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High HCG Levels After MC

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EmmaAM · 17/11/2020 16:42

Hi everyone, I just wondered if anyone has been through something similar as I'm really confused right now!

I had a MC at 6 and a half weeks round about the beginning of October. I knew it would take time for everything to sort itself out and my hormones get back to normal. I've been taking pregnancy tests (roughly one a week) to monitor my HCG levels and check they were going down. I believe they had started to (never gone completely though) yet I've just done a test this afternoon and the line is darker than ever! Is it possible I could be pregnant so soon? Or that everything didn't pass properly during the MC? I just feel a bit lost and confused so any advice would be really appreciated.

High HCG Levels After MC
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LyingDogsLie1 · 17/11/2020 20:06

Ring your GP in the morning, they will want to monitor you. My HCG levels didn’t fall when I was told I’d miscarried, it transpired it was an ectopic pregnancy. If they’ve not fallen after two weeks it’s a cause for concern.

Bouncytree · 17/11/2020 20:00

Hi @EmmaAM

Sorry to hear about your MC, it is difficult. Do you go medical support after the MC? It is possible for everything not to have passed and if you Havnt you should go to your GP or maternity unit. They normally scan to make sure everything has passed and also do blood tests to monitor hcg levels and make sure they are going down to confirm.

It is important to get seen. To make sure everything has passed and your cycle has returned and make sure there is no chance of infection, and very rare chance of ectopic.

If you were already scanned etc and everything was clear, it is possible to be pregnant again, as your cycle can start again straight away on the first day of bleeding.

But if hcg levels Never went down I think It sounds to me like the first explanation is the most likely.