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Beta levels

bjoo79bjoo79 member
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Hi,
I'm pregnant again after two miscarriages, and I'm concerned about my rapidly rising HCG levels.  My doctor said it could be twins or possibly a molar pregnancy, but not to worry about that yet. 

Here are my levels:
3w6d:  192
4w1d:  410
5w1d:  9073

Do you think my levels are concerning??  Is there a way to tell the difference between twins and a molar pregnancy, just by HCG levels?

If anyone has any advice or input, I'd appreciate it very much!
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    rowanthefrogrowanthefrog member
    Betas aren't any sort of reliable indicator of twins and your betas are doubling at an appropriate rate, about every 37 hrs which is good. Honestly I don't see anything to worry about here. Looks like you have a good sticky pregnancy which is something to be thankful for after 2 miscarriages!

    Unfortunately you are just going to have to wait until the first ultrasound to see what you have, but having spent way too much time personally obsessing over betas, I don't see a problem here.

     Good luck!

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    bjoo79bjoo79 member
    Thanks!  I had read that betas shouldn't double as quickly when they get into the thousands, so I thought maybe mine were increasing too rapidly.  But yeah, I guess there's no point in worrying.  I'll find out next Tuesday. 
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    spacepotatoesspacepotatoes member
    Your betas are not increasing at an unusual rate at all. I'm surprised your doctor would suggest twins (hcg is not a reliable indicator of multiples) or molar pregnancy to you based on this.

    Scroll down and have a look at the chart. You're in the normal range:
    https://www.babymed.com/hcg-level-in-early-pregnancy


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    bjoo79bjoo79 member
    Thanks spacepotatoes.  It looks like I'm a little higher than the range for 5w1d.  But not by much.  So, hopefully that means one healthy pregnancy!
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    bjoo79 said:
    Thanks spacepotatoes.  It looks like I'm a little higher than the range for 5w1d.  But not by much.  So, hopefully that means one healthy pregnancy!
    Yeah, your levels seem to be a day ahead according to that chart but I really don't think a day makes a huge difference since your numbers are increasing at the appropriate rate. Seems like things are fine so far!
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