New Pregnancy Test Detects TWO Pregnancy Hormones (and other random info)
I was so confused, because I thought there was only ONE pregnancy hormone-HCG. So when I saw a test in the store saying that it is the "only" test that detects BOTH forms of pregnancy hormones, I was surprised. Continuing this from another post as to not take over.
Apparently, there is HCG, which sustains the uterine lining and production of progesterone. This is what all HPTs and betas test.
Then there is HCG-h, which is produced only by the placenta so these tests can detect pregnancy IMMEDIATELY after conception, where no other regular HCG test can. So for all you TTC mama's that have that POS urge like, seven days after you ovulate, these are much more accurate
This may be old news, but it's new to me!
Apparently, there is HCG, which sustains the uterine lining and production of progesterone. This is what all HPTs and betas test.
Then there is HCG-h, which is produced only by the placenta so these tests can detect pregnancy IMMEDIATELY after conception, where no other regular HCG test can. So for all you TTC mama's that have that POS urge like, seven days after you ovulate, these are much more accurate
This may be old news, but it's new to me!
Comments
Testing so early can be detrimental because you can naturally produce a higher level of hcg at certain times during your cycle, so if a test is testing as low as 6hcg, it would show faint positive when, in reality, you're not pregnant.
assessed a few weeks later. This discrepancy may be due to the insensitivity of
a home or point-of-care pregnancy test [3]. A similar situation may occur
when a woman has a positive early pregnancy test, but a repeat urine or
serum test approximately 1 week later is negative. This is due to early
pregnancy loss [8,9]. There also is a clear variance in the sensitivity of home
and point-of-care pregnancy test devices for detecting intact hCG and HhCG:
some tests poorly detect H-hCG (the key molecule in early pregnancy),
and others more efficiently detect H-hCG than intact hCG [3]. The data from
Butler et al [3] indicate that urine devices need to be formulated to optimally
recognize H-hCG." @thehumancrockpot