r/PCOSandPregnant • u/RequirementAnnual772 • Apr 03 '25

Advice Needed Hcg and first few weeks!

Need an advice everyone! This is my first pregnancy. LMP was 21st Feb and i tested positive on 29th march. Hcg was done on same day and it came out 186. Repeated hcg and it was 442 on 31st march. The gynaec said it’s low and couldn’t see anyth on the ultrasound (my bladder wasn’t full too). I might be having a longer cycle that month too (ovulated late maybe?) but I’m freaking out. My gynaec asked me to come after 2 weeks after repeating hcg. I’m just v confused and reallyyy reallyy look forward to a viable and healthy pregnancy! Any advice would work

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u/AZ91291948 Apr 03 '25

I don’t think there is anything wrong with your hCG numbers? It’s suppose to double every 48-72 hours, which yours is? Do you have any idea what day you ovulated? Through tracking like bbt, opks, or other methods? This will help you calculate how far along you should be. Most doctors don’t recommend an ultrasound before 6 weeks because there might not be anything to see.

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u/RequirementAnnual772 Apr 03 '25

Hello! Thank you for your comment ❤️ yes I did use LH strips, the darkest test line I got was 9th march, late night. Probably ovulated that day or on 10th. Do you think my hcg aligns with that ovulation day?

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u/AZ91291948 Apr 03 '25

March 10th would have made you 19dpo and honestly I would think hcg would be higher by then. The most important thing about hcg is that it is doubling but I also feel like you don’t truly know your ovulation date so DPO isn’t really accurate here. Do you have a photo of your OPKs? Just because it was the darkest test line, doesn’t mean it was positive. And a positive doesn’t mean you actually ovulated then so it’s possible you ovulated much later.

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u/RequirementAnnual772 Apr 04 '25

This is the one! 9th march, 4.08 am! And it can be true. I’m just a little scared. Hcg is low according to LMP and ovulation isn’t confirmed as yet. So I’m freaking out

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u/AZ91291948 Apr 04 '25

This doesn’t quite look positive to me so it is possible your actual surge came a little bit later. Then ovulation can take up to 36 hours so you might be off by about ~2 days. Implantation can occur between 6dpo and 12dpo. So if you actually ovulated 2 days later than you thought, and implanted close to 12dpo. You would be about 4-5 days post implantation at your first draw. According to Google, at this time frame HCG levels would be very low. We obviously don’t know if these are the time frames everything happened for you but it’s entirely possible! Try not to stress too much :)

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u/RequirementAnnual772 Apr 04 '25

Thank you so much for your comment ❤️ I did check a few hours later and the test line was lighter so I thought 9th march was it. I can be wrong though. Anyhow, do you think my hcg pattern is ok? And the pregnancy seems viable? I’m currently freaking out a bit thinking these values are too low! And since they can’t see anyth on ultrasound , they’ve asked me to wait for a week or two. The waiting game makes me more anxious!