Pregnant and expectant mothers are very familiar with the hormone HCG. They know that once the fertilized egg implants, HCG will appear in large amounts in the body. Therefore, when the early pregnancy test paper is positive, they will be very happy and go to the hospital for blood tests. See what the HCG value is.
As long as the HCG value exceeds a certain value, it means you are pregnant. This is not a problem in the first place, but many sisters like to compare their own values with others. When they see that other people\’s values are in the thousands and their own are only a few hundred, they feel very uneasy and worry that the HCG value is too low and the embryo will be damaged. The development may be abnormal. Here, I provide the sisters with a set of HCG data from Suzhou Jiulong Hospital for everyone to compare
3 to 4 weeks: 9 to 130 international units
4 ~5 weeks: 75~2600 IU
5~6 weeks: 850~20800 IU
6~7 weeks: 4000~100200 IU
7 to 12 weeks: 11,500 to 289,000 international units
12 to 16 weeks: 18,300 to 137,000 international units
16 to 29 weeks: 1,400 to 53,000 international units
29 to 41 weeks: 940 to 60,000 international units
It can be seen from the data that the HCG control value is within a range, and as long as it is within this range, it is qualified! For example, in the 5th week, if others measure 2600 international units, but you only measure 75 international units, there is no need to worry because the fertilized egg implants in sequence. She implants early and you implant later. The value is lower than hers, which is normal. Moreover, the HCG value will also be different depending on the gender of the embryo.
Here, I need to emphasize that the key to judging whether the embryo is normal is not the absolute value of HCG, but the rate of growth of HCG value!
As long as you have a normal intrauterine pregnancy, in the first 6 or 7 weeks of pregnancy, 90% of pregnant women will have plasma HCG values that approximately double every 48 hours; for 85% of unviable embryos, the HCG value in the mother will double every 48 hours. The hourly increase is less than 66%; if the plasma HCG value increases by less than 2% every 48 hours, it indicates that the pregnant egg cannot survive.
So, the level of HCG value is far less important than the growth rate of the value. No matter what the HCG value you measure is, as long as its growth rate meets the above standards, there is no need to be alarmed; otherwise, you need to be more vigilant.
This article is provided by Baidu Reading and is excerpted from \”Pregnancy Can Be Simple\”\”Single\” Author: Feifei\’s mother