HCG levels, 4th pregnancy, one live birth - others know levels?

lukafoo74 · November 2012

Congrats to everyone here! Has anyone else had HCG levels done for at least two pregnancies? This is my fourth pregnancy and I have one son who is almost a year old. Since I did a bunch of IVF cycles, the docs have tracked my HCG levels pretty closely. My HCG levels, even for my son, are generally low, like double digits in the first few weeks. My son was conceived the natural way, as is this pregnancy. My HCG level was 498 at about 4 weeks and a few days. I am going in today to get another level taken, so I am hoping it has increased! Anyway, I am optimistic because of the higher HCG levels this early on. I will know more tomorrow, but does anyone else have this type of information that they can share? I was kind of shocked by this pregnancy, but now I am super excited!! Hoping for the best. I love being pregnant, but I hate all the worrying!

RunningGal900 · November 2012

Are you asking for other peoples betas? Mine was 17 at 11DPO. Should have my second set today. Here's a normal range...https://www.americanpregnancy.org/duringpregnancy/hcglevels.html

mandal00 · November 2012

Got a blood draw last Friday at 4w 6d and just got a call that HCG was 1,486 and progesterone was at 11.5. They want me to come in again for another draw. The nurse said that the levels put me at around three weeks or so and they want to do another one for comparison. I told her I would have been further than three weeks at the time of the labs. Confused bc some sources online show that mine would be within range of my EDD...interested in hearing everyone else's betas...

bridge2005 · November 2012

mandal00:
Got a blood draw last Friday at 4w 6d and just got a call that HCG was 1,486 and progesterone was at 11.5. They want me to come in again for another draw. The nurse said that the levels put me at around three weeks or so and they want to do another one for comparison. I told her I would have been further than three weeks at the time of the labs. Confused bc some sources online show that mine would be within range of my EDD...interested in hearing everyone else's betas...

1,486 seems good to me. When are you going for your second one? FX for doubling numbers!!

Mine were:
15 DPO (4w1d) 212
17 DPO (4w3d) 650

RunningGal900 · November 2012

mandal00:
Got a blood draw last Friday at 4w 6d and just got a call that HCG was 1,486 and progesterone was at 11.5.nbsp; They want me to come in again for another draw.nbsp; The nurse said that the levels put me at around three weeks or so and they want to do another one for comparison.nbsp; I told her I would have been further than three weeks at the time of the labs.nbsp; Confused bc some sources online show that mine would be within range of my EDD...interested in hearing everyone else's betas...nbsp;

Maybe she was just using the wrong terminology. 3 weeks pregnant is only 7 DPO. Here's a chart that shows the normal ranges for early pregnancy
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

mandal00 · November 2012

Yes - I'm hoping our terminology is just different from one another, as I understood "3 weeks" to be how you described.

I go back in this afternoon and should hear tomorrow or Wednesday on how the second draw looks. Thanks for the encouragement and information!

KdgTeacher · November 2012

Check out betabase.info

I was:

60 @ 7dp6dt (13dpo)

128 ! 9dp6dt (15dpo)

256 @ 11dp6dt (17dpo)

As long as you double, that's good.

lukafoo74 · November 2012

Thanks everyone. Good luck! My hcg levels are within range, I was just curious about comparison from pregnancy to pregnancy. When I miscarried, my hcg levels were low and increased, but never really doubled. With my son, they were still on the lower end of the range, but did double. I will find out more tomorrow! I think your nurse was confused. At three weeks pregnant, you probably wouldn't have been producing much if any HCG, right? She must have meant 3 weeks post implantation?

gemini2005 · November 2012

I just got mine done today at 20 DPO (4 weeks & 6 days) and it is 2,152. I go back on Wednesday to make sure my numbers double.

queenbone · November 2012

DS2: beta#1: 42.06 @14DPO. Can't remember the 2nd beta but it was between 80-90.

LO#3: beta#1: 200 @14DPIUI, beta #2: 696.90

Vastly different!

RunningGal900 · November 2012

mandal00:
Yes - I'm hoping our terminology is just different from one another, as I understood "3 weeks" to be how you described.
I go back in this afternoon and should hear tomorrow or Wednesday on how the second draw looks. Thanks for the encouragement and information!

Based on the normal ranges, I think you'd be somewhere between 5 and 6 weeks pregnant. So if she's saying three weeks since conception, that makes sense! Either way, I think your number is fine.

luvmyducks · November 2012

DD (medicated cycle):

12dpo: 81, progesterone: 62

14dpo: 208

This LO (non-medicated cycle)

11dpo: 127, progesterone 24

13dpo: 307

blueberries8 · November 2012

Congratulations!!! Sounds like a very strong first beta, to me:) This is my 4th pregnancy, too...no living children yet, though. Here is my beta track record:

pregnancy 1-

beta 1 (14dpIUI): 42, beta 2 (18dpIUI): 279, beta 3 (25dpIUI): 3576

1st u/s at 5w2d - saw gest sac, no HB at 7w4d, missed m/c

pregnancy 2-

beta 1 (11dp5dt): 308, beta 2 (13dp5dt): 849, twins, lost due to PPROM/PTL at 20w (they were both totally healthy and normal, just born far too early)

pregnancy 3-

beta 1 (12dp3dt): 138, beta 2 (14dp3dt): 139 , early spontaneous m/c 5w2d

pregnancy 4- (current)

beta 1 (13dpo): 146, beta 2 (15dpo): 391, beta 3 (18dpo) - had drawn today, waiting for results...eeek