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Natalie
From hopeful TTC, through infertility, IVF and the resulting pregnancy, this became a journal through grief and trying again after the loss of our first son, Devin, at 36 weeks. After multiple more IVF cycles we got pregnant with our second child, a little girl born healthy and alive in May of 2010. Our third child, a most unexpected surprise baby girl, was just born in June 2012!

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HCG Testing

December 20, 2006 — 11:17 pm

Some quotes for my own use:

HCG is detectable in the blood or urine 1 to 2 days after implantation of the fertilized egg [link]

Quantitative blood tests and the most sensitive urine tests usually detect hCG shortly after implantation, which can occur anywhere from 6 to 12 days after ovulation. … Less sensitive urine tests and qualitative blood tests may not detect pregnancy until three or four days after implantation. [link]

… with regular laboratory hCG tests, hCG is usually found in sufficient levels as early as 2-3 days after implantation. [link]

I hate it when sources disagree. *rolls eyes* Hasn’t anyone done a study on this yet?

This is a really good page of info on hCG levels – especially interesting is the table showing the different levels in singleton and twin pregnancy hCG levels. Will need this later!

And this is interesting:

In a recent study, reported in the Journal of American Medical Association, 10% of 250 women tested had not even implanted by the first missed period. Therefore, their hCG was so low that no urine test could detect it. [link]

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