HCG level

SoI took my HCG levels on Monday and again on Wed. Mon = 13,948 and Wed. 25,962. Still no one can confirm or even give me a guestimate about how far along I am ...Any thoughts anyone? SInce I have not ovulated normal, I have no clue how far along I could even be.
Thanks

Why don't they do an ultrasound? It is hard to guess from HCG levels.

Already did but couldn't tell, that is why I did the levels, but now I have to wait until the 17th and it is killing me. I was thinking 7 weeks, but not sure...
thanks..

According to the chart in my what to expect book, you are anywhere between 6-8 weeks. If they do an ultrasound now, they should be able to tell more.

here i found this for you....

Guideline to hCG levels during pregnancy:

hCG levels in weeks from LMP (gestational age)* :

• 3 weeks LMP: 5 - 50 mIU/ml
• 4 weeks LMP: 5 - 426 mIU/ml
• 5 weeks LMP: 18 - 7,340 mIU/ml
• 6 weeks LMP: 1,080 - 56,500 mIU/ml
• 7 - 8 weeks LMP: 7, 650 - 229,000 mIU/ml
• 9 - 12 weeks LMP: 25,700 - 288,000 mIU/ml
• 13 - 16 weeks LMP: 13,300 - 254,000 mIU/ml
• 17 - 24 weeks LMP: 4,060 - 165,400 mIU/ml
• 25 - 40 weeks LMP: 3,640 - 117,000 mIU/ml
• Non-pregnant females: <5.0 mIU/ml
• Postmenopausal females: <9.5 mIU/ml

NOW remember each dr. office and or hospital uses their own testing. SO this is just a guidline. IF you are more than 8weeks then your level wont raise. Thats when it will start to level out or decline. NOT BECAUSE your going to lose the baby but its the bodies way of saying "MAMA WAKE UP YOU ARE KNOCKED UP!!!" thats the way it was put to me.

NOW as for getting answers, call them and tell them you want answers. IT IS YOUR RIGHT to do so. YOU are your own best advocate.


When was your last FULL period?

Oh it didnt copy all that i wanted it too...so here is the rest...

Key things to remember about hCG levels:

• In a bout 85% of normal pregnancies, the hCG level will double every 48 - 72 hours. As you get further along in pregnancy and the hCG level gets higher, the time it takes to double can increase to about every 96 hours.
• Caution must be used in making too much of hCG numbers. A normal pregnancy may have low hCG levels and result in a perfectly healthy baby. The results from an ultrasound after 5 - 6 weeks gestation are much more accurate than using hCG numbers.
• An hCG level of less than 5mIU/ml is considered negative for pregnancy, and anything above 25mIU/ml is considered positive for pregnancy.
• The hCG hormone is measured in milli-international units per milliliter (mIU/ml).
• A transvaginal ultrasound should be able to show at least a gestational sac once the hCG levels have reached between 1,000 - 2,000mIU/ml. Because levels can differentiate so much and conception dating can be wrong, a diagnosis should not be made by ultrasound findings until the hCG level has reached at least 2,000.
• A single hCG reading is not enough information for most diagnoses. When there is a question regarding the health of the pregnancy, multiple testings of hCG done a couple of days apart give a more accurate assessment of the situation.
• The hCG levels should not be used to date a pregnancy since these numbers can vary so widely.
• There are two common types of hCG tests. A qualitative hCG test detects if hCG is present in the blood. A quantitative hCG test (or beta hCG) measures the amount of hCG actually present in the blood.

Thanks, I looked at the same type chart but there is such a huge gap in the numbers that who knows where to even guess. I suppose I will just have to wait for a more definate answer on the 17th. My last full period was August 24th, but the last ultrasound, the doc said no possible way to use that as a guide since I have had PCOS, and just recently starting having cycle. So who knows when I ovulated. I am just really wanting to know about how far along I am as the wait is intense not being able to tell any of my family or friends.
I appreciate all the info and support....Feels wierd to be back in this seat again after trying for 6years, giving up, having RNY, and BAM, just like that, 7 months later, pregnant. I would have never imagined. My children will be 7years apart. Kind of a big spread...
thanks again...