Pregnancy Forum - HCG Levels & Miscarriage

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Q: HCG Levels & Miscarriage

asked by: DoctorQuestion on January 13th, 2007

My last period was on Dec 13, 2006. I took a few home pregnancy test over the last 3 days and all were positive. Today I had minor cramping and seen the dr. I had blood work done and my HCG level is 34, the Dr. said I am going to miscarry even though I show no signs. There is no bleeding or spotting, he said it was clean when he did the exam. Is 34 low for only being about 17 days pregnant. I am feeling fiine.

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on January 22nd, 2007

Pregnancy Answer A2161

One test result for blood levels of HCGs is not conclusive enough to draw conclusions about a pregnancy's prognosis and possible miscarriage. Several HCG-level measurements are necessary to draw a conclusion about miscarriage. In normal pregnancies, the HCG-levels almost doubles every 2 days. If HCG-levels do not increase by 60% over 2 days ago, or if HCG-levels decrease, there is a possibility for miscarriage.

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