I took a HCG blood test and results were between 5-25?

Question

The doctor told me that my results came back between 5-25 IU/L. They don’t know the exact number, but just know that it’s between 5-25 because that was what the lab results read. He just told me to go back on the 26th of this month, but it’s too long from now. He said under 5 is negative and 25 and above is positive and anything between that is unsure. Then the nurse said that i’m not pregnant enough. What is that supposed to mean? Isn’t it just a yes or a no that you’re pregnant? I was just wondering if it’s past negative, then it has to be positive.. Well, i don’t know.. I shouldn’t argue with them because they ARE the doctors and they know more than me. Help?? Has anyone every experience this?.. Not being pregnant enough and later show up negative or positive?

Answer 1

Levels of hCG in pregnancy


Human Chorionic Ganadotropin (hCG) is a hormone that can be detected in the urine and blood of humans. This hormone increases during pregnancy so it is common to measure the rise in level using Home Pregnancy Tests ( or HPTs, which measure hCG levels in the urine) or a hCG Beta test (which measures hCG levels in the blood serum). The hCG Beta is much more sensitive then the Home Pregnancy Test and you can usually get a positive result much earlier with a blood test than with the HPTs.
Usually the reference values for hCG Beta are as follows:

Men: less than 5.0 mIU/ml - Normal

Women: Non -pregnant - less than 5.0 mIU/ml - Negative/normal

*Borderline - Between 5.0 to 25.0 mIU/ml (you could be pregnant)

*Positive - Higher than 25.0 mIU/ml

(*) These are values within the first week and few days after conception.
When you are pregnant the level of hCG increases and usually doubles every two to three days. It then reaches a maximum level by the second or third month of pregnancy, followed by a decrease occurring in the third trimester.

Here are typical hCG Beta values in pregnant women up to 22 days post-retrieval (DPR) or days post-ovulation (DPO).

DPR or DPO Amount of hCG in mIU/ml

10 5 - 50

12 10 - 100

14 20 - 200

16 40 - 400

18 70 - 800

20 140 - 1600

22 180 - 3200

Here are the hCG Beta values given by the number of weeks after ovulation:

after the 1st week and 2 days 5.0 to 50.0 mUI/ml

Between 1st and 2nd week 5.0 to 500.0 mUI/ml

Between 2nd and 3rd week 100.0 to 5,000.0 mUI/ml

Between 3rd and 4th week 500.0 to 10,000.0 mUI/ml

Between 4th and 5th week 1,000.0 to 50,000.0 mUI/ml

Between 5th and 6th week 10,000.0 to 100,000.0 mUI/ml

Between 6th and 8th week 15,000.0 to 200,000.0 mUI/ml

Between 8th and 12th week 10,000.0 to 100,000.0 mUI/ml

Note: The levels of hCG for pregnant women with twins or more are usually higher than the values above, which represent the typical values for just one baby.


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Answer 2

Each day that you are pregnant those numbers should double. Some times you have a chemical pregnancy, where the embryo for one reason or another wasnt viable and your body aborted the pregnancy, so your hormones raised only a little, and slowly go back down.

Until they test another time, to check and see if the hormones are still present, or if they are greater than they were, they wont know if you're truely pregnant.

So, wait your 20 days and get your blood work done again :) My then your numbers should be closer to a couple thousand.

Answer 3

Hcg Miu Ml

Answer 4

It means you could be prenant but if you are, you are barely pregnant and need more time to build your HCG amount. Every woman starts out pregnancy this way. Not to say that you are "for sure" pregnant, but in a few days, a test sould come up one way or the other

Answer 5

What they probably mean is that you are not far enough along yet to have a higher level of HCG. He probably wants you to come back to see if the levels go up, or down. If they go up that means your pregnant, if they go down that means your not. He is probably just not sure if its pregnancy or hormones, and wants to be sure. If you want to know before then, go buy a hpt like first response. If that comes back positive then you are pregnant. If it comes back negative, it was probably just hormones.