My report says beta hcg and the number is written, but I don't understand what exactly it means. The lab person said show doctor, now I am waiting and searching too much. Can someone explain in simple words?
Oh I just learned this, hcg is the pregnancy hormone the kit checks for. When I got my faint line it was low hcg early, then it got darker. Funny how a hormone runs the whole show.
HCG is the pregnancy hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin, that your body makes after implantation. My doctor explained the test detects it, and a blood beta hcg can even show levels and how they are rising. Thats how they confirm and track early pregnancy.
Simply put, hcg is the hormone of pregnancy. Both urine and blood tests look for it. If its there, you are pregnant. Blood tests give a number, urine just gives yes or no.
Its the hormone that pee sticks detect. My app explained it doubles roughly every couple of days early on, which is why doctors sometimes repeat the blood beta hcg to see it rising nicely.
