https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:05:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2773060 Tue, 12 Sep 2017 19:49:46 +0000 turquoisemama 2773060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Macaroon: Congrats! I actually heard on a podcast once that the number may not double but around a 66% increase is normal. That's about what your first one was. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2773015 Tue, 12 Sep 2017 15:48:15 +0000 snowjewelz 2773015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Macaroon: Yay! Great news!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2772876 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:46:48 +0000 bloved 2772876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Macaroon: wonderful news!! So glad you updated! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2772677 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 07:39:22 +0000 jhd 2772677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Macaroon: wonderful news! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2772676 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 07:33:28 +0000 snarkybiochemist 2772676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Macaroon: awesome news </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2772674 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 07:15:34 +0000 Mrs.Macaroon 2772674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just wanted to come back with an update this morning. My HcG was up to 175 on Saturday. So it more than doubled! After talking with the nurse on Friday, I sent an email to the nurse that has been following since the beginning and she didn't seem as concerned. I'm waiting to hear the next steps, but so relieved that my draw on Saturday did double. </p> <p>Thank you all for sharing your experiences, it made the weekend a bit more bearable, and kept me from losing it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2772595 Sun, 10 Sep 2017 09:28:54 +0000 Mrs. Oreo 2772595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Macaroon: I'll be thinking of you! :goodluck: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2772478 Fri, 08 Sep 2017 19:47:00 +0000 bloved 2772478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snarkybiochemist: just realize we had almost the exact same experience (down to my "bad" draw also being on a Friday!).</p> <p>@Mrs.Macaroon: also wanted to add, I've actually been pregnant 4 times (2 children) and my HCG has always been low and never doubled regularly. I think some people also just process HCG differently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2772477 Fri, 08 Sep 2017 19:44:34 +0000 bloved 2772477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to echo what @DesertDreams88: said about it being so early I think it's less reliable.</p> <p>With my first son (Ivf) my first beta was only 84 at 4w exactly. It did double the first time but then it only had a 70% rise. I prepared for the worst and he is now an active 4 year old.</p> <p>Fingers crossed you have similar luck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2772443 Fri, 08 Sep 2017 16:14:55 +0000 Truth Bombs 2772443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Macaroon: one of my girlfriends just went through a series of chemical pregnancies where her second blood draw was always lower than her first one. Recently she got pregnant again and for the first time her second blood draw was higher than the first, but pretty far off from doubling. The nurse prepared her for another miscarriage. Well, she's now 12 weeks with a healthy baby! So as the others said, there can be a wide range of normal when you're very early so I wouldn't lose hope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2772422 Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:26:22 +0000 Mrs.Macaroon 2772422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: Im really hoping for good #'s tomorrow. Thank you for this information. It does make me feel a bit more hopeful </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2772421 Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:25:13 +0000 Mrs.Macaroon 2772421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snarkybiochemist: this gives me hope! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2772417 Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:14:37 +0000 snarkybiochemist 2772417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went in for my first beta at 3+6 it was 57 two days later it had almost doubled and my 3rd draw at 4+3 only showed a 66% increase, that draw was a Friday so I spent all weekend crossing my fingers and trying not to panic, my 4th draw was 560 and nicely within doubling times. My doctor tested me until my HCG was 1000+ and then scheduled my first ultrasound. I am now 29.5 wks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2772415 Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:03:46 +0000 DesertDreams88 2772415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's really a huge range of what normal can be, but two hopeful things:<br /> 1) This early on, there's a BIG range for numbers AND growth rate. Things don't get more predictable until later around week 5. Sometimes it takes a bit of time for baby to get nestled in and growing.</p> <p>2) Technically, anything over a 66% growth is a good sign. "Doubling" is just an easier, safer calculation so that's the one most talked about. Both of my OBs (sep. practices) actually do betas 3 days apart, and check for doubling at 3 days.</p> <p>Have you checked out this website? <a href="http://www.betabase.info/" rel="nofollow">http://www.betabase.info/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/low-hcg-levels-completely-terrified#post-2772398 Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:12:23 +0000 Mrs.Macaroon 2772398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I finally get to post here and its not how i imagined it would be. After 1.5 years of infertility, DH and I found out that i was finally pregnant, and we did it all on our own. (we were told we had a 3% chance of conceving naturally. I went for my first HCG at 3w6d and it was a 55, then my second at 4w1day was only 84 and my progesterone at 21. So a nurse called me this morning and said i needed to go for a 3rd HSG to see what the pattern is. She asked if i was spotting at all which set off alarms in my head that something is not right. Of course i was sitting at work with a coworker sitting across from me. On lunch I called back and talked with the same nurse. I let her know that based on our early conversation, i was not feeling great about the results and needed more clarification. I know that they are supposed to double, but couldn't believe that she didn't just flat out say that was their concern. Now of course its Friday, i have to go tomorrow for bloodwork and won't have any info until Monday. I spent the rest of my lunch googling "successful pregnancy with low HCG levels".</p> <p>Is it possible that this may still be a healthy pregnancy, and we will finally have a baby, or do i need to start preparing my heart for an unavoidable miscarriage?</p> <p>Any ladies have similar stories that had a happy ending? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-light-spotting-during-early-pregnancy-is-safe#post-2754431 Mon, 03 Jul 2017 07:54:29 +0000 yoursilverlining 2754431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are no absolutes in pregnancy. Some women spot, some bleed, some don't. It can be a sign of impending miscarriage, or it may not be. Either way, it isn't anything you can control. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-light-spotting-during-early-pregnancy-is-safe#post-2754390 Sun, 02 Jul 2017 20:49:29 +0000 erinbaderin 2754390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had two instances of full out bleeding and then two weeks of spotting, healthy baby boy. On the other hand, I also had a week of spotting that resulted in a miscarriage. They both started at 5w5d. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-light-spotting-during-early-pregnancy-is-safe#post-2754386 Sun, 02 Jul 2017 20:40:50 +0000 Littlebit7 2754386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had legit bleeding at 8 weeks and everything was fine. Bodies are weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-light-spotting-during-early-pregnancy-is-safe#post-2754376 Sun, 02 Jul 2017 19:13:52 +0000 pachamama 2754376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also, the internet makes it seem like spotting is abnormal when almost every woman I know had some spotting early on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-light-spotting-during-early-pregnancy-is-safe#post-2754374 Sun, 02 Jul 2017 18:57:54 +0000 pachamama 2754374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Curious_Katty: I spotted for about 8 weeks, mostly brown. I was on progesterone suppositories so I thought that might have been the cause but I am 5w3d now and on progesterone with no spotting! Baby#1 was perfectly healthy and my pregnancy and labor were wonderful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-light-spotting-during-early-pregnancy-is-safe#post-2754354 Sun, 02 Jul 2017 16:22:56 +0000 Coral 2754354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely! While spotting is something that usually "sounds the alarms," spotting in early pregnancy can be due to a lot of things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-light-spotting-during-early-pregnancy-is-safe#post-2754352 Sun, 02 Jul 2017 16:10:15 +0000 Curious_Katty 2754352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It is completely redundant to my previous post and I'm still trying to conceive. I've heard spotting can be a sign of either ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage. Just wanted to know - is it possible to keep spotting infrequently during early gestation? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6-weeks-and-feeling-uneasy#post-2506574 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:30:54 +0000 Goldengirl 2506574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some more cramping last night and then a bit of clotty spotting when I got up this morning. Ugh. This is going to be the longest 2 weeks of my life! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6-weeks-and-feeling-uneasy#post-2505805 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:29:42 +0000 Goldengirl 2505805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: Thank you! I'm hoping good things for you too. I just want the next 2 weeks to fly by but know it's going to be painful. Patience! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6-weeks-and-feeling-uneasy#post-2505662 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:04:48 +0000 delight 2505662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: good luck with the wait. It sounds like you aren't far off at all! I hope the next scan brings peace of mind and a healthy heartbeat. I just finished my first week wait with one more to go. I think about it all the time so I don't have much advice!! Best wishes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6-weeks-and-feeling-uneasy#post-2505624 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:40:29 +0000 Raindrop 2505624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the update! Being in limbo is tough. Hang in there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6-weeks-and-feeling-uneasy#post-2505623 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:39:12 +0000 LatteLove 2505623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sorry you are in limbo, but hope you get good news in a couple weeks! Hang in there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6-weeks-and-feeling-uneasy#post-2505620 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:37:50 +0000 Goldengirl 2505620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update... so the ultrasound showed the pregnancy measures at 5.5 weeks even though I was at 6W2D from my LMP. So I guess that means I ovulated a bit later than average? I'm still fuzzy on how the whole "weeks" thing works. Anyway, they told me that that's early to see anything so for now everything is good and going as expected. Will have to wait 2 weeks to do a follow-up ultrasound. The wait will be torture but I feel better knowing that at that point I should be able to get some more clarity. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6-weeks-and-feeling-uneasy#post-2504831 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 21:24:33 +0000 Goldengirl 2504831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: Thank you, same to you! I have had so many people tell me of positive stories of spotting and negative early ultrasounds turning out okay. But it's still so hard to believe until I actually see for myself that things are progressing properly. Need to just try to exercise some patience which I'm not great at ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6-weeks-and-feeling-uneasy#post-2504803 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:33:10 +0000 delight 2504803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: I have a history of mc and was being seen by an RE. I'm sorry you are spotting. I spotted with my healthy DD for weeks. I hope things work out for you. </p>