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To: M I am, according to my iVF doctor, at 6 wks 2 d. My HcG numbers have gone from 44, 297, 1420, 2700. According to my fertility specialist, a positive pregnancy is considered at 6 HcG. Again, as many others have said, each woman's HcG may rise at quite a variance. In fact, the HcG indicators on any chart should offer a variance of considerable proportion because of this fact. As in my situations, since I did IVF this time we can reasonable a__sume that my time frame is fairly accurate. However, the actual time of implantation to the uterine lining can vary by days from the transfer date. This can also be a factor when looking at HcG levels. I am seeing a heartbeat and the baby is measuring in a normal range at this point, but my HcG numbers are not doubling. Not sure if this is cause for too much alarm on my part, but as with all of us on this forum, bears some carfeful watching. In the meantime, don't forget to take good care of yourself and stay positive. I believe that all things happen for a reason. Best of luck and keep your spirits up!

hello all, dont know if any of the regulars who started this forum are here, but just incase i am doing really well, like you i was all up in the air with pregnancy, was i going to carry a baby or wasnt i. but im at the end now, been 35 weeks pregnant... just finished putting the cot together and sorting out the nursery with my little boy who is extremly excited... so never give up hope, i know i have said all this b4 but it does help when you know others can do it... lots of love and take care xxxxx tegs xx

Congratulations Teigan...I couldn't be happier for you!! It's a long road for all of us but like you said you can never lose hope & there is always a light at the end of the tunnel, it just has to come at the right time for you. I too am headed to our happy ending...I'm 17 1/2 weeks pregnant and just found out yesterday that we are having a little girl to round out our happy family of 2 boys! I am on cloud 9!! If you were to tell me back in August (after my 5th miss) that I would be this happy today...I would have thought you were crazy!! But you have to keep thinking positive!! Never give up...it does happen...we're kind of lucky cuz we have so many angel babies rooting for us & helping us to share the love we desperately want to give to a lucky child. The blessings do come...sooner or later. We just have to be patient & wait for our turn. Love & prayers to all of you!

to teigan and krissy: I'm really glad to hear that everything is going great with your pregnancies. I enjoy hearing stories like yours. Not only are they uplifting, but they do truly give me a sense of hope. After 2 mc, I was placed on clomid. I've already done three rounds of it. No luck yet. I know that most websites concerning the subject recommend 6 months on it. If it does not work in that time frame, it will not work for you. I also read that most of the time, it happens between the 3rd and 4th rounds. I'm crossing my fingers and praying to God that this Clomid works.

hi there my thoughts and prayers go out to all who are trying to get pregnant. my daughter is trying and has gone through a lot and is having a misscarrage after her first ivf and it is devistating they have been trying to concieve for almost 4 yrs and were so happy to get a + result and then her hcg levels went down 1st was 230, 2nd 257, 3rd 134 at 5wks and 2days but she still is not bleeding is this normal she was spotting for about 4 days after she found out she was pregnant then it has been 3days since her last hcg and the dr told her she was having a miscarriage is this normal

Hi Gem...sadly, yes, it's normal. I, too, miscarried after my first IVF cycle, and it took awhile for things to run their course. It was so hard because you think they MUST be wrong if you haven't started to bleed yet...and there are a couple of cases in these posts where things did turn around. But when the hcg number reverses, it's usually over. It took almost a week for me to start bleeding after my hcg number hit zero, so she may have awhile to wait yet. I'm so sorry to hear of her loss. Hopefully they'll be able to try again after awhile. We tried another round of ivf about 3 months after the first miscarriage, and got a negative result. We have 2 frozen embryos and will have those transfered next month...if that doesn't work, we'll be adopting. Take good care of her, and I wish you all the best.

DEAR ASHLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPLYING TO MY QUESTION. I AM SO WORRIED OVER HER SHE HAS A FEW EGGS LEFT TO TRY AGAIN BUT SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE COULD!!!??? DOES ANYONE THINK SHE WILL AND IF SO I BET SHE DOSE'NT SAY ANYTHING TO ANYONE B/C OF THIS LET DOWN AND SHE HAD TO TURN AROUND AND TELL EVERYONE SHE WAS HAVING A MISC. I WILL PRAY FOR YOU AND HOPE YOU BECOME PREGNANT WITH A HEALTHY BABY.... THANKS AGAIN

Hi Gem...I didn't think I could do it again, either. But something happens and you feel like you have to give it a shot. The good news is she DID get pregnant...even if it was for a little while. Remember that miscarriages are really common. Many women have them, and because they got pregnant the old-fashioned way, they may have never known they were even pregnant. With IVF, you know exactly when you got pregnant, so you're very aware of what's going on. But she did get pregnant, which means she CAN...and that's more than many people experience. And she and her husband were able to create viable embryos. If she tries again, they will have learned about what to adjust in her drug protocol, which may improve her overall chances. My second time, I had much higher-quality embryos...we made it to blastocyst with 4 of them...two were implanted and 2 were frozen. Overall, my cycle was MUCH better the second time. While I didn't get pregnant, I have one more good shot with our 2 frozens. What I can tell you is, for me, it was easier the second time...just knowing what to expect took a lot of the fear out of it. My husband was a pro at the shots, too. As I said, on the heels of the miscarriage, I couldn't imagine doing it again...but if she's as determined as I am to be a mom, she'll find the strength. She'll just need a ton of support from her family...and some time to grieve and recover. I know it was the hardest thing I've ever gone through. I would encourage her, when she's ready, to have a meeting with her doctor, and talk about what they learned, what they might do differently a second time and if there are any other options available to her. I have a great doc, and he was very helpful along the way. I wish you all the best! Take good care of each other.

ASHLEY, THANKS AGAIN THIS REALLY HELPS ME, TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND GETTING SOME GOOD FEED BACK. MY DAUGHTER REALLY LIKES HER DR TOO HE IS A INFERTILTY DOC AND THEY ARE WONDERFUL TO HER. YES IT IS WONDERFUL TO KNOW NOW THAT SHE CAN GET PREGNANT SHE HAS NEVER GOTTON THIS FAR BEFORE NOW AND LIKE I SAID THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS FOR ALMOST 4 YRS BUT THIS WAS HER FIRST IVF AND BEFORE SHE HAD THIS DONE I WORRIED ABOUT HER STATE OF MIND IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN TO HER...SHE WANTS THIS SO BAD!!!! JUST AS I'M SURE YOU DO BLESS ALL OF YOUR HEARTS, MY HEART ACKS FOR ALL OF YOU WHO WANT A HEALTHY BABY AND ARE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS. SHE HAS A WONDERFUL HUSBAND AND A GREAT FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO SUPPORT HER. BUT RIGHT NOW SHE IS SHUTTING DOWN AND WILL ONLY REALLY TALK TO ME BESIDES HER HUSBAND...SHE WORKS AND CAN'T BRING HER SELF TO GET BACK IN HER DAILY ROUTINE. I'M NOT WORRIED OVER HER JOB BECAUSE HER BOSS UNDERSTANDS WHICH IS GOOD, I JUST THINK IT WOULD HELP TO GET OUT SHE IS NOT ONE TO STAY AT HOME FOR NOTHING AND THAT IS ALL SHE HAS DONE SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 7 DAYS NOW!!! DO YOU WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME? HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO GET SOME NORMALCY BACK IN YOUR ROUTINE? THANKS AGAIN AND BEST WISHES TO YOU...

I had recently left a full-time position to start my own business, so I had some down-time, which was really helpful. We'd been planning it for months...after about 4 years of trying and various other less-invasive treatments. I think it would have been hard to go back to an office immediately...all my work-friends knew what was going on...I had told many people about the fact that we were going to do IVF, and seeing all those kind, sad faces wouldn't have been easy. As it was, I kept in touch with a couple of people, via email, and they spread the word. It probably took a month before I felt somewhat back to normal...still sad, but not devastated. About 2 weeks after the miscarriage, I saw an ad for an international adoption information session. We decided to go to that about 1 week later, and it helped me realize that I had options. I have to admit, I about burst into tears the first 10 minutes I was there...wondered what I was doing there at all...but everyone else was there because they had a similar experience, and the couple that had recently returned from China with their little girl was just so happy! It helped me to feel less alone and stuck. It's just not fair that there are so many of us that have happy, healthy marriages and stable, loving homes who can't have kids. But where there's a will there's a way. And I have to think, that going through all this...stuff...will help us appreciate it all the more when it does happen...one way or the other. I still want to throw my shoe at the TV whenever I hear about someone mistreating their child...I think I always will. I did think about getting some therapy after the miscarriage. If she needs that kind of help, I hope she seeks it. I found that it was helpful to distract myself with work pretty early...but everybody's different. She just needs to know there are others of us out there, and no one's alone. I found this site very helpful when I was having the hardest time. Talking does help, and finding people who have had the same experience is so helpful...sometimes I felt like no one else could possibly understand, and that's a lonely place to be. Hope this helps! All my best...

hello all. this is my 2nd IVF ist one i m/c at 6 weeks, and this time i had a day 5 transfer on the 27th Feb and went for a blood test on the 10th March and my hcg was a low 50 so they asked my to go back in 4 days i started bleeding on the 11th March so i thought ok it hasnt worked i went back for my 2nd test and my hcg had gone down to 41 the doc said it should have gone back to 0 by now so again another blood test 6days later and it had gone up to 251 very confused by this stage, so once again another blood test today 23rd and again gone up but only to 583 they say it could be a bio chemical pregnancy so i have to have another test on monday... Please has anyone gone through this?

This is my 3rd IVF and my transfer was 3/14. HPT gave me a faint positive on 3/22. However, my HCG on 3/27 which is 13 days post transfer was only 32. I'm very nervous. I get my 2nd bloodwork tomorrow and they call in the results after a couple of hours. I'll post it right away. I draw my strength from all you ladies. Thank you!

Hello again. I just got my lab results for my 18 DPO HCG. It's 29. I'm so devastated. I was asked to stop all my progesterone and wait for my uterus to miscarry.

kuh; I am sorry. I will be praying for you; just try to hang in there.

Hi, I am new to this site. I found out I was pregnant last week. On Friday I started bleeding, Saturday I was in the ER with HCG levels of 72. Monday they repeated and they were 104. Wednesday they went to 120 and progesterone levels were really low. I started a progesterone thing on Wednesday. I go back tomorrow to repeat the progesterone test and HCG. Am I just being a little too hopeful that we are still pregnant, or is there a high likelihood that we are still pregnant. I did stop bleeding on Monday. Thanks and I will pray for all of you,

hi tammy, i am one of the oldies on this site i was like you, not knowing, hoping and praying, luckily for me my numbers picked up and im 3 days over my due date, waiting for little oliver to pop out, obviously i cant say whether you are going to end up with a baby at the end of this long long ride, what i can say is dont stress, take each day as it comes, was there any pain with your bleeding and why have they not gave you a scan? hope everything goes well keep us informed xxxx