Wednesday I had another round of blood tests to ensure that my beta levels were rising as they should. I felt so blessed that they had risen so much in that 2nd round that I thought I was pushing my luck with the 3rd round. Thankfully, the beta levels doubled nicely over 48 hours to 620 at 16DPO.
I found a fantastic study called the “16DPO Project” which talks about HCG levels at 16 DPO (I will post the link below). It was such an interesting read and really gave me hope that this is the one. The studies objective was to attain whether HCG levels at 16DPO had an impact on whether the pregnancy would be a success.
What this study found:
25 – 50 hCG at 16dpo — Four women in this study had hCG levels below 50 at this stage. The researchers concluded that with these levels less than 25% would continue on with their pregnancy with more than 75% miscarrying.
50 – 100 hCG at 16dpo — Of 16 women, 25% continued on with their pregnancies.
100 – 199 hCG at 16dpo — Of 27 women with these levels, 73% continued on with their pregnancies.
200 – 299 hCG at 16dpo — Of 48 women, 96% continued on with their pregnancies
Over 300 hCG — All 105 women continued on with their pregnancies.
Can I just say how much hope that very last line has given me! I was 620 at 16DPO.. and i feel like I can breath. That is not to say that nothing will go wrong, of course. But I feel as though I can calm my anxiety and just let it be.
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