Probably a dumb question but...

So I was wondering. Since I have stopped bleeding from m/c a fortnight ago should my hcg levels be back to normal? My doctor said that it isn't normal practice to test blood when someone miscarries right down to the hcg level goes back to normal but after reading all these stories about retained product it has me worried. I only had the initial blood test that told me my levels had dropped from 2 and a half thou down to 600.

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Do you reckon I could just do a HPT and if it comes up positive ring the doc? Cause that would mean my levels hadn't dropped.

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Well my nausea stopped straight away after the D&C. So either it is residual pregnancy hormones or a bug you've caught causing the nausea. Sounds like it is pg related though as you said it only lasts a few hours each day. Man I hope it stops soon as that's really sucky still have ms after a mc.

bit late to this thread, but I'm not sure that all of NZ follows one particular protocol on this.
Last mc, no beta follow ups at all. I had a scan 3 days after misoprostol treatment which showed a small retained clot that the doctor reckoned would pass naturally (I never noticed anything pass)
This mc, protocol has changed. The effectiveness of treatment seems to be monitored by blood tests to check a drop of 80% in hCG has occurred.
I also hassled my GP because we want to ttc a lot quicker than I did last time, and I want to know that hcg is reduced enough for us to start.

To be honest 2500 to 600 is ok I think. is that about 75%?
My levels were 7500ish and I asked if 500 would still be too high, but was told 500 would be fine (but they were 2500ish 3 days later)

I know last year it took about 3 weeks for my boobs to stop hurting after the miso . . . my body aint too responsive on recognising this stuff aint happening anyway. Didn't have ms with either preg.
Its pretty hard if you are have ms, how harsh? I've heard about this happening with other people though, although 2 weeks after, for it to start up again, sounds a bit odd?

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I understand af can be anything from 4-8 weeks after mc, 1st cycle doesn't always follow your previous norms as hormones can take a while to settle.

Do you have any different discharge to usual? Noticing any odours? Feverish? Emotionally, where are you at?
Don't know what else to suggest apart from seeing the doc? Hopefully its a bug . . .

I was also told to treat mc like an AF. My cycle has always being a very regular 29 or 30 days. First AF came 40 something days after D&C but then my AF's after that back to normal cycle length. Don't stress if your AF is late as it's pretty normal for the first one to take it's time as some much is going with hormones it can take awhile for things to settle down.

I think if you are still feeling sick over the next few days then see you GP as that's really not fair being sick after mc.