Keep seeing hCG being called the pregnancy hormone everywhere since i tested positive. Just curious what it actually is and why they named it that. Like a casual doubt, want to understand my own body better.
The pregnancy hormone is hCG. Its called that because it shows up specifically in pregnancy, your body starts producing it once the baby implants. Home kits and blood tests both detect this hormone.
Its called hCG, human chorionic gonadotropin. Its made by the placenta after the embryo implants, and since it only appears when you are pregnant, its known as the pregnancy hormone. Thats exactly what tests look for.
It refers to hCG. The name comes from the fact that it rises only during pregnancy, which is why a positive test means it detected this hormone. The placenta produces it.
I learnt this when I was pregnant, its hCG. I found it so amazing that my body started making a hormone just for the baby. Thats why they call it the pregnancy hormone.
