How are levels checked if no blood work is done?

[rmp39]

When I read people talk about their "levels" how are those checked by the doctor?  Is it blood work?  How do I ask the question on how my "levels" are doing?

[rmp39]

LOL... thank you.  I will check it out.  

[hopeitworks]

3rd times a charm!! LOL sorry about that :)

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[hopeitworks]

Levels are the HCG in your system. Its checked in blood work.

Check out this site its very helpful

http://www.*****************.org/duringpregnancy/hcglevels.html


Guideline to hCG levels during pregnancy:
hCG levels in weeks from LMP (gestational age)* :

3 weeks LMP: 5 - 50 mIU/ml
4 weeks LMP: 5 - 426 mIU/ml
5 weeks LMP: 18 - 7,340 mIU/ml
6 weeks LMP: 1,080 - 56,500 mIU/ml
7 - 8 weeks LMP: 7, 650 - 229,000 mIU/ml
9 - 12 weeks LMP: 25,700 - 288,000 mIU/ml
13 - 16 weeks LMP: 13,300 - 254,000 mIU/ml
17 - 24 weeks LMP: 4,060 - 165,400 mIU/ml
25 - 40 weeks LMP: 3,640 - 117,000 mIU/ml
Non-pregnant females: <5.0 mIU/ml
Postmenopausal females: <9.5 mIU/ml
* These numbers are just a GUIDELINE-- every woman’s level of hCG can rise differently. It is not necessarily the level that matters but rather the change in the level.