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I had a third set just to make sure things were progressing. It was a few weeks later that I had my first ultrasound.

Yep - I had 3 betas, each six days apart. My numbers were so low at the beginning (my first beta was 7) that my doctor felt waiting two days would not be enough to see if the pregnancy was progressing properly. Fwiw, I had an u/s at 5w1d and could only see enough to know it wasn't an EP (my doctor's fear), and then another at 6w1d when I saw a hb.

I had two betas with my first baby, and four with this one.

Yes, my beta at 4w1d was 1,000 so my doctor was convinced we would see something on an early ultrasound and scheduled one at 5w (I was spotting since 10DPO). The 5w ultrasound showed a gestational sac in my uterus but nothing inside - I was charting and knew my dates were right. Doctor sent me for another beta that same day (at 5w) and it was 16,000! So even with that high HCG level the ultrasound still didn't pick anything besides the sac up. My level was 26,000 2 days later which is really high for 5w2d so I of course was freaking out (and it didn't double). Went for a follow-up ultrasound at 6w4d and baby had a heartbeat!! I am currently 32 weeks and baby is doing great!

With my first pregnancy (ended in MC) we saw a fetal pole and my HCG was only 3,000 that day (around 5 1/2 weeks). So high HCG levels don't neccessarily mean you will see something on the ultrasound!