Question about low HcG
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Question about low HcG
| Thu, 09-04-2003 - 7:10pm |
I got my blood test back today and my hcg level is low. She said it was 37.8. I am currently almost 6 weeks (23-26 dpo). From what I have seen on the internet, I should be in the thousands by now. Do you think the 37.8 that she said to me was just a unit of measure that she was reading off the computer? I mean, do you think it's just the way the lab writes it...it's really like 3,780 or 37,800? She wants me to come back for another test tomorrow. If it was only 37.8 at six weeks, wouldn't they know that was too low and not have me come back in? She said it was low but not extremely low. Isn't just 37 extremely low?
Any help would be appreciated.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Susan

Desire'
TTC#1 since 8/01 (and really about to give up hope!)
Thanks so much for your opinion. That's what she wants me to do is come back and test again to see if it is increasing and also to test level of progesterone. I was really fine with everything until I looked on the internet and saw I was suppose to be way up in the thousands. Then I got to thinking 37 is low, very low. If that's the case, why didn't she act like it was really low. She said it was low but not extremely low. She was pretty straight forward with me so that's why I got to thinking maybe it was just the unit of measure because, come on, 37 is low when you're suppose to be in the range where the lowest is like 1100 or something like that.
So, say it does increase tomorrow, does that mean the pregnancy is not healthy because it's so low now? I know, I know, one thing at a time but I would really like to know.
Susan
This really isn't my area of expertise, but I found this on www.advancedfertility.com which is a great website full of info, hope it helps...
"Some normal pregnancies will have quite low levels of HCG - and deliver perfect babies. Caution must be used in making too much of HCG "numbers". Ultrasound findings after 5-6 weeks of pregnancy are much more predictive of pregnancy outcome than are HCG levels"
Also, though on the low side, an hcg of 37 can be normal at between 5 and 6 weeks. Like I said earlier, it's not so much what the actual number is, but whether or not it is rising appropriately. Does that make sense????
Desire'
TTC#1 since 8/01
c27, cd5 (seeing RE again tomorrow to discuss next step)
Sams
Good luck to everyone and may only good things come to you all.
Susan