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so sorry you're going through this.

I was 9 weeks when I had mine and it felt like it took forever to go down. I think it took around 6 weeks. I actually got AF and it was another week before my hcg was at 0. This was one of the roughest parts for me because I wanted to move on so badly, but each week I would go to the OB office to get blood draws and see pregnant women and it would upset me all over again

After my D&C, I think I took about 6 weeks for the HCG to totally leave my system.

I'm so sorry

I was 12 weeks and it took about 5/6 weeks to go down below 5

I had a natural miscarriage at 8 weeks but had strong numbers during my pregnancy. I think it was about 4 weeks before they were below 5. It was an odd feeling, I wanted them down so I could try again but each time they dropped it was a punch in the stomach as my baby slipped further away from me. It's a no win situation. I did get my period back about 5 weeks after my miscarriage started though.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Mine took forever to go down - almost 8 weeks. That being said, my D&E was incomplete and I bled that entire time until I passed tissue. Once I passed it, the hcg dropped immediately. Definitely not the norm, and hopefully yours drops much faster!

@jaguar: I didn't, thankfully. They brought it up almost weekly, but told me as long as my HCG was coming down by 50% each week, that it could be avoided. I ended up having a follow up ultrasound at the very end of 7.5 weeks because my bleeding became VERY heavy (my HCG level was at 101 at that time). It was confirmed as a period (I had no idea that could happened with HCG left in my system, but it was definitely a different type of blood) and at the end of it, my body essentially flushed everything (including the remaining giant piece of tissue) out. My next HCG test was at 1.2 (negative). It was literally the longest 2 months of my life. It's been 3.5 weeks since I stopped bleeding and I'm now impatiently waiting for my period to come back. I never thought I'd be WANTing to bleed ever again

@jaguar: Hey...I finally got around to checking-- it took almost exactly 1 month for my levels to go from 24,300 MMC @11 weeks to 20 (after my first D+C). And I got my first period about 6 weeks post-D+C.

ETA: I wish it were possible to predict how the next few weeks/months are going to go, so that I can start really planning... I'm pretty sure my HCG levels were higher this time...but it was also earlier and I think they "got it all" this time, hence less bleeding.

@ValentineMommy: The waiting is pretty awful, but I'm feeling pretty optimistic so far. I'm so sorry that your post-D+C course was as prolonged and (it sounds like) miserable as it was. I hope the rest of your recovery goes smoothly and you can try again as soon as you're emotionally/physically ready!

@ValentineMommy: So, how do you know you are at 0? My OB didn't order bloodwork. Is it when you get your first AF post D & C?

@ValentineMommy: Wishing you lots of then! Will you use OPKs or temp (if you don't mind me asking)?

@simplyfelicity: I had a positive opk 12 days ago! I started feeling all sorts of weird cramps, like painful ones, and getting mucous. I took an opk and it was positive. My situation is weird though. I bled for 8 weeks post D&E total. It was starting to taper off, then around 8 weeks the blood got, well, heavy and weird. It seemed like a period, when before it definitely didn't. I started bleeding heavier and heavier then passed a giant piece of tissue (not a clot). I freaked out, went to the ob and had an ultrasound. They confirmed it was my AF, even though I had never officially stopped bleeding and still had HCG in my system (they were checking them weekly because of all the bleeding I was having). The AF pushed out the remaining tissue and I finally stopped bleeding. Approx 2.5 weeks later is when I got the O pains and the positive test. Hopefully af is coming any day now. Sorry if that was the longest answer in the world!

@ValentineMommy: Sounds like that's unlikely to be a problem. However, I know it's not uncommon to have a couple of weird cycles after m/c. OPKs should help with that!

@FliegepilzHut: I hope so! I have an underlying fear of major fertility problems (I was adopted, my mom couldn't have children...even though that biologically has no impact on me, it mentally did somehow. Stupid anxiety) or that somehow the D&E ruined my insides somehow. I'm just an anxious mess I am starting to have cramping though, so I guess that's a good sign!

@FliegepilzHut: Thank you!!! Your support means a lot! It's so hard to take it easy on myself....I'm so mad at the inability to "control" my own body, if that makes any sense. It should do what I want it to!

@FliegepilzHut: I'm a perfectionist as it is and my need to control things has always been a personal issue. Of all things, I should be able to control my own damn body....but nope.....insert angry face smiley here. lol

@ValentineMommy: At least you acknowledge that you (we) are not the one(s) in control. From one frustrated (and perfectionistic) lady to another...sometime that the hardest part. *insert anguished grin/scowly face*

@FliegepilzHut: That's really good advice-- thanks! I will hit up the dollar store in a couple of weeks.

@simplyfelicity: I hope so!!

@jaguar: That is definitely progress! I'm sort of afraid to POAS...not sure why.