Was your OB concerned with the drop in HCG levels? What did s/he say? At 5 weeks, you are still within the normal range [18-7,340]. One thing I read in AmericanPregnancy.org is "Caution must be used in making too much of hCG numbers. A normal pregnancy may have low hCG levels and result in a perfectly healthy baby. The results from an ultrasound after 5 - 6 weeks gestation are much more accurate than using hCG numbers."
Try not to worry too much about these numbers-- it's not good to add stress to your little one during pregnancy, be happy-- think positive and take good care of yourself :)
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Hi polkadot,
Was your OB concerned with the drop in HCG levels? What did s/he say? At 5 weeks, you are still within the normal range [18-7,340]. One thing I read in AmericanPregnancy.org is "Caution must be used in making too much of hCG numbers. A normal pregnancy may have low hCG levels and result in a perfectly healthy baby. The results from an ultrasound after 5 - 6 weeks gestation are much more accurate than using hCG numbers."
Try not to worry too much about these numbers-- it's not good to add stress to your little one during pregnancy, be happy-- think positive and take good care of yourself :)
Here's the chart for future reference:
3 weeks LMP: 5 - 50 mIU/ml
4 weeks LMP: 5 - 426 mIU/ml
5 weeks LMP: 18 - 7,340 mIU/ml
6 weeks LMP: 1,080 - 56,500 mIU/ml
7 - 8 weeks LMP: 7, 650 - 229,000 mIU/ml
9 - 12 weeks LMP: 25,700 - 288,000 mIU/ml
13 - 16 weeks LMP: 13,300 - 254,000 mIU/ml
17 - 24 weeks LMP: 4,060 - 165,400 mIU/ml
25 - 40 weeks LMP: 3,640 - 117,000 mIU/ml
Non-pregnant females: <5.0 mIU/ml
Wishing you the best,
Rosa
June 18, 2011 - 7:58amThis Comment
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