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Question: "I'm six weeks pregnant. My doctortold me that the hCG level in my blood is 8,500mIU/ml. My sister said hers was over 20,000 atthe same point. What does that mean? Is 8,500too low?"
When you're pregnant, it's normal to want to swap notesabout every twitch and test result with other moms andmoms-to-be. But when it comes to hCG, the hormone
detected in pee-on-a-stick home-pregnancy tests and moreprecisely in blood tests, trading tales may just make you spin your wheels with worry.That's because the levels can vary enormously from day to day, person to person, and evenpregnancy to pregnancy.
A brand-new placenta starts pumping out hCG, or human chorionic gonadotropin, a fewdays after the budding embryo implants in the uterine wall. Although the level of hCG willinitially be quite low (it's just starting to show up in your system, after all) — it'll soonbegin to soar, doubling every 30 hours (give or take). The rapid increase peaks somewherebetween seven and 12 weeks after the last menstrual period (LMP), and then starts todecline.
While it might sound like a predictable increase, when it comes to producing predictablelevels, it's not even close. Experts have found a huge variation in hCG levels on even thefirst missed day of a woman's period. Some women have no measurable hCG (in otherwords, a level of 0 mIU/ml), while others have readings over 400. Either way, this isperfectly normal and has to do, in part, with exactly how long it took your egg to get
fertilized, make the trip down to the uterus, and get snuggled in; some embryos are simplyzippier than others. It's also perfectly normal for that wide range in levels to persistthroughout pregnancy. So, what should you expect? Experts have found the following ranges of hCG levels to be
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normal:
Weeks from LMP (Last MissedPeriod
Amount of hCG in mIU/ml or IU/l
3 weeks 0 to 5
4 weeks 5 to 426
5 weeks 18 to 7,340
6 weeks 1,080 to 56,500
7 to 8 weeks 7,650 to 229,000
9 to 12 weeks 25,700 to 288,000
13 to 16 weeks 3,300 to 253,000
17 to 24 weeks (second trimester) 4,060 to 165,400
25 weeks to term (third trimester) 3,640 to 117,000
After several days postpartum nonpregnant levels (<5)
If your readings fall outside these ranges, don't worry: It's still quite likely thateverything's fine. (Your due date might just be off.) As long as your pregnancy isprogressing normally, you don't have to obsess about these numbers (especially onceyou've past the first trimester), but if you are concerned, talk with your practitioner about
your results.
Good luck,
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I think they could just be high! Theranges are quite large, there is actuallya
You may have twins on your hands :-) Igot my levels checked yesterday. Theyshould
oh i dk... doesnt sound good my lastperiod was june 20th im 7 wks now.when i was 4
There's no real way to know how faralong you are by hCG levels. however,what I
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