Miscarriage/pregnancy?

i had a miscarriage about a month and a half ago ..as far as i know the highest my hcg levels got were 104..last week i had blood work and my levels were still 47..are these from my miscarriage or am i pregnant again..the last couple of days ive been having very weird pains pain in my lower stomach and vagina ..and my nipples are sore..when i miscarriaged i lost all my pregnancy sytphoms right away

Did your doctor seem concerned about your HCG levels? Did they say anything about whether or not they thought you might be pregnant? Depending on how far along you were when you miscarried, your HCG levels could still be dropping.

I would go ahead and talk to your doctor about it. They might want to test your levels again to see if they've dropped more since your blood work was done. If they have, then they're probably leftover from your previous pregnancy. If they're going up, you're probably pregnant again. Either way, your doctor should be able to give you some more information about it.

Sounds like you could be pregnant again. Have you taken a test? If not do, and if it neg , wait a couple of weeks then take it again. You can also just go have a blood test now and that should tell you for sure.

if you have been active, there is a chance, but normally what happens is with the hcg levels not bottoming out, you are just starting to cycle again, and this is your body gearing up for a period. when i misscarried my levels took (seemingly) forever to drop and my first periods were wonky and more painful then usual.

It is possible you could be pregnant again right away. They say that you are most fertile after a miscarriage and after labor. I too, got told I had a miscarriage, but in my case I don't think I really did, I have had 2 different doctors tell me different things. So I don't know what is going on with me but I have negative urine and blood tests but I have all symptoms of pregnancy including breast milk. One doctor thought I was having an early miscarriage, another thinks I might still be pregnant and not showing up yet, or he thought I might have a cyst in my ovary. I have 2 go see an obgyn. But yes I have heard of lots of people that have gotten pregnant right after both miscarriage and labor, so you should take a EPT test in a week or so.

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Deb
4/24/1999
. Posted by Deb on April 24, 1999 at 14:41:49
I had a blighted ovum at 10 weeks in Sept '98 requiring D&C. Progesterone levels never returned to normal even though I was ovulating. Started Clomid at 50 mg and it didn't work. Did Clomid at 100mg for 2 months. On second month, my temps stayed high, I had spotting (I had this with previous preg) but (-) urine tests. Went to MD on 4/12 (day 35 of my cycle) and blood test showed HCg level of 12. Next day, temp dropped, spotting got heavier. On Wed, 4/14, Hcg level still at 12 but started heavy bleeding with clots. Tested Hcg level on Fri 4/16 and it was 28. Didn't get this info until next Wed 4/21. Hcg level that day was 217 and on Friday 4/23 my MD told me my Hcg level went up again but did not double. My MD says she's never seen this before and we just need to keep monitoring my quant levels. My question is how come my Hcg level is going up if I had such heavy bleeding? Is there any chance a normal pregnancy could come out of this? Thanks in advance for any info. Deb




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Posted by HFHS.MD.RCS on April 26, 1999 at 23:05:55
Dear Deb:
hCG is produced by trophoblast. These cells form the placenta, membranes, and baby portions of a pregnancy. Early trophoblast is very hearty and can burrow into the wall of the uterus, continue to make hormone, and the surface lining can be shedding because there is not a healthy, developing pregnancy. Less often, there is bleeding from one area of the uterine lining and the pregnancy is safely attached to a distant area. Rarely trophoblast cells take on a life of their own in a process called hydatidiform mole.

The quantitated hCG levels should be followed. Continued rise in the face of no evidence for a healthy pregnancy may require drug treatment (methotrexate). Resolution of the hCG level will show that the trophoblast has undegone self-destruction.

Keywords: hCG, early pregnancy