by whodunit <whodunit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Mar 31, 2008 at 08:23 PM
Yael wrote:
> if i remember right from my prev pregnancy, they double every 48
> hours, right? ;)
Yup! :-)
Here's a site with more technical info:
http://depts.wa****ngton.edu/labweb/test/bclim/total_B-hCG.htmlhttp://babymed.com/faq/content.aspx?13508
Here's a hcg calculator you can check when you get your next test
results:
http://babymed.com/tools/pregnancy/hcg/#Results
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> On Mar 31, 3:37 pm, whodunit <whodu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Yael wrote:
>>> WE ARE PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>> HCG (is this what they mean by betas?) was 115, progesterone 73 so all
>>> is good :) IVF retreival date was the 16th of march and transfer on
>>> the 19th :)
>>> :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
>>> WHOOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>> Thank you for all your friend****p and sup****t -- couldn't have done it
>>> without you all!!!
>>> *huuUuuuUUuuuUUUugz*
>>> Yael :)
>> Forgot to add--there's two kinds of hcg testing. One is called
>> qualitative betahcg, which only gives you a positive/negative answer.
>> (Similar to the home hpts).
>>
>> The quantitative betahcg test actually gives you the number in units of
>> the amount of hcg in your system at the time and is a better predictor
>> somewhat of a successful pregnancy--that's why they repeat the test
>> a few days later--if the numbers gone up, it's usually a good thing.
:-)
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