Re: HCG level

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At Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Todd wrote: >
>My wife found out she was pregnant from a home test, and we went and got
>a blood test for the Dr. office. When the test came back, it showed
>that my wife had a pretty low HCG level, it was like 225. The nurse
>seemed concerned, and asked us to retest. 4 days later, we did retest,
>and it doubled to like 550 I think. The nurse asked my wife if she was
>spotting or cramping, and scheduled an appt for 5 weeks away. We are
>worried about a possible miscarriage due to my wife having one 2 years
>ago. We do have a healthy 11 month old son though. The nurse sounded
>concerned, but never told us anything. Should we be worried about a
>miscarriage, or is this the normal process. We think she is 5 weeks
>pregnant. Any help is appreciated.
>
>Thanks again
>Todd Lesser
>
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>Todd Lesser
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