low HCG levels

[sparky168]

Hi everyone!  I'm new to this but here goes.  I had a natural miscarriage on March 19th 2006.  I was ten weeks but the baby had died at 6 weeks.  Everything went as well as can be expected and my HCG level was 2 about a month ago.  I took an HPT last week and it was faintly positive.  Took a few more, and they are still faint.  Went to the doctor and I have an HCG level of 25.  Could it be I caught it really early and that's why the levels aren't rising that high yet?  Any help in this situation would be greatly appreciated.  

Thanks!!

[MrsBritney25]

Hi there  - First I want to say how sorry I am that you had to go thru that... it is very sad.

I am making sure that I have your question correct - you want to know if maybe you are pregnant, and caught it very early?

If that is the question, then, the answer is yes.
You could have caught your pregnancy very early -
Did you have a D&C with your miscarriage? Or did you miscarry naturally ?

And if your HCG was at "2" a month ago, then this new HCG of 25 would definitely be a new baby - 25 is pretty low - are they scheduling you for another blood test to see if your HCG is doubling?

[cutiemama]

The only way to know if this pg is viable is to draw blood again in 48 hours from the first blood to see if hcg is doubling. Lots of sticky baby dust to you*****************************

[sparky168]

I didn't have a D&C it was a natural mc.  I have to go back for another test tomorrow.  If it doubles we're safe, if not then I have to accept the fact that its either a chemical pregnancy or another miscarriage.  I'm just having a freak out session because I figured everything would be fine then we got a low HCG level.  I know I have to wait and see til tomorrow but the waiting is killing me!!  I was just wondering how if you can have an HCG level of 25 at like 1-2 weeks after conception.

Thanks for the reply!  It makes me feel better!

[kmp1971]

I just wanted to let you know that with my current pregnancy, I got a positive test, and went to the doctor a day or two later to check levels, etc., because of a miscarriage in December.  The nurse called me the next day to tell me the hcg was 9.  I was shocked and scared and was sure the pregnancy was doomed.  After they tested again the next day, I found out the level had gone up to 57.  I am now 12 weeks pregnant, and heard the baby's heart beat at 165 bpm at 11 weeks and 2 days.  Don't panic, it may all be just fine.  The nurse told me that I was just "newly pregnant."  I do have to say that I was absolutely amazed that two different HPTs had picked up the pregnancy at a level less than 9!! Anyway, congratulations on your pregnancy and I wish you well.

[sparky168]

Well my HCG today was 13 so I guess that means chemical pregnancy.  Hope to get my period soon so we can try again.  Not giving up hope yet.  Thanks everyone for the help.

[schautzi]

I hope someone can help me.  i found out I was pregnant on the 2nd of May.  On the 5th I had an ultrasound and showed no pregnancy.  On the 10th I had another ultrasound, still no signs of pregnancy.  Also on the 10th I had my hcg levels tested and they were 1539, two days later they were 1387, four days later they were 1932.  I went for another ultrasound and it showed an intrauterine pregnancy of about 6 weeks with a heart rate of 123 bpm.  I went again today (May 19) for more hcg level testing.  They say it is a "wait and see" senerio.  Has anyone had such fluctuating hcg levels and had a viable pregnancy?  Please help me understand the liklihood of miscarriage.

[cjr0781]

I had a m/c in Jan.06 at 6 weeks. My levels were normal at first going as high as 4000. I m/c normally (no D & c), levels dropping completely by the end of March. I had my first normal cycle on March 30. My second on April 23. Beginning on May 22 i  began taking hpt to see...i had 5 negatives between May 22-May 25. I had 13 positive hpt between May 25-May 31. Still no period. I had a HCG quant and progesterone drawn on May 30. My HCG shows 195 and progesterone shows 19.3.  My lmp shows i should be 5 wks and 3 days, but my doctor says my HCG shows only about 2 wks. Said because of abnormal periods i couldve ovulated later. I am scheduled to have redraw of HCG on June 5. I have had all signs of good preg so far. Nausea, no cycle, fatigue. No bleeding or cramping. I feel very preg.  should i worry????

[nazee]

Hi.I had an ectopic preg last Aug and just had a 7week miscarrige two weeks ago. I went for a follow up check and my gynae took a HCG test. Apperantly my HCG is low,
Does anyone know what that implies?

[baby or not]

I need help! I had my levels checked and it was 19 two days ago then today it was a 8 but hospitals machine was down all day . I have had little bleeding but nothing major . The ob checked and my cervix is still closed. I dont understand . So my question is can my levels go up and down and can I still save the baby

[jrose]

I am 31 yrs old and this is my first pregnancy.  I am a little worried because after the blood test confirmed I was pregnant, my Dr did a progesterone test and an HCG Quan to see how far along I was.  When the results came in my progesterone was 9.9 and my HCG was 176.  The Dr immediately put me on progesterone pills in which now it is at a normal level.  What I am concerned about is my HCG level. It has gone up, but 48 hrs after the first test it only went up to 276 and 72 hrs after that it only went up to 379. I am only about three weeks pregnant and the level falls within that range.  I thought the HCG level was supposed to double though.  Someone told me as long as it rises don't worry but I am not sure if they are correct.  Does anyone know for sure and is this normal?  I am waiting on a call from the Dr now.

[justmyluck]

hi just wondering if anyone has any thought on my situation? my last period started on june 2nd i took fertomid 50. come july 2nd no period july 3rd and 4th took to home pregnancy test they read negative. july 6th started getting brown spotting just spots not even useing one pad a day. so took 3 hpt came up positive how happy i was, but for the spotting went to er to be on the safe side took hcg level he said it was low 382 ihe said i was about 4 weeks and it should be between 100 and 1,000 to come back in 2 days the next one will tell if its a good pregnancy. went back the 12th of june it went down to 232 they said sorry your miscarrying.today is the 19th i have not miscarried yet? the spotting always is brown no cramping today it as stopped i just dont feel pregnant exept my boobs hurt and i dont feel like im misscarrying.its weird sitting around waiting for it to happen but just from those numbers their like sorry its no good for ya. my dr said to go back want to follow the number down to 0 go back in a week thats today im going to go tommorow but im not sure if i want to no? whats the chances of it going up? sometimes i think its the stupid pills i took i been trying for 10 years now this?please help!

[gcruz30]

I am having the same issues as everyone else. I thought I had my last period starting July 1, however, it was lating too long 15 days! When it stopped I had sex w/bf and then the next day it started back up. on 7/17 I went to the er because I didnt know what to think, there was no pain and it was really just spotting, everytime I wiped there it was. Anyway after 6 grueling hours in the er they confirmed I was pregnant. However I got 3 conflicting stories. The dr who only looked at my sonogram and did not examine me stated "it looks like you lost it" very crude, the nurse who showed me in to the examining room stated "It's not your fault, it doesn't look good" and the dr. that actually examined me" you're pregnant, your cervix was closed and you need to follow up with the ob/gyn clinic for more tests". The official diagnosis was a "threatened abortion and questionable embryonic sac" How screwy is this? So my syptms come and go, some days my breast are sore the next nothing, I feel the need to urinate then I don't, back and forth like this. I go to the clinic and they draw blood, my 1st test in the er showed hcg @4179, that friday the clinic said the levels went up 1,000 to @5180, but because it was going up slowly they wanted to check it again the following friday. Now I hadn't spotted or bleed since th er visit, it just stopped completely, still no pain or anything. I was suppose to have another sonogram as per th er visit, but the clinic kept saying no thay just want blood to check my levels. 2x times I reqested another sono because I feel something inside, both times they said no just blood. The last hcg level check came back w/it @1600 and w/out any examinations done only the one in the er. I was told I had a miscarriage. So my question, if I had a miscarriage why was there a diagnosis of a threartened abortion and questionable sac (meaning to me that there was something inside) and if there was a sac why after 2 weeks I havent expelled anything and stopped bleeding before this. And why do I continue to have syptms? Is it still possible to be pregnant after all this?

[griffinsmom]

Hi. Trying to get pg with my husband again after one m/c in 2003 and a stillbirth in 2005... (no full-term pregnancies). We won't give up though. Went to walk-in clinic and he sent me for a blood test for pregnancy. Results came in... we're pregnant. But he wants me to have another blood test just to make sure. Since I'm a high risk for preclamsia and the hellps (high blood pressure)we have to be watched closely. Been having signs of headaches, bloating, fatigue, heartburn... Could I still be pg?
Anxiously waiting for Thursday

[shell2006]

Hi everyone,

I am wondering if anyone has heard of this as I am after some reassurance.
Previous misscarriages (all early no h/b deteced): 5
I have a 2 year old son also.

I am 6 weeks pregnant and My HCG levels came back at 42,000 and the doc took another sample the next day as I was having some spotting.  They phoned me in the afternoon to tell me that unfortunatley it had dropped to 36,000.  I went for an u/s this morning as I wanted to see if any "products" as they called it were left behind so I can have a D&C and they detected a healthy sac and h/beat all measuring correctly give or take 3 days.  Does that mean since we saw the h/beat ignore the HCG? Or is my pregnancy still destined to fail?
Please help.

[cynpolk]

Hi...I took 3 pregnancy tests last Wednesday and they were all positive.  Called the Dr and they sent me to get a blood test for the HCG level and then I went to see her on Friday.  The nurse told me that the level was only 105 and that is very low.  The Dr came in and told me that it may just be very early and the nurses aren't used to seeing low numbers like that because they usually don't take patients until 8 weeks.  Don't know why they saw me.  Anyway, was told to go get another blood test on Friday...it is now Tuesday and they finally called and told me the # is only 165 now, which is still low.  I asked the nurse what it could mean and she said that it might not be a "Good" pregnancy.  So, back to go get more blood taken today...now I will have to wait another 2 days.  I just hate waiting like this.  Is there hope for this pregnancy or are these numbers just not going up like they should.  My last period was 7/13, so i would only be about 3 1/2 weeks.  Any comments???

[ladybird4]

I am 25 and pregnant, my hcg count is around 200, does anyone know how pregnant this is, could it be 5 weeks or 2-3 weeks?

[Brindie]

Hi, My first part of this is in response to Gcruz30 comment # 12 it sounds very much like you could possibly have a blighted ovum. Where the pregnancy is there and everything forms as a normal pregnancy except for the baby. This happened to me about 9 years ago so as far as the numbers and such I can't remember but I ended up having a natural miscarriage at 12 weeks.

My second part of this is more of a concern for myself. Just wondering since it seems everyone seems to know a little more about these hcg levels around here than I do if..having a level 1 means anything? I have a tubal ligation and had been about a week late for my first period and in that time my hcg was at a level 1. My doctor is doing another test but since my breasts are leaking a bluish gray color he's also checking another level to see if I might have a tumor on my petuitary (sp) gland. Has anyone went through or heard anything like this before? Could I be pregnant (ectopical)with such a low number? He said it's the lowest number he's ever seen and he's not sure what to think about it. :S
Thanks and good luck to you all and I hope that the little info that I gave to you gcruz30 helps.
Take care,
Brindie

[Brindie]

Hi, My first part of this is in response to Gcruz30 comment # 12 it sounds very much like you could possibly have a blighted ovum. Where the pregnancy is there and everything forms as a normal pregnancy except for the baby. This happened to me about 9 years ago so as far as the numbers and such I can't remember but I ended up having a natural miscarriage at 12 weeks.

My second part of this is more of a concern for myself. Just wondering since it seems everyone seems to know a little more about these hcg levels around here than I do if..having a level 1 means anything? I have a tubal ligation and had been about a week late for my first period and in that time my hcg was at a level 1. My doctor is doing another test but since my breasts are leaking a bluish gray color he's also checking another level to see if I might have a tumor on my petuitary (sp) gland. Has anyone went through or heard anything like this before? Could I be pregnant (ectopical)with such a low number? He said it's the lowest number he's ever seen and he's not sure what to think about it. :S
Thanks and good luck to you all and I hope that the little info that I gave to you gcruz30 helps.
Take care,
Brindie

[Brindie]

Sorry about the double post it told me it was rejected but I also found a link that might help some of you out so I thought I would post it in this appology while I was at it. Thanks.
http://www.conceivingconcepts.com/learning/articles/hcg.html

Take care and again, sorry about the double post,
Brindie

[annwest]

I know exactly how you feel I took a test on friday at home and it was positive. Yesterday my blood level was 25 and now I have to wait until tommorrow.

[bhonn]

Hello everyone.Just registered. First time on this site.

This comment/question is in response to c#18. I have been trying to get pregnant. On an average I have a 26 to 27 day cycle. I am on my 30 day and no signs of having my period. This so far is a great sign for me, however, I took a blood test yesterday, 29 days, and my HCG level read 1. I guess I wanted to know if anyone has had this happen and still of been pregnant?  I hoping that maybe it's still too early.

If anyone has experienced this or has any information for me, your comments are welcomed.

Thanks and good luck to all that are expecting and trying!

Bhonn

[cynpolk]

A few weeks ago I had the low HCG level and then got a call from the Dr telling me that it was 795, which I was told was good for where I was.  Last Friday I went to the Dr for my 8 week check up and was told that my baby didn't have a heartbeat.  Later that day I had surgery.  I had changed Dr's since the HCG testing and the new one said that had he known about the issues with the numbers he would have done more tests and probably known sooner.  This new Dr I went to said he does ultrasounds at 8 weeks because of things like what I went through.  A lot of Dr's wont do it so early, but if possible find one that will!

[NYCgrrrl]

I understand what all of you are going through.  The week after we walked into the fertility clinic to begin discussing in vitro, I apparently got pregnant.  I am very nervous however, because, if I ovulated when I think I did, my HCG numbers are low.  I've had three tests so far, first was 74, then 2 days later at 207, then 3 days later at 660.  So they are doubling normally, but the numbers still are very low for when I think I may have ovulated.  Also I had an US on ont he same days as the 660 and they couldn't see anything.  I am going back in on Thursday (3 days after the 660), and reallyhope there is something they can see.  Does anyone know of a healthy pregnancy that started with low numbers, but doubled regularly, and had only normal symptoms (very mild cramping for past weeks, and sore boobs for past few days)?  Thank you, I really could use some advice!

[marinsmom]

Hi everyone, I'm in a similiar situation...just wondering if anyone can help me feel better.  

This is my 2nd pregnancy.  I have a 3 1/2 year old daughter, who was very easy, no problems...She was delivered at 37 weeks.  

I found out last week I was pregnant through a pg test at the drs. office.  The result was very faint, so they did bloodwork to confirm...My HCG was 735.  I went back for more bloodwork on Wed.  and my number was 1030.  (It didn't double, but it did go up...) I had an ultrasound today, they did see a grey "speck" in my uterus and said I was probably only about 4 1/2 weeks.  I was thinking I should be more like 5 or 6 weeks.  The sonographer told me she probably would not be able to see anything today and it wouldn't be bad news even if she didn't.  She was able to rule out an ectopic, b/c she saw the "speck" in my uterus.  I go back for another ultrasound in 2 weeks when they are hoping they can see a heartbeat.   I have some normal pregnancy symptoms, mild gas, very sore boobs...fatique.  

Oh, on both blood tests, my progest.  was good.  

Anyone with a similiar circumstance?  

thanks...