High hCG levels

[sonrisa]

I'm 14 days out from ovulation and have an hCG level of 597 (I corrected this -I posted 508 but the nurse today corrected me).

Twins run in my family (there is at least one set in each generation). I had been seeing an RE but he'd only run tests, no interventions yet. No medications, or IUI, or IVF involved.

Eek :-)

ETA: I'm keeping my self centered crazy posts in here. So this thread might resurface from time to time.

[blindyswife]

Did your RE seem surprised by the hcg? Will you get an early ultrasound? Twins freak me out! :-P

[sonrisa]

I spoke with the nurse. I think she assumes my ovulation dates are off. But DH was out of town so we couldn't have conceived earlier even if the OPK were wrong. I go in for a second test Friday and have an u/s at 7 weeks.

[sonrisa]

(btw: thanks to dr google and being an insane person, I'm convinced it's molar. Which is stupid.)

[potatopie]

don't think about it too much, you'll go crazy! I was just talking to another preggy friend who said her hcg levels were really high in the beginning. No twins. No molar.

[Deleted]

Definitely don't worry about it twins run in my family, too (the hyperovulation gene does, anyway) and my hCG levels were super high both pregnancies with only one baby in there.

[Lucille Bluth]

I think mine was roughly the same... here I am, pregnant with twins. The thought still overwhelms me.

[ErinExpat]

What do you think about the possibility of twins, sonrisa? Scary? Exciting?

How are your symptoms?

Yay for a good number either way!

[katandkevin]

Hcg numbers aren't an indicator of twins. Mine were consistent with that of a singleton and I have twins. Good luck either way!

[ilikedonuts]

You could have just implanted early. With DD, my HCG levels were about that around that time.

Do you have an u/s scheduled?

[sonrisa]

Apr 18, 2013 8:40:10 GMT -5 ilikedonuts said:

You could have just implanted early. 

Good point. That is a good, non crazy explanation that I can hold onto.

(My grandma was a twin. My mother has twin cousins. There is a decent chance my mom was a twin but her twin didn't survive. I have twin cousins. The twin cousins have twins. Plus, I don't come from a huge family. Each woman has/had zero to three kids. A really high percentage of the pregnancies we do have are twins.)

[winecheery]

Apr 18, 2013 0:24:11 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

(btw: thanks to dr google and being an insane person, I'm convinced it's molar. Which is stupid.)

The best thing I ever did for myself was to stop googling pregnancy stuff!!!  It saved my sanity so much.  The ladies here are more than helpful, the STM give sage "been there done that" advice, and I have a good relationship with my OB; I can always email her, or there's a 24 hr advice nurse line.  

Just some unsolicited advice to you.    I really worked myself up with all kinds of stupid by googling.  First tri is tough enough with all the worry and wait, and hormones, kwim?

[sonrisa]

I know! I think we might have a super charged version of the gene, whatever it is.

I should warn you ladies that I'll be extra crazy this pregnancy. My last one ended in a miscarriage and I'm naturally a bit crazy :-)

[twotrue]

FWIW, I'm pregnant with twins and my first beta at 14 days post IUI was 255.3. My second beta was 627.1. You're definitely in the range for twins but a singleton isn't out of the question. Either way, wishing you a healthy pregnancy!

[wkatie]

Good luck sonrisa! Keep us posted!

[underwaterrhymes]

Keep us posted!

Mine was suuuuuuper high (36,000+ at 6 weeks) and there was (thankfully) only one baby.

[runblondie26]

With DD, I had my first beta was drawn at 14dpo and was 493. Nurse said it was a little high, but hcg really varies from preganancy to pregnancy. DD was a singleton, no extra surprises in there

Congrats on a strong beta!

Edit: I had my 1st beta at 16dpo with this pregnancy and it was 485. After DD's, I was totally flipped out that it was too low! It doubled just like it was supposed to though, which was the important part.

[Deleted]

mine were pretty high and i was certain of my ovulation dates. but i only had one in there

[kt1025]

I am having twins but my beta's gave no indication - first beta at 13 DPO was only 165, 2nd was 740 - so you really never know

[imoan]

Step.away.from.Google.

[sonrisa]

Retest today, 16 dpo my hCG level is 1809. So that is looking good! It tripled, but didn't multiply so high that it looks molar.

:-)

[Cheesecake]

Yay for normal counts!

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[sonrisa]

Ugh. Today Dr. google tells me that high hCG levels can correlate with down syndrome pregnancies. I'm 37 so I have an elevated risk of genetic abnormalities.

(I know this is tiresome. I'm trying to confine the crazy to one thread).

[Cheesecake]

Sweetie, put away Dr. Google!!! Please!

All you're doing is stressing yourself out and that's not good for you OR the baby. Anything else that might or might not be 100% can only be diagnosed by a real doctor and you stressing about what could possibly, maybe be going on won't change anything.

Please, please try to enjoy the fact that you've gotten here, that's a super good thing.

Sending many many good vibes and even more hugs your way!!!


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[sonrisa]

I know. We'll know more at the u/s in two weeks and even more after the CVS in 6 weeks. I'm the type who needs to think through all the possibilities before I can calm down. Today, I'm feeling more calm.

[Cheesecake]

Okay, good

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[sonrisa]

So today I went in again (5w2d) and my hCG level is 27,804. That doesn't even fall into the top of the range until 6w1d. I know the timing is right. Why can't I just have levels in the normal range? At least we'll be doing CVS so I will have more information in 6 or so weeks. Aggle, Flabble, Klabble.

(Numbers from babymed which was the only site I can find which breaks them down by day. Does anyone know if it is run by quacks?)

Age of Embryo  Avg         Range hCG mIU/ml
28 4w+0d         75          50-100
29 4w+1d        150         100-200
30 4w+2d        300         200-400
31 4w+3d        700         400-1,000

37 5 2/7        6,880        4,420-10,810
38 5 3/7        8,770        5,680-13,660

43 6 1/7       20,480       13,750-30,880

[vmars]

Apr 26, 2013 19:52:23 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

So today I went in again (5w2d) and my hCG level is 27,804. That doesn't even fall into the top of the range until 6w1d. I know the timing is right. Why can't I just have levels in the normal range? At least we'll be doing CVS so I will have more information in 6 or so weeks. Aggle, Flabble, Klabble.

(Numbers from babymed which was the only site I can find which breaks them down by day. Does anyone know if it is run by quacks?)

Age of Embryo  Avg         Range hCG mIU/ml
28 4w+0d         75          50-100
29 4w+1d        150         100-200
30 4w+2d        300         200-400
31 4w+3d        700         400-1,000

37 5 2/7        6,880        4,420-10,810
38 5 3/7        8,770        5,680-13,660

43 6 1/7       20,480       13,750-30,880

will they do an early ultrasound to check for twins? - mine was at 5 weeks 4 days...still waiting on my HcG results.

[ilikedonuts]

I'm really surprised they are still doing betas at this point. Why didn't they do an u/s? Why wait? You should be able to see a gestational sac and probably a yolk sac at this point.

[sonrisa]

Apr 26, 2013 20:32:25 GMT -5 vmars said:

Apr 26, 2013 19:52:23 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

will they do an early ultrasound to check for twins? - mine was at 5 weeks 4 days...still waiting on my HcG results.

A week from next monday :-)