High HCG Level

The HCG level may be out of what is considered normal range BUT normal is different for every woman. At 7-8 weeks, the normal range is considered 7650-229,000...that is a huge deviation. Those ranges just mean that is where MOST women will fall...not ALL women. In the lower levels, it can mean pregnancy for one woman...and not for another. Also one HCG measurement in itself doesn't mean so much, it is how the hormone changes over time that is meaningful.

If you've heard a heartbeat...it isn't a Molar Pregnancy...though I wouldn't be so quick to rule out multiples. It isn't unheard of to not be able to hear the other heartbeat in the earliest weeks.

What did your doctor say about it? One website I saw mentioned that the levels are variable and just a guideline; that the primary concern is the change in levels as the pregnancy progresses. I would imagine that is why your doctor seems less concerned, having ruled out molar pregnancy and multiples. Did you ask him how close to the "normal range" most women tend to be? 7 weeks is pretty early along. 9 weeks is when most women's levels peak. Your calculations for conception might be off a bit as well.... so maybe this is your peak.
But also, it is not unheard of for an ultrasound done that early to miss a twin. If it is identical, it will share the sac so it might just be hiding....

I would definitely follow up with your doctor next week with a list of questions you have written down. And DO write them down... if you don't, you will forget all of them and be cheated out of an informed conversation.

When I was pregnant, I had my blood test pretty early in the pregnancy--during my 5th week. My HCGs came back pretty high for then--over 75,000. I waited until my 9th week to do an ultrasound. My OB wanted to do one just to see if I had twins. I didn't. My doctor just thought my body was really excited to be pregnant! I was 38 years old, so it was probably saying, Yeehaw--about time! LOL!

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This hasn't happened to me, but I had a few points where something hit a normal "peak" and they just watched it (baby's heart rate, etc.). It is hard to make yourself worry, but your doctor will tell you if something is a concern. Sometimes having so much research available sets us up to be more worried than we need to be. Hope you can relax a bit before your appointment.