To think that a midwife should be able to answer this-HCG levels

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I am just over 8 weeks pregnant. Due to early bleeding I was seen by the early pregnancy team where I found out that my HCG levels initially doubled but then began to rise much more slowly. The blending stopped a couple of weeks ago and the 7 week scan was fine and I found out I was having twins- both heartbeats were seen and everything looked fine. The midwives at EPU said that HCG levels aren't relevant and they just go by scans but everything I read online contradicts this. I asked another midwife today at my booking appointment and she said she didn't know what the levels should be and if they indicate viability or not. I have a consultant appointment in two weeks so will ask again then but does anyone have any experience where they had low rising HCG levels which resulted in a healthy baby?

My levels were:
First test- 202
48 hours later- 421
7days later- 492
7days later 1063

I really appreciate any shared experiences, I have tried posting in pregnancy forum but no responses and I can't stop thinking about it.

If you've seen two visible embryos with hearts beating. hCG levels long, long ago became irrelevant. If the pregnancies hadn't been viable at that stage you wouldn't have got to this stage.

It’s not an exact science, levels vary a lot, scans are more relevant. I had sky high HCG levels in the pregnancy i miscarried, and much lower levels in my successful pregnancy.

HCG levels aren't relied on anymore. I had high levels with a miscarriage, they don't indicate anything. If you're looking for reassurance, there are other ways they can help you. A midwife can't tell you if your pregnancy is viable just from HCG levels, so they wouldn't even give you an estimate of what they indicate.

Hcg can be used to confirm pregnancy and as long as it raises appropriately then they are normally happy , all different women and pregnancies have different levels so they use scan as more of an indication .

Once you have babies on a scan Hcg becomes less useful. The best way of monitoring them is with scans. The only time it would become useful again is if you unfortunately had a miscarriage and were ensuring there were no retained products etc.
Hcg is useful early on when you aren’t sure if it is a viable pregnancy or where it is etc

Hcg's are completely variable between women. Doubling is a good sign. However - it's not an exact science and the 'guide' to what they should be a different weeks - the range is huge!

However, a fetal heart at USS is the best indicator of a viable pregnancy - if you have this, you need not worry about Hcgs. They are now irrelevant.

Agree with the rest, HCG means very little unless it's remarkably low or slow to double.

My levels with the last three pregnancies were all 70,000-100,000 by 6 weeks pregnant. So, incredibly high and off the charts. All three ended in miscarriage.