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 :)

[slippinandsliddin]

OK- so i am crazy.

I took another urine pregnancy test today (9-27) and it came up positive again. I added the photo of some of my PG tests (I threw some away) to my profile. Here is the direct link- donno if it will work- http://www.medhelp.org/user_photos/show/105535?personal_page_id=791626) This test is 10 days after the "3" results on the HCG blood test.

Yes- I am going nuts- cause I was tempted to try and ***** my finger and see if I could get a a positive out of my blood.

I have no idea what is up with me.

In the past- when I miscarried- they sent me for HCG blood tests to amke sure all the material was out of me- and I have had no bleeding- so I dont understand.

I'm hoping for lab error. I will let everyone know.

[ita17]

Hang in there hun ;-/  You have been thru A LOT!  There is nothing you can do about anything right now, so TRY to not stress too much about it>  Call Monday, or go in.  I left a great OB last year, for that reason, I could NEVER get a hold of him, or a nurse.  I was sad, since I really liked him & he delivered 2 of my kiddos, but he was just too busy I guess & the front desk girls I don't think gave him my messages.  I had been mc'n & he never even called me, by the time it was complete I had a new OB.
Sometimes lab work is not correct.  There is always a chance that its not accurate.  I had tons of b/w after my last mc & out of I think 9 tests, 3 came back that it was not done correctly & I was to redo them...lab errors.
Keep us posted & lots of luck ;)

[slippinandsliddin]

Thanks so much for the comments.

It is just sooo strange and so hard to go thru. I just don't understand how blood could be 3 and the HPTs coming up positive. (These read at level 25 HCG.)

I am also sorta ticked that it took a week for me to find this out- that no one called. I ACTUALLY HAD TO ASK the doctor what it was. IT COULD have been longer- as the doctor wanted to see me in a week to two- and I went for the week when making the appt. I suppose I am just emotional.

I am also afraid to leave the house because of my past miscarriages. (6 weeks, 9 weeks, and 18 weeks.)

I also have a very swollen groin gland/lymph node that I brought to the doctor's attention- but he didn't seem to be worried? (All my test results are negative on any STDs ...)

I have also had cervical cancer ... and we had a little girl that died- so all this is very hard on me.

I think if I have any problems this weekend I am going right to the ER.

I'm calling MONDAY- so will keep everyone posted.

[adgal]

There is no way to know for certain until you have your next blood draw.  3 of my losses were chemical and with one of them my first HCG draw was 5.  I was already bleeding at that point. It confuses me that you would have a 3 on the blood draw and then followed by a positive HPT test. The only brand I am aware of that will pick up HCG levels really really low is FRER. Most others require at least a 15.  As for the line being dark, the HPT's only tell you positive or negative, you can't go by how dark the line actually is.  What a terrible situation to be going through.  I hope it's a lab error and I will keep you in my thoughts.  Please keep us posted.  

[JourneyJoJo]

Could have been a chemical pregnancy, but given what you say about the lab, I'd wait for the next results.  The waiting game is so frustrating.  Hang in there.