How long for Beta to come down?
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Dr Jacobs,
It's me again, I had a miscarriage on August 18th it was the worst one ever, this was the 11th one!
Usually I bleed 7-9 days following a m/c, for some reason this time was horrible I bled off and on for a month and a half, I finally went to see an RE for the first time a few weeks ago.
I have had 4 or 5 beta test done, the 1st was 28, 2 days later it was 22, 3 days later 18, then a few days later 14, I went today and I get the results back tomorrow, my question is what is taking so long for these numbers to drop? and also can I be given some medicine for this problem? they have put off my taking the provera I assume until the numbers come down?
Any advice would be helpful as always...thanks....
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The half life of hCG in your blood is approximately3 days. That is to say that it should drop by roughly 50% in 3 days. If it does not fall at that rate, you may have some retianed fragments of early placenta. If that is the case, that tissueshould be removed.
Good luck.
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