todteach

I just received a call from my doctor's office. Can someone please help me understand why your hcg levels are tracked down to zero? Is this to indicate when your next period is due, or to ensure that there are no retained prducts from conception, or to tell us when we can attempt another pregnancy?

I need to go in for more bloodwork this week, as my levels are at 28.

I have had enough of doctors, hospitals, surgery, etc....... I just want to get on with our life, and quit spending so much (emotional) time in doctors offices. Sorry a bit of a vent there too

Thanks
to all

Vickie

I think the reason they want to make sure your HCG levels go back to 0 is so that they can be certain that there are no further signs of the pregnancy in your body (sorry I really don't know how to word this correctly ).......I believe in some cases women's bodies don't fully miscarry the baby, and in those cases another procedure may be required.

So sorry you are having to go through this and so sorry for your loss.

Sambatiki

Hi hun,

Im not entirely sure, why.... I had a natural miscarriage and was told to test 1 week later as should be a . If showed a then to go back in. So I would think its because of retained products.

HTH



Kerry xxx

buffycat

wish i could help.....

i never had blood tests when i mc'd.....know that lots of the others did though.....

i guess it's another check to make sure that things are returning to normal though.....

wishes

Think youve already got your answer, but putting it bluntly () Its to make sure that everythings gone so there is no infection or risk for you.

Keep strong hun.

todteach

Thanks so much everyone.

I wasn't too sure....

I have already gone in for a second d and c (May 29), because I still had retained products leftover from the first one(May 18 ).

That could be why I'm so exhausted too? Too much blood loss.

We've been to so many different doctors, blood labs, in for surgery twice....I'm just tired of it all.

Thanks for your help

JASMAK

I can give you a great example as to why your DR should track down to zero:

My sister was told that she was having a m/c. She had previously had an ectopic pregnancy (the Hcg levels in ectopic usually do not double every three days as in a normal pregnancy, and can also drop, and increase), and she was at risk for another (having an ectopic puts you at an increased risk for another ectopic). So, when she became pregnant again, she had an Hcg, and her numbers were low for how along she was supposed to be. They did another Hcg, and it was still low for dates. She started bleeding, and she was told that she was m/c. She bled for a couple days, and then stopped. She then developed pain or her right side. She had anotehr Hcg, and her numbers had dropped significantly....but, not to zero. Her DR did not tell her to get another Hcg. She started bleeding off and on, and the pain on her right side increased, espesially during a BM (which is common in an ectopic pregnancy). She went to the drop-in clinic, and he said it was "indigestion". Later that same day, she went to the ER because she passed out from the pain, and the DR there told her that it was probably a uterus infection and prescribed her antibiotics. But, "just to be sure", he had said, he would "take another Hcg result". It had been weeks since her so-called m/c, so her Hcg level should have been at zero, espesially since it was already falling. Well, it came back in the thousands. At this point, my sister started hemoraging in the ER, and was raced into immediate surgery. She lost her other fallopian tube (she lost the one befroe from her previous ectopic), one ovary, and her uterus. She had to have 4 blood transfusions, and almost had to have another surgery from internal bleeding. She just about died. It was awful!

If they had followed her numbers right down to zero, it wouldn't have gone that far. When I had my m/c, I demanded my numbers be tracked right down to zero.

Happy

I had my blood tracked down to 24 as I only bled for 2 days I was told to do a HPT 2 weeks later to make sure it showed a BFN. If it didn't then it would show I had retained products and I would have to go back. Luckily for me I got my BFN.