Positive OPK and HCG levels at 106 after m/c????

[Amberg1]

I had my bloods taken at hospital yesterday (monday) and they were at 106 after I miscarried 28th Jan. I have had ovulation pains for last 2 days, headaches and pains in tops of my legs, whcih from what I've been reading can happen at implantation. I did opk yesterday with faint positive and then strong positive opk today.
I have read that opk's can pick up HCG levels but the fact that the opk is stronger today and my HCG levels should be going down today I don't know if I'm being a bit too optimistic.
Anyone else experienced this??

 

[OMGtryingfor3]

A level over 5 is "pregnant" so I wouldn't put too much stock into OPK's or HPT's at this point as they will be picking up the HCG anyway.

I know when I had my m/c I went once a week to check my levels and stopped only when they were down.

 

[TTC Again]

I have to agree - I was told that while I have HCG in my system I would not O. It stuck around for over 6 weeks for me. Actually I go tomorrow morning to have blood work done again to see if HCG went down below 5 - I'm assuming it has now, since I have been temping and using OKPs and finally got a positive.

OKPs can pick up HCG, so that could be the reason for your +. Are you temping? That can really help you understand your body more. I have found temping to be extremely helpful in TTC.

 

[bostonblonde]

I wouldn't trust your opks if you haven't gone back to zero yet. I just made this mistake recently. I got a full-on positive opk after many days of negative, and even got a faint 10 days later. Then I started spotting again, so I got my bloods done. Turns out I still wasn't done miscarrying. I'm not sure how I got an actual LH surge when my hcg levels were still above 25, but it was probably just thrown off by the hcg. Sooooo frustrating.

 

[debzie]

First of all so sorry for your loss. It took 6 weeks for my hcg to fall below 5 folllowing the mmc. OPKs respond to hcg the same as they do for lh so if there if a high amount of hcg it will come back positive. Hcg can rise then fall again I had this happen too. If some of the placenta tissue is still inside you it can continue making hcg. When your body realises its not a baby in there it will make you miscarry all over again. This is why it took so long for my levels to drop. It wasnot until after anther bleed at 6 weeks post mmc that my levels dropped. Sorry to rant. take care and heres is hoping that you are pregnant again x x x