I think i had a chemical pregnancy. i was late, plus a faint positive test, then started cramping and heavy bleeding. usually my periods are 2-3 days max. this one lasted a week with clots. hcg was 2.39 8 days after bleeding started. did i miscarry?

hCG level of less than 5 is not consistent with pregnancy even with bleeding started 8 days ago. Normally, both men and non-pregnant women have detectable amounts of hCG in their bodies (usually below 5mIU/ml).

Although you are not pregnant now, it is likely that you were briefly pregnant. No further follow up is needed. This is more common than many realize. As many as 75% of conceptions do not result in a viable pregnancy, while the rate of miscarriage that we normally know about is about 20%. Your situation is somewhere in between and reflects the availability of very sensitive home pregnancy tests.