HCG Levels at 230 - can’t tell if good or bad?!

[mumsytobe]

Hey everybody, found out I was pregnant last week on Friday. Had the faintest positive ever so I had the weekend to let it sink in before I called my GP on Monday morning. I went in for a pregnancy test and they confirmed pregnancy, I then got bloods taken and they confirmed then that my hcg levels were at 75 - so I was either really early on in pregnancy or things weren’t good.

Went back for more tests today and just got results that my hcg levels have more than doubled to 230. I’m really happy with that but it’s left me with more unanswered questions. My last period was on the 28th of October, which would make me roughly 6 weeks pregnant, however I’m on the pill and am unsure of when or how I ovulated so I’m expecting I could be as little as 4 weeks?

Looking for a bit of guidance and help, with my son I knew when I ovulated and my cycles were exactly 28 days so I knew how far along I was - this time I haven’t a clue!

sorry should’ve made it more clear! My period started on the 21st of October and only ended on the 28th! Heads up my butt today

If you are on the pill your periods dates are irrelevant as you are essentially having withdrawal bleeding.
Your blood results look good. And i think you just did the pregnancy test very early.
Did you forget your pill and that's why you tested? Or had you just started the pill and it failed?
Either way, you will know for sure how far along you are at your dating scan at 12 weeks!

Those levels sound to me like you are about 4 weeks and the fact they more than doubled shows things are going nicely so far I would stick with 4 weeks in ur head so at 12 week scan if ur put back u won't be disappointed and will be expecting it

@SunnySideUp2020

If you are on the pill your periods dates are irrelevant as you are essentially having withdrawal bleeding. Your blood results look good. And i think you just did the pregnancy test very early. Did you forget your pill and that's why you tested? Or had you just started the pill and it failed? Either way, you will know for sure how far along you are at your dating scan at 12 weeks!

That was basically what my GP said but she wasn’t much help on the dating part! I’ve actually been on the pill since I had my son two years ago so I really don’t know what’s happened here, everyone always tells you that you have a gut feeling and I just did so I took a test and it came back positive!

That’s what I was thinking too, go into it thinking I’m four weeks and if I’m any further along by the time my twelve week scan comes then it’ll be a pleasant surprise