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Q: HCG levels after miscarriage

asked by: DoctorQuestion on January 13th, 2007

I'm curious to know how fast HCG levels drop.
Here are mine:

Dec 29- 21,000
10 days later: Jan.8 - 10,000
14 days later: Jan.12- 3,000

So in exactly 2 weeks my levels dropped 18, 000. that's roughly 9,000 a week. and 1,300 a day. Since I was at 3,000 yesterday, is it safe to assume that my levels will drop to zero in a couple of days? I pretty much passed everything yesterday, I'm only having the occasionally spotting this morning, and afternoon. Will my levels start dropping significantly or will they drop at a slower pace?

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on January 22nd, 2007

Pregnancy Answer A2166

It seems likely that HCG levels will drop to zero soon or later because it seems the fetus died and was expelled from the uterus (miscarriage).

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