Re: slow rising hcg and falling progesterone levels

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At Wed, 30 Apr 2003, kmac14 wrote: >
>Hello,
>
>I am 33 and 6 weeks pregnant with my second pregnancy after a
>miscarriage in October 2002. In that pregnancy, the fetus stopped
>developing at 5.5-6 weeks but I did not begin bleeding until 10.5 weeks.
>
>I just got the results from my 2nd set of blood work and they are
>troubling. For my first test, at 4 weeks 2 days past last monthly
>period (LMP), my HCG was 186 and my progesterone was 15.5. For my 2nd
>test, taken 7 days later, my HCG was 1049 and my progesterone was 11.75.
>I have been put on progesterone suppositories, though I know it is
>probably a bit late for them to be effective.
>
>I know the best way to determine viability of a pregnancy is via
>ultrasound, and have one scheduled for next week. But in the meantime,
>I was hoping someone could advise me whether these numbers seem to
>correspond with likely pregnancy failure.
>
>Thank you very much for your time.
>
>Karen

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