How low does HCg have to be to ovulate?

bananers · December 2011

This is sort of a spin off from my earlier FF/charting question. I had my betas drawn on Friday and they were at 38. Is it even physically possible to have ovulated while they're that high? Anyone know how low they have to be to O or is there no hard and fast rule? Dr google has not been much help. FF is saying I O'd, and while I'm not sure I agree with where they put my CHs, I'm just curious if anyone knows whether it's even possible to have O'd at all with HCg at 38.

Eveanyn · December 2011

I have no idea, but I'll keep my FX that your body is already getting back to where it needs to be to give you your take-home baby!

butterfly843 · December 2011

I think it has to be below 5.

mork · December 2011

bananers:
This is sort of a spin off from my earlier FF/charting question. I had my betas drawn on Friday and they were at 38. Is it even physically possible to have ovulated while they're that high? Anyone know how low they have to be to O or is there no hard and fast rule? Dr google has not been much help. FF is saying I O'd, and while I'm not sure I agree with where they put my CHs, I'm just curious if anyone knows whether it's even possible to have O'd at all with HCg at 38.

In short, YES, it is physically possible to O at 38, and even higher. There's more to it than that, but that's the short, short, version. There is no hard and fast rule, althought the majority of women (but not all), usually O at 15 or lower. At least that's my experience and knowledge from running the HCG drop group and all the research I did while in HCG hell.

delino · December 2011

All I know is that according to FF and O pain...I O'd when my hcg was around 235. I believe mork had told me that your body knows the difference between producing and getting rid of hcg.

mork · December 2011

delino:
All I know is that according to FF and O pain...I O'd when my hcg was around 235. I believe mork had told me that your body knows the difference between producing and getting rid of hcg.

Yup, that sounds like me. And, no, I'm not a know-it-all (although DH may disagree at times), that one actually came from my OB.

rs_bride · December 2011

I had a long talk about this with my OB a week or two ago. But unfortunately, there's no set number. It's different for every woman. She said most women would need to probably be below 10ish, but it's not at all a hard and fast rule. It could be much higher for some. Sucks that there's no real answer, and sucks that there's no way to know which you are until you have some confirmation of ovualtion.

wed2be · December 2011

I don't know the rule, but for me my hcg was at 20 on Monday and I O'd on Tuesday.

VineyardMel · December 2011

My doc said it was impossible, but I O'd around HCG35. It was CD13 and I didn't believe it at first, but my chart was perfect. It was actually much more consistent with my other charts that this one (my second post-loss).

LucyVanPelt · December 2011

I went in for my two-week follow up post-D&C on Friday. Beta was 18, and u/s showed that I was about to ovulate on my right side (according to my RE). So it seems that it's possible, according to my RE anyway. I'm not charting/temping, so I don't have any temps to corroborate. I am cramping on the right side, so I think RE may have been right.