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Has anyone had low hcg levels and have then gone on to achieve a healthy pregnancy?

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Have had two tests, one last Wednesday and the other yesterday (Tuesday) and while levels have doubled since first test, it dawned on me that all is not well accoding to figures which are 38.4 in first test and 182 in second. Am having another test on Saturday and read on internet that hcg levels are not an exact indication but a scan is so am still hoping but really not wanting to get my hopes up.

TIA.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Tue 26-May-09 18:17:13
hello lovely ladies, i have managed to read all your posts and wow !! so much information !!

this is my story;

jan had a 2 week bleed due to having bv, so was advised to go on the pill (microgynon) for 3 months.

however in april had to get a repeat priscription of antibiotics for bv this time 5 doses at once then again 1 week later. i know on pill and antibiotics !!!!!

anyhow i had spotting from the antibiotics which i took on the 27th april had spotting on the 28,29,30,1,2,3,4 took other tablets on the 5th may , spotting continued on 6,7,8,and 9th, stopped the pill on 9th may as had only on the 5th discovered that my boyfriend had been cheating for 2 months !!! and thought that as normal if i stop the pill my period would arrive that night as it normally would every single month!!!!!

nope !!!

tuesday 12th had v light bleed
wednesday thought i had just come on when i woke up to realise nope it was just "old blood" slight pinkish tint but mailny brown !!!!!

was this an implant bleed !!!!

anyhow thursday till the sat i had minimal bleeding, ok it was more everytime i peeded i have a little blood on the tissue !!!!

i done a hpt on
9th afternoon positive-clear blue
9th pm positive-clear blu
10th am negative clear blue
10th afternoon positive clear blue
and continued to be either either all week !!!!!!!

17th pm positive clear blue
18th am negative

18th i went to the doctors and she was confused !!!!!!

had a blood test to see if i was pregnant that day,

hcg level 1miu/l was advised by doctor it was an impossibility to be pregnant !!!

however i did the first hpt because i thought "oh god" i feel pregnant !!!!

i still feel pregnant and my god i know the difference surely !!

i had another blood test done today and believe me i have argued and argued and researched to see what the likely chances are that i'm not pregnant but my body is telling me i am !!!! i need to pee all the time, my belly feels bloated and i feel like something is their !! and oh my god my BOOBS !! they don't feel huge but they hurt as if i'm getting the milk come through ! usually i get milder symptoms around time of my period ! i had an achey belly (not as painful as period pains) for 2 weeks over the time i was "spotting" but no huge clots or anything tiny tiny head pin size !!! tried talking to my doctor about what could give me positive results and she didn't have time to discuss it at that point in time !!! bloody helpful !!! i had test's done in jan for cervical cancer which is cin 1, which could go either way, they could disappear or they could increase so i think if i had ovarian cancer surley it would have been picked up !!!!

i have spent a damn fortune on different tests !!!!! i feel pregnant and yet no where near closer to getting my answer and it's easir said than done to just wait !!

i will get my bloods back thurs/ friday so i'm hoping there is a possibility it's just so early, i can't try again as we have split but although this isn't a ttc child i would love it all the same and so scared that the hospital has made a mistake or that i'm going to loose it !!!!

any responses would be kind. many thanx xxxx
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 16-Apr-09 17:27:26
hi all i'm new to the site and been having some of the issues you've all been talking about. i did 2 positive tests a week ago today, on monday i woke up and was bleeding, i spoke to nhs direct who told me to wait for the worst as it was probably a miscarriage, by 6 in the evening i couldn't wait any longer so went doen to a+e to see if they could find out what was going on. i had a blood test taken to find out my hcg level and it came back as 23, i thought i was about 5 weeks pregnant, the consultant said it should be about 1000 at this stage. but he asked me to go back for another test today, so i went back and have just had the results, its gone up to 25. now i'm thinking that if you have a miscarriage then the hcg level should be going down and i realise that it hasnt doubled in 48 hours like it "should" in a viable pregnancy but what the hell does this mean? am i still pregnant? have i had a miscarriage? i've been bleeding since monday but its slowed right down now. i've now been told by another consultant to wait util next thursday for another blood test. i just dont know what to think/do.
aimee
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 08-Apr-09 14:42:32
Hi sorry just want to say this will be my 2nd missed miscarige in a year am 42 and hope this is not my last chance to have a baby
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 08-Apr-09 14:39:04
Hi my name is debbie and new to this sight, i was told at bearly 5 weeks pregnant i had a blighted ovem an to have a d an c i said know 2 weeks later there was a baby but they said it had died day befor and said to have a d n c then i told them wanted to wait another wk as they wear wrong befor got scan tommo, had h c g levels done 2 days apart they rose but only by 1000 , still feel pregnant so am so worried but am exspecting the worst and said will have a d an c tommo if no change, but want to say if they say you have a blighed ovem please wait as this was not true in my case good luck to every body who is going through this x x
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 02-Apr-09 17:43:13
Ok. I just found out I am pregnant, almost a year after my ectopic. My hcg levels were only @ 19 yesterday (which was the day of my missed period, but my period has been lasting 30-31 days so i think i could have easily ovulated late) anyways i am so afraid my numbers are too low, i go back tomorrow for more lab work..i am so excited & worried.

after my ectopic i took the shots, and had an hsg..my tubes were clear! i didn't have any damage. i am hoping this will help my odds of not having another ectopic.
hi all, well i am a week late, done a ton af preg tests an all negative, i did 2 or 3 that came out with faint lines, havin all the symptoms of pregnancy so very confussed. The thing is i have always had regular periods on a 28 day cycle, all text book. Well i obviously talked to my mum about it an asked if she had any complications when she was pregnant with me, low and behold she did, she tried gettin pregnant for 2 years with my dad and nothing then obviously she didnt get her period one month, so like all women 25 years ago she went to the chemist and did a pregnancy tests, they are the same as the ones we can do at home now, well it came back negative, she went back 2 weeks later, did the same, still negative, she then went to the doctors and had a blood test, came back negative, then had 6 more tests in the space of 3 months which all came back negative. Anyway the doctor was eventually worried as my mum had no bleeding for that entire time either so he sent her for a scan (not like the ones we had today) and low and behold there was me swimming around in her belly and she was 13 weeks gone!!!!!!! Now im worried tha it maybe genetic or am i just setting myself up for faulse hope?!?!?!?

katy
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 31-Jan-09 13:02:48
Hi notsuregoing crazy. Dont know if you are still checking this but i have been searching for some advice! I am now 22 days late for my always regular period. I think i am pregnant as i have a little boy of 2.5yrs and i know how i felt with him. I have done about 8 home pregnancy tests, all with negative results. I have been to the docs for a blood test yesturday and am waiting the results. I was searching the internet to see if i could just have low hcg levels and thats why its not showing up. Doc says wait and see if period arrives on the 6th feb then if not he will try to arrange a scan. Just don't know what to do.
What happened with you? Were you pregnant just with low levels?
Hope all is well
x
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 21-Jan-09 10:18:45
Hallo, Can somebody PLEASE explain this to me....Last year june I had invetro done and lost the baby at 8 weeks....I had my last period 25 dec and ovulated the week of 5th Jan....We have been doing it everyday, at leasat twice a day. On the 9th of jan I had a blood test done and it was negative...Again on Monday (19Jan) I had another....Now the strange thing is that on the first blood test it said Negative with no additional information, But on this one it says negative and above that is says >1 which mean higher than 1. I saw a dr on Monday and she said I should wait to see if I get my period cause if younot pregnant then there should be a <1 (lower than 1)

Please anyone, I am going crazy!!! What does >1 Higher than one mean....Could it be that I am pregnant but just very early??

I have EXTREME trender breasts and dont feel to well
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 21-Jan-09 10:17:54
Hallo, Can somebody PLEASE explain this to me....Last year june I had invetro done and lost the baby at 8 weeks....I had my last period 25 dec and ovulated the week of 5th Jan....We have been doing it everyday, at leasat twice a day. On the 9th of jan I had a blood test done and it was negative...Again on Monday (19Jan) I had another....Now the strange thing is that on the first blood test it said Negative with no additional information, But on this one it says negative and above that is says >1 which mean higher than 1. I saw a dr on Monday and she said I should wait to see if I get my period cause if younot pregnant then there should be a <1 (lower than 1)

Please anyone, I am going crazy!!! What does >1 Higher than one mean....Could it be that I am pregnant but just very early??

I have EXTREME trender breasts and dont feel to well
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 21-Dec-08 10:22:06
Hello EmilyRae, how did things go with you? We are in a similar situation. 3 positive preg home preg tests, then a spot of bleeding at 4 weeks, with heavier bleeding 2 days later. Preg test in hosp was neg but hcg levels were 72. Bleeding stopped but 48 hours later have dropped to 32. But having worked in a lab know mistakes can be made. Have to wait 5 days for a repeat test.
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