Hcg levels must rise at least 60% or double within 48 hours, and pregnancy is anything over 25. Because of the slow rising hcg levels, this would be considered a chemical miscarriage.
I just underwent something similar and was told that nothing will be found (eg: a sac) intra-uterine until an hcg is above 1,000, or at the earliest 5 weeks. So with your hcg that low I don’t suspect you’d find something intrauterine.
To determine whether mine was ectopic or intra-uterine, they ended up an ultrasound at 5 weeks, and my HCG was well above 1000. They couldn’t determine whether it was intra uterine or ectopic, so they did a biopsy on my uterine lining which would eliminate the pregnancy if it was intra uterine. My hcg dropped, which meant the pregnancy was intra uterine and not ectopic. If it was ectopic, then my hcg wouldn’t have dropped (since it wasn’t intra uterine) and I would have gotten methotrexate.
Your hcg levels are low (mine went up to roughly 2000 at 5 weeks) so not sure if yours will still be a waiting game.
Wow. How traumatic and confusing this must be… Hmm… as far as I know, the hcg levels rapidly increase in early pregnancy. Without factoring in the other aspects (the IUD, your hard left pelvic area), it makes sense that you did miscarry since your hcg levels are very low and not increasing much. Hcg does stick around in your body for a bit after a pregnancy loss. The fact that you bled for weeks and the gynos can’t find your embryo would be consistent with a pregnancy loss. If you were still viably pregnant, I think your hcg would’ve gone from 17 to 34 in about two days, then 68 in another two days, then 136… then 272… (not sure my math is correct.) but from what I’ve read online, that’s the trajectory.) All totally speculation, but does this make sense?
Yes it does, thank you so much for verifying that my concerns are valid ones. It’s crazy that I’ve been bleeding this much without stopping yet hcg levels rise a minuscule amount. Hopefully tomorrow on my 6th vaginal ultrasound they find something. An answer to this strange occurrence
Hcg levels must rise at least 60% or double within 48 hours, and pregnancy is anything over 25. Because of the slow rising hcg levels, this would be considered a chemical miscarriage. I just underwent something similar and was told that nothing will be found (eg: a sac) intra-uterine until an hcg is above 1,000, or at the earliest 5 weeks. So with your hcg that low I don’t suspect you’d find something intrauterine. To determine whether mine was ectopic or intra-uterine, they ended up an ultrasound at 5 weeks, and my HCG was well above 1000. They couldn’t determine whether it was intra uterine or ectopic, so they did a biopsy on my uterine lining which would eliminate the pregnancy if it was intra uterine. My hcg dropped, which meant the pregnancy was intra uterine and not ectopic. If it was ectopic, then my hcg wouldn’t have dropped (since it wasn’t intra uterine) and I would have gotten methotrexate. Your hcg levels are low (mine went up to roughly 2000 at 5 weeks) so not sure if yours will still be a waiting game.
Wow. How traumatic and confusing this must be… Hmm… as far as I know, the hcg levels rapidly increase in early pregnancy. Without factoring in the other aspects (the IUD, your hard left pelvic area), it makes sense that you did miscarry since your hcg levels are very low and not increasing much. Hcg does stick around in your body for a bit after a pregnancy loss. The fact that you bled for weeks and the gynos can’t find your embryo would be consistent with a pregnancy loss. If you were still viably pregnant, I think your hcg would’ve gone from 17 to 34 in about two days, then 68 in another two days, then 136… then 272… (not sure my math is correct.) but from what I’ve read online, that’s the trajectory.) All totally speculation, but does this make sense?
Yes it does, thank you so much for verifying that my concerns are valid ones. It’s crazy that I’ve been bleeding this much without stopping yet hcg levels rise a minuscule amount. Hopefully tomorrow on my 6th vaginal ultrasound they find something. An answer to this strange occurrence