18 DPO with 346 hcg

gantzeka@uc.edu

I have only missed my period by 3-4 days and went into my OB office to get a blood test (my first pregnancy was high risk with s birth defect, I'm paranoid). The nurse said my hcg is only at "346 which is low" and I should go back in on Monday to check my hcg again. I don't have a lot of knowledge about hcg levels but thought this number for as early as I am to be appropriate. Thoughts?

andrea0418

What's important is if the number doubles in 48-72hrs.
I had mine yesterday and it was only 91. I go tomorrow for another blood draw.
Fingers crossed we get good results.

kimee5461

Hi There! There is such a huge range of normal. What you really want to see is your HCG number doubling every two days or so. Once you reach a number of 3000 it takes a little longer than 2 days to double. I only mention that because I got nervous when mine started doubling every 2.5 days or so and after doing some research I figured out that as the number gets higher it can take longer to double.

Best of luck to you and keep us posted. 

gantzeka@uc.edu

Thank you for your input, ladies! I will post my next results on Tuesday.

Kellytx77

This sort of makes me miss the beginning of my last pregnancy when I was still with my RE. The frequent blood checks and appointments made everything so reassuring. This time, now that things are "normal" I get no information! So frustrating!

gantzeka@uc.edu

My follow up blood test showed numbers above 1800 after about 90 hours. I am doubling at a normal schedule. I feel a ton better now, thank you for all your replies!!

andrea0418

Great news!!

BethanyPJ

I am 5 wks 2 days and RE just called to say my hug is 1425 and seemed pleased with it. They went ahead and scheduled my first ultrasound. I think there is just a HUGE range for what is considered "normal"