Question about hcg

[Love4you]

I suffered a missed miscarriage 2 weeks ago. I was 8 weeks and baby's heart stopped about 7 weeks.
My OB gave me misoprostol which caused me to lose the baby that same day 12/30.
On Fri 1/2 I had a follow up ultrasound which showed everything had passed but a bit of placenta that was stuck in my cervix. That was manually removed and I was also given another dose of misoprostol to expel any leftovers.
My bleeding finally stopped yesterday. I took a hpt and it's still positive.
I'm just wondering how long on average til it should read negative.
I really want to TTC ASAP as I'm 38 and time is not my friend.
I'd love any help.
I'm totally lost. Thank you.

 

[sunshine2014]

I can't say for a natural mc, but with my last mc I lost the baby at 13 weeks (but it was only 7.5). I had a d&c and went for blood work every week to monitor my hcg. It took 6 weeks for my to get my period again, and I believe my hcg was around 5. I remember telling my Dr it was still around 5, but I'd gotten my period. So she basically said whatever comes first... 0 hcg, or period.

Best of luck!

 

[wantingagirl]

I started bleeding brown spotting 30th December, lost baby Tuesday that passed my test is dramatically lighter but still there at min will let you know when it disappears I think with my loss in 2010 at 5+6 I stopped bleeding after 7-10 days and ovulated 17 days after first bleed

 

[jumpingo]

i miscarried (naturally) on dec 8th and had my levels checked a bunch of times after that...

it was down to 16 about two and a half weeks later (on dec 26th) and AF showed up on jan 2nd, which was only about three and a half weeks since the bleeding started - shortest period EVER!

i got my levels checked one last time on jan 9th and it was "less than 5" (they didn't give me an actual number).

not sure if that helps... but i think sunshine is right, if you get your period, it's not really relevant what your HcG is, i wouldn't think. if you don't get your period for a long time, then they would want to know what your levels were and if there was tissue left that was making your body still think it was pregnant.

sending positive thoughts your way

 

[Love4you]

It'll be 3 weeks on the 20th and my hpt was completely negative this morning. Not even a squinter. Here's hoping my cycle gets back on track soon.
Thanks for the replies! 😊

 

[Dill]

Sorry for your loss, and good luck!