Just wondered how long it takes for Hcg level to return to normal after miscarriage. I miscarried on 2-6-09, and my beta was around 7000 on 2-3-09.
I took a FRER test on 2-22-09 and it showed an extremely light shadowy line ( would have called it an evap, but not likely with FRER).
I took the new FRER digital one the next day and it was negative. So I am guessing my Hcg is low but not normal yet
Any info would be appreciated. Thanks

[*SamF*]

I’m sorry for your loss.
HCG tends to drop pretty quickly. If you have stopped bleeding you most likely are at <5. Only a blood test will tell you for sure.
Do you have another test scheduled?

My doctor said that no more blood work was necessary because I had an ultrasound one week after the miscarriage
(still bleeding at that time) that showed my uterus back to normal. I never even saw a doctor after the ultrasound.
I just called the office and the nurse read me the ultrasound report and said no follow up was needed. Is that normal procedure?

[klt]

Sorry you're having to go through this...I hope you're doing OK. HCG goes down just like it goes up. When you are PG, your hcg doubles every 2-3 days. When your levels are dropping, they drop by half every two to three days. If you were at 7000 on 2/3, then on 2/6, assuming you were going down by half every three days, you would be 3500. By 2/9 you'd be at 1750, 2/12 - 875, 2/15 - app. 440, 2/18 - 220, 2/21 - 110, 2/24 - 55...etc....
Now, keeping in mind that you probably dropped at a slightly faster rate, you probably had just enough hcg in your urine a few days ago to show a line on a sensitive FRER. Now, the fact that you got a negative hpt says that your levels have probably dropped below the "detection level". They did the u/s to make sure that no fetal tissue remained and to make sure that everything was progressing appropriately. Pretty standard that no follow up is needed when a u/s shows "all clear"...

I hope this helps. The good news is that your cycle will start normalizing again soon! Although I am so sorry for your loss, I'm glad that everything progressed the way it should. Hopefully you can TTC soon and get your little miracle.
Take care.

[..Penelope..]

Dinah,

I don't have any advice, since I'm still waiting for the first AF since I had a D&C on Feb 7. I just wanted to say that I'm so sorry for your loss *HUGS*

[..Jessica..]

Welcome to the board, Dinah.

I'm very sorry for your loss!!! How far along were you?

The procedure with your doc seems normal to me. I didn't even have a follow-up appointment with my doctor because my hCG didn't increase the way he wanted, so he knew I would miscarry. Anyway, I hope you get AF soon so you can get back to TTC! M/C really sucks! It certainly sounds like your levels have dropped enough to say that the hCG is out of your system.

I hope you stick around!!

[L-SBB]

welcome Dinah! I don't have much to add to the great comments you already got here...just that I'm sorry for your loss and welcome to our group!

Thank you to everyone for some answers. I knew I was going to miscarry at 7 weeks when spotting started. I went to ER because
I was also feeling very sick (but turned out to be flu) and wanted to rule out ectopic. Well ulrasound showed small sack and no
fetal pole. So I knew then it was over, but I miscarried at 8 weeks. This was our first cycle TTC our second.