HCG Slowing down at 5 Week Help

[juju90]

Hello! can anyone please advise on the below beta HCG levels? I am worried because the last one (5 week 4 days) did not double at the same speed of the other ones.. Has anyone experienced a slowing down of the doubling rate at 5 week and went on having a successful pregnancy? I had 3 miscarriages and feeling really worried at the moment.
May 7 151 (3 week 6 days)
May 9 527 (4 week 1 day)
May 12 2,421 (4 week 4 days)
May 15 7,846 (5 week)
May 19 21,846 (5 week 4 days)

My HCG didn't double after around 6,000 at 5 weeks. It went up by around 60%. I went on to have a successful pregnancy. Best of luck!

The rise does slow down once it gets above a certain level.

Your results look good. Is there a reason you are testing?

@Lyla82 thank you! that's what happening to me too. Hopefully it will go well for me too. Doctor advised to stop testing and have an early scan, so I am going tomorrow (6 week). Hopefully everything will look ok

@juju90 I am very familiar with HCG testing and early pregnancy anxiety because I had recurrent early miscarriages.

My doctor told me that once you can have a scan that's a much better way of telling how your pregnancy is going than testing your HCG levels.

Good luck for tomorrow.

@MissScarletInTheBallroom thank you! it's my first IVF transfer after many natural losses, and I am a little nervous. I will go for an early scan tomorrow and hopefully I will be able at least to see if the pregnancy is in the right place. I am only 6 week so I don't think there will be much to see, but any reassurance at the moment will do..

thank you so much @MissScarletInTheBallroom!

If it's IVF then you must know your exact dates and you can be sure you really are 6 weeks, in which case you have a good chance of seeing something.

With my last pregnancy I had scans at 6, 8, 10 and 12 weeks. It's great if you see a heartbeat at 6 weeks and even better if you see one at 8 weeks because between 6 and 8 weeks the risk of miscarriage reduces a lot. 10 weeks is brilliant because that's when it starts to look recognisably human.

Good luck!

I really hope I will see something tomorrow! All my miscarriages were missed miscarriages but this embryo was PGT-A tested, so I really hope it's growing well. Currently ironing trying to distract myself from this (I NEVER iron 😂). Thank you again x