[katie-loo]

Confused I am 19 days post ovulation and I had a blood test to check for pregnancy and I got the results today they said I have a hcg level of 4 and to come and be re tested in 5 days,I am confused am I pregnant or not? I thought any hcg under 5 was a negative? So why the need to retest,is it normal to have a hcg of 4 in a non pregnant woman,I am 27 and have been trying to conceive for 1yr.

[J_9]

The normal hCG level for non-pregnant women is less than 5mlU/ml. So your test, thus far, would indicate that you are not pregnant.

The retest in a week is to see if you are pregnant as the hCG levels rise dramatically in pregnancy.

Here is the scale

Less than 1 week pregnant = 5-50
2 weeks = 50 - 500
3 weeks 100 - 10,000
4 weeks 1,000 - 30,000
5 weeks 3,500 - 115,000
6 - 8 weeks 12,000 - 270,000
12 weeks 15,000 - 220,000

[gimmie]

confused I am 19 days post ovulation and i had a blood test to check for pregnancy and i got the results today they said i have a hcg level of 4 and to come and be re tested in 5 days,i am confused am i pregnant or not? I thought any hcg under 5 was a negative? so why the need to retest,is it normal to have a hcg of 4 in a non pregnant woman,i am 27 and have been trying to concieve for 1yr.

My doctor told me that anything under 30 is considered not pregnant... but my hcg level is 9.58 and she had me do more blood work... so I am just as confused as you are... I just had a tubal ligation done too so the news of yes I'm pregnant would be a little upsetting...