HCG Levels in Early pregnancy

Hi Friends

Thank you very much to all of you for your wishes.

doctor told i am 6 weeks pregnant now.

doctor advised me to go for another scan in 2 weeks to see the starting of the baby in sac.

Hope things will go fine by gods grace and your blessings

Regards
Aparnasrinivas

 

Hey Aparna,

Happy to see your update. CONGRATULATIONS !!

Stay healthy and tk good care of yourself !!

Good Luck.

 

congratulations aparna.. wish u a very healthy pregnancy

 

Hi Everyone

Today i had U/S to see the baby heartbeat at 7 weeks. radiologist said that baby age is about 6.6 weeks as per the measurements.But said she did not see any heartbeat today.

She said as she cannot the heart beat baby is not alive.She said at this stage it should be seen if everything is ok

Can anyone please advice is it true that if heart beat is not seen around 7 weeks that means i lost my baby.

or can i wait and go for another scan in about a week.One last hope.

Please share your opinions.

 

dear aparna, please dont get dejected... 6.6 wks is kinda early to detect baby's heartbeat... atleast wait for another two wks to chk the progress...
i think you should follow up with your doc in another 1.5-2 wks time to see whats going on...
in many cases they are only able to see the sac at 5-6 wks...but the pregnancy progresses just fine...
get another scan done at 8-8 1/2 wks..

 

we did not see the heart beat until my 8th week scan. at the 6 week scan we could only see the sac that's abt it. so dont worry .. everything should be fine. just get another scan done in a week or 2. praying foir the well being of your baby.

 

Hi Aparna,

Congrats on your pregancy:thumbsup. Ladies differ. So dont worry. For me during my 6th week we heard heart beat and was able to see yolk sac surrounded by amnionic fluid. But for my friend, GYN checked her heart beat only in her 9th or 10th week. So it may vary from person to person. Sure you will hear your LO's heart beat during your next scan.

Do not worry. Pray GOd and everything will be a SUCCESS for you. Keep us posted.

My LMP is April 10 and am in Jan 2010 mommies forum.

 

Hi Friends

I have some information to share with you and seek your opinions

Yesterday we had an appointment with my doctor. My doctor received my scan result.

He showed me the letter that was sent to him by the ultrasound people. It was written that

“We saw fetal pole with CROWN RUMP Length measurement of 1 cm. But no Cardiac activity detected .We suspect that fetal growth might have stopped”

My doctor told he doesn’t want to conclude with this 1 scan result. He advised me to go for 2 blood tests (HCG)

Today I gave I test and again on Friday I will give one more.

He said we will see how these values are varying, I mean increasing or decreasing. (Will be able to know 50% about my case from this result).

And also he said he will schedule another Scan in next week.

I have to wait and see how it goes.

I have one doubt in my mind.

When I went to the scan they said I am approximately 7.1 weeks.

When I searched in internet I came to know that <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:stockticker>CRL</st1:stockticker> (CROWN RUMP Length) will be 1 cm around 7.2 weeks.

Typical measurements

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Gestational Age for <st1:stockticker>CRL</st1:stockticker>​

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Age​

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<st1:stockticker>CRL</st1:stockticker> (cm)​

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<st1:stockticker>CRL</st1:stockticker> (in)​

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<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">7.0 cm
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<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">8.0 cm
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From this I understood that baby is growing as per the no of weeks im preg.

But how can they say that growth has stopped if they couldn’t detect the hearbeat.

I asked the same question to doctor. He said heart beat can be detected in most of the people by 6weeks. But you can wait till 8 weeks to confirm. So don’t worry

I am sorry for writing such a long mail

Please share your opinions.

 

aparna, your doc is right, if he sees a gradual decline in hcg level, it would mean that the fetal growth would have been retarded despite of normal measurements.and majority of cases they are able to detect heartbeat by transvaginal US by 8-8.5 wks...
the only thing we can do at the moment is wait for your blood reports and yes in another wk please go through another scan to confirm... only then take the next step...
i know at the end of the day, all we have to do is trust our doc, but then i know its a difficult time.. and hence no harm in going for another US within a wk along wiht blood reports..

my prayers are with you.

PS: i was browsing trying to gather some more information for you and came across this link..
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/earlyfetaldevelopment.htm