On my u/s my doc saw a sac and said I must
be 5 weeks. I am pretty confident I should
be around 6 weeks but I am willing to
accept the possibility of being off.
Anyway, my hcg is doing what it should
Mon 2847
Fri 13969
So my hcg is within the 6 week range not
the 5 week range but all she saw was a
sac. Which is great if I am 5 weeks but
not so great if I am 6 weeks. I think I
should be 6 weeks the HCG shows within the
6 week range but u/s shows 5 weeks.
Any thoughts????
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young Girl
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Posted: 08-04-07 10:00am
id go by the u/s
if she said its 5 weeks then shes probably
right and id take her advice on it
however further along during your
pregnancy it may change and they may say
insted of 13 weeks your 14 weeks or
something like that
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cln1812
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Posted: 08-04-07 20:23pm
Yes, I'd go by the u/s. hCG ranges can
vary a lot early on, and it's easy to have
your dates be off, say you ovulated a week
later (very possible, especially if you
were not tracking ovulation with basal
body temperatures), or maybe had late
implantation (it can occur as late as 12
days past ovulation), that can throw off
your dates. Generally, early dating by
u/s is tough anyway because everything is
so small. The main thing is if you go in
for a repeat u/s and you see the
progression expected for the timeframe
between the 2 ultrasounds, and if your u/s
due date looks off by more than a week,
they will then usually move the due date.
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babyAndy
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Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 347
Posted: 08-05-07 00:51am
Ya ... go by U/S...HCG is only used to
ensure that it is rising appropriately or
decreasing if there is a miscarrage
occuring. HCG is not accurate at all to
determine age of the fetus.
Even if you have low HCG's...as long as
its doubling every 48hrs, its fine.
Even though your last Mestrual Period may
indicate you are 6 weeks...that is only if
you ovulate on the 14th day...we dont
always ovulate on the 14th day...if you
ovulated days before...that would make
your fetus slightly older.
