What are your hcg levels like?

francelin · May 2011

Last night, my levels were at 800. I went to the ER and had them checked due to some brown spotting. Problem is, the ER doctor told me that 800 was too low and that they should be at 20,000! I will be 5 weeks (counting from lmp) tomorrow, which will make me 3 weeks past ovulation. Everything I checked online shows my levels are fine. Everyone who I compared my levels too also points in the "OK" direction.

The ER doctor also told me that they "should" of been able to see a sac via the u/s, but again, everything I read or hear says otherwise.

I'm so confused... scared... worried... sad...

missjulierenee · May 2011

I am 5 weeks and mine was 153 on Monday. My doctor was not concern with my levels. The following is from the American Pregnancy Association. I think your levels are good for 5 weeks.

Guideline to hCG levels during pregnancy:

hCG levels in weeks from LMP (gestational age)* :

3 weeks LMP: 5 - 50 mIU/ml
4 weeks LMP: 5 - 426 mIU/ml
5 weeks LMP: 18 - 7,340 mIU/ml
6 weeks LMP: 1,080 - 56,500 mIU/ml
7 - 8 weeks LMP: 7, 650 - 229,000 mIU/ml
9 - 12 weeks LMP: 25,700 - 288,000 mIU/ml
13 - 16 weeks LMP: 13,300 - 254,000 mIU/ml
17 - 24 weeks LMP: 4,060 - 165,400 mIU/ml
25 - 40 weeks LMP: 3,640 - 117,000 mIU/ml
Non-pregnant females: <5.0 mIU/ml
Postmenopausal females: <9.5 mIU/ml

nadialovinlife · May 2011

Calm down.....I have read that some women that have low HCG levels have gone on to have a normal and healthy pregnancy. If you knew exactly when you ovulated then it will help answer some of your questions. My OB said I was only 4 weeks the first time I saw him but I knew I was almost 5 weeks because I knew the exact length of my cycle (I have a 26 day cycle not 28) and I knew when I ovualated. As for spotting I have spotted 2 times since I found out that I was pregnant...if your really worried try and see if your OB can see you asap and voice your concerns....good luck and congrats...

ashtobe08 · May 2011

Below are my Beta levels from this month's In Vitro. I go in Friday for my 5 week u/s and they anticipate my levels to be around 2,000. Your levels should be 1,500 for them to do your 1st u/s.

karaknr · May 2011

Mine were measured by DPO because I knew when I ovulated, but they are in my siggy.

Honestly, while that number isnt as high as I would have wanted it, it is hard to tell exactly what it means unless you do a repeat draw in a few days. The initial number isnt as important as the repeat number doubling. If you dont know when you ovulated for sure then you cant be sure how far along you are and may be closer to 4 weeks than you are 5 weeks. If you are at 4/ 4.5 weeks that is actually a nice, high number but you still wouldnt find much on the u/s. Sounds like the tech really didnt know what he was doing to me.

I wouldnt worry too much about it and just keep going on unless you experience heavy spotting/ bleeding or heavy cramps.

From 11DPO to 15 DPO I had light spotting and twingy cramps and worried about it, however it turns out it was just a product of the egg implanting and burrowing into my womb according to my doc. It has since stopped.

GL and try not to worry, unless you know your exact date of conception it is possible that it is still WAY too early to see anything, in which case your beta is actually high, not low. Try to get a repeat draw through your OB ASAP if youre worried.

hurly03 · May 2011

Your ER doc doesn't know what the heck he's talking about. At 4wks2days, my levels were 99. At 4wks4days, they were 296. According to all the websites, those levels are exactly average. Not low, not high, but smack in the middle. At 4wks6days, I would have been about 600 - so, about 800 at 5weeks.

You've got nothing to worry about, at least not from the HCG perspective!

I hate HCG testing. It does nothing but cause people anxiety.

Hollygirl7 · May 2011

Sometimes doctors get it waaaay wrong. For instance, my doctor looked at her hcg chart, which looked like this:

< 1 week 5-50
1-2 weeks 50-500
2-3 weeks 100-5,000
3-4 weeks 500-10,000
4-5 weeks 1,000-50,000

My # at 4w3d was 179, so she pointed to the 4-5 week range and said it should be 1000-50000 and basically told me the pregnancy was either not viable or ectopic. They did an u/s at 5w1d and saw nothing but the gestational sac, which they said might be a cyst, and wouldn't even commit to calling it the g.s.

Long story short, but doc was reading the chart wrong. She was supposed to have read it 4-5 weeks after ovulation, not 4-5 weeks pregnant. So my number was fine all along. By 5w1d it should have doubled to between 750 and 1400, and it did. All was fine in the end, and I'm 18 weeks pregnant with a completely normal, healthy pregnancy (that was bang-on for my dates.)

Hang in there, I know it's confusing, but I don't think your number is too low, especially for 4w6d. Some doctors don't know what they're talking about and like to give you worst case scenarios. I think everything will turn out fine.

PDX7868 · May 2011

Mine are in my siggy. I think your levels are fine for where you are at! Remember, you can't look at the individual number, but rather how quickly they double.