Dr. Balakrishnan R
Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Hello doctor,
I had two consecutive blighted ovum in 2016 at six weeks. I had no other pregnancies or significant medical history. My blood group is O negative and I received a RhoGam to both metacarpal bones. I had spotted the first bowels open and sore breasts slightly in the morning sickness with the second bilateral ovum without spotting. I never got my hCG level tested with these pregnancies. I recently had a negative pregnancy test in the year 2017 then a positive in the same year 2017. I got my hCG and progesterone done on 2016, the result was hCG is 12, and progesterone is 30. My doctor suggested I take tablet 100mg of Progesterone orally and asked me to come for a follow-up for a blood test on 2/20 for an hCG test. When I took another hCG test the result was 58. They wanted me to repeat hCG again in three days. Do low numbers indicates bilateral ovaries?
Please help me.
Hi,
Welcome to icliniq.com.
How are you doing ?
I went through your reports.
A blighted ovum is similar to an accident and you have two such incidents. Let me start on a positive note that the Beta hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) levels are not low. Do not go by the absolute values, in IVF only rising rates are considered. Following the IVF procedure to detect whether you are pregnant hCG values of about 10 IU (International Units) are recommended. The rate of rise is an important factor in IVF (In vitro fertilization) procedures. After 48 hours the value has to be doubled and this occurred in your case which is a positive sign. The hCG levels are 12 on the 16th and the ideal levels are 24 on the 18th and levels should be greater than 50 on the 20th. So your graph is reassuring. Keep taking those medications and take very good care of yourself. Make sure to get yourself tested for blood sugar levels and thyroid profile. Any deviation in these levels is an undiagnosed cause of early abortion. All I can say now is that your baby's hormone levels are good, but the most important criterion which we look for is the heartbeat which is normally felt at 6 weeks of pregnancy. Be patient and trust the process and hope for cardiac flicker.
Hope I have clarified your query and do write back if any more queries.
All the best.
Thanks and regards.
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