu so it could be normal, I hope it's normal for you. Can you insist on an ultrasound? I don't really see how they can refuse it! :angry:

I called and got my real doc shes back from her holiday and she is really concerned about the drop too. But thank god she said first thing monday morning I need an ultrasound.:pray: thank god for that, I couldnt believe the other doc just wanted to monitor bloods which Ive heard since (not from doctors) that it is an unreliable way to monitor a pregnancy, ultrasound is the only way to go.
OK the level is low according to the chart here on BB, I am ATM only 10,000 hcg, and apparently the progesterone is OK. The hcg is supposed to be between 11,500 and 288,000, so there is a concern I guess. Hopefully it means nothing but I would love some more input if anyone has anything to offer.
Thanks sarajane

Oh, glad to hear your GP is back and you can get an ultrasound now!! :crossfingers: for you!!

So sorry that your levels aren't the best, fingers crossed it's nothing to be worried about and you see the most beautiful heartbeat when you go for your ultrasound tomorrow. Will check back with you tomorrow to hear about your little one's heart beat.

I am glad you were able to speak to your regular care provider - after 8 weeks u/s is the best way of gauging pregnancy health.

I have everthing crossed for you - 2 more sleeps until Monday... :hug:

Good luck on monday, I will be stalking waiting for good news! This late on ultrasounds are much better than hcg tests.

Did you get hcg monitored early in pregnancy? Did it double in the early days and rise to a nice level? :hug: Hang in there!

Sadly my levels didnt double in the first weeks either, they were only 11,600 then 12,900 then 15,700 then 13,860 and lastly 10,000 which was on fri. Not looking good at all. There was a gap in there where I didnt have any bloods taken around 8-10 weeks and I had some pretty severe mood swings so hopefully it was a peak in the hormones which is a good thing. I just dont know how to feel or what information to take note of. Not knowing is the worst.
Thanks so much for the support.

I know it's hard Stickybaby... So - just so I understand as I am a little confused. You got serial hcg's done when your pregnancy was first confirmed? Then one last week that showed 10,000. Is that right?

Yeah flowerchild the last one was on fri just gone and it was 10,000. Not good!:wall:
I started clexane injections which is strange if a miscarriage is impending, (she thought we might be able to save the pregnancy) and Ive had the worst headache since, maybe just from stress but its strange if I am on blood thinning meds I shouldnt have a headache, I called the hospital to ask about it and they looked it up for me as there was no doc there and they said not to worry, just take paracetemol. I feel like Im a whinger. All my pregnancies are so drama filled how can I ever enjoy feeling pregnant.
Doctor A the one who didnt want me to have the ultrasound, called my OB to ask his opinion about the falling hormone levels and said she wanted to put me straight onto clexane. OB disagreed and said something along the lines of his concern for deformities, (he is also against progesterone pessaries for risk of deformities to genitalia in girls) so Im still feeling very torn about the decision to start the clexane.
OB disagreed right from the start about clexane as it was a suggestion from a FS .
Still rambling on sorry, head is killing me.
Just did some more googling and all the info is reasuring but the 2 doctors I spoke with are not very confident at all.
Heaps of sites have charts with wide ranges including the low level and slow rise that my hcg did. Very confusing and DH is yelling at me to get off the bl00dy computer before I give myself a heart attack from stress. He thinks Im only making it worse for myself.

Must be stressful for you :hug:. I am hoping for good news at your scan tomorrow. DH might be right, google can be a scary place to go to when things don't go according to schedule during pregnancy.

We are all here for you, regardless of what happens tomorrow.

I hope things go OK! My HCG levels have been rising slowly and yet my scan results have been good so far...it has my OB and IVF nurse confused...all I can say, is HCG levels can do funny things, they can plateau early apparantly, and they do start to drop at the end of the first trimester, so there is a chance all is OK with you.

I too have been worried and concerned about my levels, and yet my nurse did say, maybe my body is just behaving differently and levels have plateaued early...all graphs are only a guide. It's been doing my head in too!! It makes you sick not knowing. Try and stay positive for you babies sake now...i hope all is OK. Scans are a better check than BTs at this stage for sure.

My levels, for example, were 8500, and a week later 10,500 and 3 days later 11,600 (that was on friday)..and in that same time frame I had two scans, a week apart, which showed perfect growth, a strong rise in heart beat rate etc, and all looking good. So I am trying to focus on the scan results and assume HCG can do funny things.

Hoping to hear good news from you!!

P.s. my DH also screams at me to get off the damned computer, because I keep googling looking for info on HCG levels, and it makes me go even crazier and worry more! There is so much info out there, but it can be hard to find a story that mirrors your own situation. I really feel for you. I am trying to be calmer now and think positive.

:goodluck: Just wanted to wish you luck at your scan today. I really hope all goes well & you can relax & enjoy the rest of your pregnancy.
Big hugs :hug:

I am thinking of you today stickybaby :hug:.

:goodluck: with your scan today. Will be thinking of you today. Sending heaps of :stickyvibesboy::stickyvibesgirl:.

Thinking of you today :hug:

I am thinking of you my love... :hug:

There is a strong heartbeat!!!!:dance: I was feeling so emotional and a little choked up too, and then I kept it together until I read all the posts on here today now Im blubbering, thanks so much for all you well wishes it must have been you guys that helped with the good news.
I have the sonographer confused too, she kept frowning when I was telling her all the info about me and my bizaar hormones and pregnancy dramas.
There is a strong heartbeat and everything looks normal, we could see movement and arms and legs and a jaw and brain, so great, but there was a small area of blood but she said it could be nothing to worry about, only I thought it cant be good if I am now on clexane, so Im making an appointment with the OB and just sticking to him from now on. Im sure the other docs meant well but if they arent aware that hormones are supposed to dwindle off at 11 weeks then I think I want to be with the OB instead. He isnt happy about the clexane so not sure if he will want me to come off it or is it too late? Once you start you probably have to keep going.
You have no idea how much it meant to me to see all of the lovely posts and well wishes on here when I got back from the scan thankyou so so so much.

:cheer: :cheer: Wahoo for a healthy baby and wonderful news :cheer: :cheer:.

So very happy for you! :hug:

Stickybaby - wonderful news about the scan and lovely heartbeat! Good luck with getting the information and reassurance you now need from your Ob. Ask for regular scans if you think that will help.

I am so relieved, thankyou so much! I forgot to mention that the measurements were 3 days smaller than the previous scans but the sonographer wasnt too concerned about 3 days, if it was more then maybe she would worry. Also bub had their head down a little and she said that can throw the measurement out a little.

:hooray:

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy for you!!

:leap:

That's fantastic news. I was so fearful for you reading through the early part of your post as in my successful pregnancy the HCG was over 74,000 at 6 weeks and your results were so much lower. Then I got to today and there was the great news. It just goes to show that it's very difficult to determine things from HCG levels.

I wish you a happy, healthy & more than anything an uneventful pregnancy from this day on.

I think what I did just then wasnt very good, I called the GP first to ask should I continue with the clexane considering the bleed and she said yes, then I called the OB (at the hospital) without asking the GP if that was OK, just to ask him wheather I should go ahead with the injections considering the bleed and the midwife dobbed me in and called the GP that has been seeing me and asked their permission first! :o ooops, how embarrasing, isnt she a cow for doing that. They are all obviously a tight knit little group arent they.:rolleyes:
He said to go ahead with them so Im happy. Was that a really naughty thing to do??
I have to look after myself and the baby. My Mum cracked it and said that it was wrong to do that.

I'd trust the Ob more than the GP, the Ob is the specialist. Good luck sweetie, I will continue to lurk here to watch your baby grow! :hug:

EDIT: Do you know when you are due? You are due about a week before me so you might be in the May 1-15 belly threads! Join us here if you are, we would love to have you along for the journey. The women in this thread are some of the most amazing supportive women I have met!

I don't get it, what did she have to ask the GP's permission for??
Who cares what they think I say, so long as you get the answers you need and you can relax!! :hug:

:cheer: YIPPPPEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! I am so happy for you! :cheer:

:hooray: FANTASTIC NEWS!!!!!

On a side note you ARE NEVER EVER wrong in getting a second opinion if you want it!!!!

HOORAY!!!!! :clap: that's great news...so happy and relieved for you.

(you also give me encouragement with my funny HCG levels!)

Take care xx

YAY!!! Fantastic news! I'm thrilled for you :hooray: