HCG and blighted ovum

[canadamommy]

Hello everyone. I am wondering whether anyone knows what happens to hcg levels early (e.g. 4-5 weeks) in a blighted ovum. Specifically, do they rise faster than normal? I ask this becuase in my first pegnancy, my hcg rose slowly (barely doubled every 3 days) and despite being told I would miscarry, I had a healthy daughter. My second pregnancy a few months ago my hcg was more than doubling (went from 278 at 16 dpo to 2500 at 21 dpo) and I ended up with a blighted ovum which went on for some time before it was found. I am now pregnant again and I had hcg checked on 16 dpo and 18 dpo and numbers were 206 and 564. These numbers look quite a lot like my last blighted ovum - doubling too fast. I have no doctor at the moment (had blood drawn at a walk in clinic) so am in the dangerous world of self diagnosis. Of course, I have concluded that I must have another blighted ovum. I would be grateful for anyone's insight or experience on this. Do HCG levels rise faster with a blighted ovum than a normal pregnancy? Does a woman experience similar HCG levels from pregnancy to pregnancy with similar outcomes? I hope I am just being neurotic and I think I underestimated how stressful it is to conceive after a loss. Thanks!

[katiecaskey]

I am so sorry you are in the hell of beta..been there done that, don't wanna go back!! I will tell you this in all my activity on these boards. Two women conceive at the exact same moment and hcg levels are all different numbers and rising at all different levels. It is so hard to say. Your numbers look good to me. I have seen blighted ovums rise alot and barely rise. The true test is the u/s... good luck.

[canadamommy]

Thanks for your reply and the good wishes. I agree beta speculation is no fun.

[jenbethk]

CanadaMommy,
I'm so sorry for the blighted ovum that you had in the past. I also had a blighted ovum about 18 months ago. My first beta seemed fairly low to me at 78, and then dropped, but then started going up again. The numbers only doubled a couple of times in my case. Maybe it is just that you have multiples? Or just strong beta levels for a singleton?

Hang in there and please post an update when you can! Good luck!!!

Best regards,
Jen

p.s. These are how my wacky betas looked (11 of them in total and nothing like yours!). It was an absolute Beta He!!, so I know what you're going through! I also had MANY ultrasounds to confirm non-viability.

8dp5dt- 78
10dp5dt-75
11dp5dt-54
12dp5dt-61.8
13dp5dt-91
15dp5dt-207
17dp5dt-390
18dp5dt-565
20dp5dt-1016
22dp5dt-1619
26dp5dt-4187 (Officially diagnosed Blighted Ovum)