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Re: HCG Level

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 6 Oct 2001 16:08:56 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Wendy wrote: >
>My husband and I have been trying to become pregnant again for two
>years. We have a three year old and prior to her, we experienced 5
>years of infertility. Although the first 4 years of our attempts were
>did not achieve any pregnancies, we had two losses (each at 7 weeks)
>prior to her birth and have had one confirmed loss (7 weeks) since her
>birth. It is noteable that I only achived my first pregnancy when I had
>an IUI. Although I have achieved pregnancies since without this
>procedure, they have occured within a month or two after having this
>procedure done again. Each time I get pregnant my HCG levels are low
>initially (even with the one I carried). Because of this level I took
>progesterone for the first 20 weeks when I was pregnant with my
>daughter. I just learned that I am pregnant. However, my HCG level is
>only 26. I have a 26 day cycle and am late for my period by either one
>of two days. I have started taking progesterone today. Although I have
>so many questions relating to my difficulties and would appreciate any
>suppositions from what I have written, my main question is whether HCG
>level vary appropriately across individuals. Might I just experience
>lower levels than the average and still be OK? I am being retested on
>Monday, because the doctor feels that the level is too low and that
>there is a very high probability that I will not carry this pregnancy.
>Any advise or information is greatly appreciated!

Wendy

The biologic variability is so great, you must just watch and wait and take the progesterone.

--
William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Editorial Advisor-Pregnancy and Birth
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.

*Please understand I can not respond to private emails.

*These comments are for educational purposes only.  They are
not meant to take the place of an examination by a qualified
health care provider.  They are not intended to be the start
of a physician-patient relationship.

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