Slow rising hcg

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Hi everyone!

I had my hcg taken and it went from
About 2,000 to almost 4,000 in four days.. so it did not double.

Then we did an ultrasound and the images showed intrauterine sac but was measuring about 4w4dqys and we were expecting more 5w.

They are going to repeat ultrasound to see if pregnancy is viable.

My question is my obgyn made it sound like the prognosis is either miscarriage or bad birth defect or unhealthy pregnancy and baby… is this true? What are your experiences and what have your obgyns told you? Can things turn around and end up okay?

mozzacat

what i’ve read about and learned (and i’m definitely no doctor), is that in the first 4 weeks doctors expect hcg to double in 48 hrs. and then it slows off to doubling every 72 hrs. ivf specialists have said that if the hcg rises at least 53% in 48 hrs then the pregnancy is viable. however if the hcg rises less than 53% then usually the pregnancy has an issue or is not viable. it might be that your doctor is telling the truth by these facts i mentioned, however it is absolutely possible for the pregnancy to become viable still, miracles do happen and God is all powerful.