*** March Mummies *** 29 Boys, 34 Girls, 8 Team Yellow! 46 babies born!!

[natty1985]

haha shrimpy my hormone levels are more than your chart they are about 8500 now xx

 

[Shrimpy]

not at all. 48 hours is the lower end of the range. The range is 48-72, you were under 48hours and nowhere near 72 so the lovely Yvonne was worrying you unneccessarily! Maybe someone wee'd on her new shoes?!

 

[Shrimpy]

haha shrimpy my hormone levels are more than your chart they are about 8500 now xx

Well there you go then, someone definitely wee'd on her new Ward Walkers

 

[readynwilling]

Natty - sounds to me like all is ok and the nurse was in a mood. Hopefully your scan goes very very well!!

:wave: Hey Rosies123! Welcome

 

[natty1985]

haha shrimpy that made me laugh well i will wait and see only 6 more days to go now hopefully something will show

 

[Rebel-Fairy30]

I am going to be a March mummy too!

EDD 11th March 2011.

So excited!!!

 

[msarkozi]

Natty - my levels were 8044 at 5 weeks, and the nurse told me I was right on target for the 5-6 week ranges. Don't stress yourself out, you are in perfect range!

 

[natty1985]

yh im glad they are high to be honest she just pissed me off ive been reading everywhere and they say they double every 48-72 hours then after 72 hours or just earlier they owuld have doubled sod her ill just wait for my scan next week x

 

[Barbiebaby]

Welcome Rebel fairy and congrats.

Natty - I don't know a lot about levels etc, but what you e explained makes perfect sense, who knows why the nurse was being such an arse!

 

[natty1985]

i know what a prat !! if anyone has bloods taken in the next day or so can they note what the nurse says re: doubling ?? i have only read 48-72 x

 

[Shrimpy]

my friend is a student midwife so if I catch her online I'll ask her

 

[africaqueen]

my friend is a student midwife so if I catch her online I'll ask her

Ooh if u can catch her, can u tell her about my early scan and see how normal this is please? still need reassurance! lol xxx

 

[natty1985]

africa queen i started a new thread about my scan and a sonographer actually replied why dont you get in contact with her x

 

[natty1985]

and shrimpy you are the fountain of all knowledge thanks very much much appreciated xxx

 

[africaqueen]

Ooh thanks natty i will take a look and msg her xxx

 

[africaqueen]

How do u knw she is a sonographer hun? that might jus be her user name xxx

 

[L82]

Hi ladies, need a bit of advice from any of you who have had blood tests and scans.

As you know i started bleeding on Monday and was booked for a scan today. The bleeding has slowed over the last 2 days and turned brown and at no point did i see any bits in it.

I went to the hospital today and they had the wrong information, they thought i was 15 weeks and said as i was only 5/6 they wouldn't give me an internal scan as it was too early!! (even though i know others have had them early) they did do any external scan but said that my womb tilts back and they couldn't see anything.... so they took bloods and explained that anything under 2000 would not show on a scan at all and that they would get me back in Friday for my second set... well just had the result and my level was 10733!!!

Now i have been told that if it drops on friday (they will have my results back in 2 hours) i have missed, if they stay the same or go up i need to see the doctor for an internal. Why didn't they just do it today, now i have two more days of waiting and not knowing.... and is my level about right for this many weeks/days??

Sorry for the rant and any advise would be great

 

[Shrimpy]

Natty and AQ I will deffo ask I was going to be a student midwife too but i totally screwed up my interview. I was so nervous I froze and forgot everything I had researched there were 400 applicants, 70 were chosen for interview and there was only 7 places. Very proud that I managed an interview but pee'd off that I effed it up so royally. Ahh well, I can always try again after this bubs is older

L82 your levels sound VERY promising for the stage you're at. That's a bit poo that they wouldn't scan you internally Fingers crossed for you lovie, I hope you get a scan on Friday xx

 

[africaqueen]

L82- Your levels sound amazing! did they actually scan u and not see anything or did they not even try?

This hcg level thing is what worries us most i think. Sooo many ppl say that by 2000 they should be able to see something, but if my levels have increased as they should, mine would of been over that yesterday and still we seen nothing, but the nurse was not concerned. I think as regard hcg there is so many variables that its impossible to say how much of a indicator for a viable pregnancy that they really are.
I think regardless of the number, as long as its increasing by at least 60% that is a step in the right direction. Geez i wish we had crystal balls that showed us our bubs whenever we wanted! lol. xxx

 

[msarkozi]

AQ - you are so right about the levels. I read that going by hcg alone is not a viable option as there are so many ranges and everyone is different. The only true thing is a scan. I don't think we should put too much worries in numbers, as long as they are in the range they should be in. But even so, a person could have a lower number, or higher number, and that is right for their body. I guess we need to quit thinking