Is 8 normal hcg at 3.5 weeks?

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

I don't know, but keep getting it tested, and if it stays low, you may have an ectopic.

[Anonymous]

How many DPO? My friend's first beta was a 5 and that baby is now 2 years old. It's gotta start somewhere....

[Anonymous]

It's not about the first number, what's important is whether or not it doubles every 48 hours. So keep getting tested and if HCG keeps doubling should be fine.

[Anonymous]

Probably not, but maybe you are a bit earlier than you think?

[Anonymous]

I don't know what dpo means....its four weeks since my period started and maybe I ovulated somewhere around August 2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not about the first number, what's important is whether or not it doubles every 48 hours. So keep getting tested and if HCG keeps doubling should be fine.

Everyone says this but it's not true. The first number is the most predictive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not about the first number, what's important is whether or not it doubles every 48 hours. So keep getting tested and if HCG keeps doubling should be fine.

Everyone says this but it's not true. The first number is the most predictive.

Says who? Not my RE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not about the first number, what's important is whether or not it doubles every 48 hours. So keep getting tested and if HCG keeps doubling should be fine.

Everyone says this but it's not true. The first number is the most predictive.

Only if you know when ovulation/ conception roughly occured.

[Anonymous]

My first beta - at 10 DPO - was 7. My doctor told me not to get my hopes up. It rose really slowly, but it kept getting higher (I was tested every 6 days). That baby is now a very stubborn 3 yo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know what dpo means....its four weeks since my period started and maybe I ovulated somewhere around August 2.

DPO means days past ovulation. Do you know when you ovulated? The time that has elapsed since conception means a lot more than the date of your last period (even though the doctors like using that date).

[Anonymous]

The first beta was 8. I didn't have a second because I think it's a miscarriage. HPT says negative. I ovulated August 1

[Anonymous]

My first beta at 4 weeks (two days after expected period / prob about 14 days post ovulation) was 128. At that level, I did a hpt day before blood draw and could barely detect the line. Rates more than doubled and I'm currently 15 weeks along.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My first beta at 4 weeks (two days after expected period / prob about 14 days post ovulation) was 128. At that level, I did a hpt day before blood draw and could barely detect the line. Rates more than doubled and I'm currently 15 weeks along.

HPT is sensitive at 30, so 128 is a solid line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not about the first number, what's important is whether or not it doubles every 48 hours. So keep getting tested and if HCG keeps doubling should be fine.

Everyone says this but it's not true. The first number is the most predictive.

That's not true at all.