miscarriage

[c1help]

Can anyone help??? I am now 8 weeks pregnant i started bleeding (like a period bright red for 4/5days) and cramping, 3 weeks ago and now im spotting blood (on and off) got my hcg levels tested friday they were526, i am awaiting the results from today.. Is it possible i am misscarrying or could i still be pregnant?? please help as it is all i can think about

I'm sorry you are going through this, what a horrible thing to be happening, especially just before christmas. Not that it is any better whatever the date. I'm afraid from what you describe there is a high chance that you are miscarrying, given that you have had quite a lot of bleeding and your hcg is low for 8 weeks. But really there is no way of knowing until you have your next set of results. At 8 weeks I am very surprised that you have not been scanned instead of having blood tests.
Wishing you all hte best with the blood test, hopefully it turns out to be good news after all.

Thank you. Doc said scan next step, was just wondering is this normal if it is a miscarriage to still be bleeding, or with my hcg levels is it still possible to be still pregnant

Your hcg level indicates that you are still pregnant, a non pregnant level is less than 5. However, for 8 weeks one would expect your level to be significantly higher if the pregnancy is viable. Everyone is different though. If you have miscarried, your hcg level might mean that it is not complete yet and you may need treatment to help your body finish the task off. It also takes a few weeks for your levels to return to zero after a miscarriage.

First, really so sorry that you are going through this.

You asked if it was normal still to be bleeding. With my first miscarriage I bled for about a week and a half, about the same amount as a medium/light day of period, and then the actual miscarriage happened. I must warn you a natural miscarriage can be pretty painful so if it turns out it has gone wrong you need to talk to your doctor about the options - at the very least make sure you have very good painkillers.

All the best...

Spoke to the doc today hcg levels dropped to 300... Must go back Thursday to get tested again, really worried.. Has anyone gone through similar

Did they not tell you anything else apart from the level? They shouldn't just leave you in the dark and you absolutely must get a scan. You must ask them direct questions about what your results mean.

Unfortunately a falling level is never good news and would indicate that your bleeding was the start of a miscarriage. However it is clearly not completed and you may need treatment to manage it.

Since the level is actually falling as opposed to slow rising, I believe that rules out ectopic pregnancy. But I'm afraid I don't think a falling hcg level can indicate a viable pregnancy.

Again, really sorry that you are going through this.

c1help - sorry about your miscarriage. You will find support on the miscarriage threads here on mn.

It does look like your hcg levels are dropping fairly slowly. I have had this happen twice before. It is tough going back repeatedly for blood tests to check that the levels are continuing to decline as they should.

The levels are supposed to approximately halve over 48 hours, but it does not aways happen so fast.

Occasionally some women find that the levels stop falling, and an incomplete miscarriage occurs, where some retained material remains, and this has to be removed with surgury. However this is not too common fortunately. As long as your hcg levels are falling, you can continue to be monitored. With my last pregnancy that I miscarried at 8 weeks, it took 2 months for my levels to return to zero.

I hope that you get plenty of support from the hospital in terms of emotional as well as physical.
Make sure you are kind to yourself right now, it is a tough time.