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Re: HCG testing?

From: AM (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:40:15 -0500 (CDT)

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I was wondering about that too. I asked this question a few months ago and a Dr. replied that usually HCG levels are taken only when there is a suspected problem with a pregnancy or the mother has had miscarriages or other problems with previous pregnancies. She said doing this testing routinely (which apparantly some doctors do) often just causes more worry and anxiety than its really worth. I've learned all doctors are different. Some will see you and do scans as early as six or seven weeks, some don't even want to see you until the end of the first trimenster. Good luck.

At Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Natasha wrote: >
>I've been reading through the questions and chat's in this forum and I
>have a question. It seems that there are tons of women getting testing
>for their HCG levels in the early stages of their pregnancies. Am I
>missing something? I'm almost 7 weeks pregnant and will finally be going
>to see my OB next Thursday I had to plead to get in that early! They had
>me scheduled for 3 weeks later, I would have been at 11 weeks by then..
>almost out of my first tri mester! It just seems like there are so many
>of you who have been to your doctor's already and they are monitering
>your pregnancy. I'd like to know that everything is okay, too! I had
>been having symtoms.. but this week, they've seem to have gotten
>better, and it's making me nervous (I'm prone to anxiety anyway). Then
>everyone tells me not to worry about it and be positive... like somehow
>if I'm thinking negative thoughts that that something will happen to the
>baby. It just doesn't seem right.

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