Lab error or misccariage (positive HPT yet 3 HCG?)

[slippinandsliddin]

Hello.

I have some weird test results going on here and was looking for some help. I am currently 5w6d preg.- as far as I know.

At 8 dpo I had a teeny bit of implantation bleeding- which is typical of me when PREG.

At 4w1d preg. I took a HPT and got positive (along with three other HPT- just to make sure.

Next day (4w2d preg.) I went to the dr. who did a urine test- came back negative. Also did a BLOOD test- Went home and did more HPT- all positive (these are the ones that detect 25 HCG.) Well- a few days later I find BLOOD came back at 75 HCG. (Dr.'s attribute the negative result to too much liquid intake?)

Three days later- had HCG done again. (4w5d)

Yesterday- 5w5d- my doctor tells me the HCG (at 4w5d) came back at 3! ?????  (3 means NOT PREGNANT) Says I could have miscarried (I have had 2 miscarriages in the last year) or lab error. Well- the lab was having a problem with dull needles and tubes that refused to fill- that they had to send back. Dr. sends me to lab for another HCG- which won't be back until MONDAY. (AND I usually HAVE TO GO IN TO the dorcor's office- as NO ONE will ever return my calls ... or I can wait until my next appt on Wednesday.)

On the way home from doctor (which I told the dr. I was doing)  ... I get two more HPT and they come back DARK postive immediately.

So if I am at 3 HCG- the HPT would show negative, right?

Should my doctor have done a urine PREG. test there or sent me for an ultrasound immediately? Is my doctor doing right by me? Has not done an internal exam.

What would make my HCG so low other than lab error- too much water again? Vansihing twin???? Still implanting? Ectopic?

I have no bleeding/cramps/etc. Breasts are still swollen/I am exhusted.

Thank you :)

[ita17]

Yeah, no way would your 2nd line EVEN be as dark as the top test done!!!!  All 4 tests are for sure +'s! I think there was a lab error.
Poor thing ;(

[TreeFrog7]

You're not crazy - THIS is crazy!

Obviously there's an error somewhere. No doubt about that. Keep us posted!

Best wishes,
~Wendy

[slippinandsliddin]

Yes, the bottom pic is from today- and I swear the test line is DARKER than the control line.

Thanks everyone so much!

Keep ya posted ...

[ita17]

That is CRAZY!  When do you go in for another beta?  The lab HAD to be wrong!

[Courtcoop]

that is a major major positive...something is very very strange

[slippinandsliddin]

I had another Beta done on Thursday the 24th.

It is definitely positive.

From what I have read HCG hits your blood FIRST- then your kidneys filter your blood and then it shows in your urine- sometimes on a diluted scale- which happened to me. So it seems to always be greater concentrated in your blood. When HCG lLEAVES your system it then is last to leave the urine- but I doubt 10 days later- unless I have acute kidney failure ...probably just 2 days at max ...

I just called the office for the doctor or nurse to call me back with the results- as I know they are in. BUT they have a real problem with returning calls- and so I ahve had to GO to the office wait until they give me the results.

Will post when/if I hear something ... :)