To determine if you are pregnant, you need to check your HCG. When you are not pregnant, HCG is zero, but after pregnancy, HCG values will double and increase. Therefore, for couples preparing for pregnancy, if they want to see if they are pregnant, they can test for HCG. After pregnancy, the rate of HCG doubling is very fast. What is the reason for the slow doubling of HCG?
During the first 8 weeks of pregnancy, when testing for HCG, the doubling rate is very fast. It usually doubles every other day. If the doubling speed of HCG is slow, there may be problems. For example, ectopic pregnancy or embryonic arrest can cause slow doubling of hCG.
If there is a slow doubling of HCG, B-ultrasound examination is needed, If there is an ultrasound examination, it can be seen whether there is a gestational sac inside, which may indicate an ectopic pregnancy. If a gestational sac is found through examination at around 50 days of pregnancy, but the fetal heart rate and embryo buds are not seen, it indicates that the embryo has stopped developing. If this situation is not actively treated, it is easy to cause heavy bleeding or intrauterine infection.
In addition, at 40 days of pregnancy, the gestational sac cannot be seen. At this time, if the rate of HCG doubling is relatively slow and there are lumps or abdominal pain visible outside the uterine cavity, it is necessary to consider the possibility of ectopic pregnancy. Therefore, timely observation is necessary. If it is indeed an ectopic pregnancy, timely treatment is necessary.
