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Re: re: ivf transfer/HCG levels
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Re: re: ivf transfer/HCG levels
by hfhsmdrcs, Jan 01, 1995 12:00AM
Posted By hfhs.md.rcs on December 15, 1998 at 10:40:01:
In Reply to: re: ivf transfer/HCG levels posted by lori-anne on December 14, 1998 at 18:19:28:
my husband and i have participated in the ivf canada program in toronto ontario. my transfer took place on the 27/11 at which time 4 embryos were transfered. my first HCG (done 11 days later) was 124 i'm not sure what this means they have congratulated us but we are still confused. is there a possibility that we are pregnant with multiples? what is the norm for HCG levels.
Dear Lori-Anne:
By my back-calculation, your egg capture was 25 November and hCG was administered 23 November. The hCG level of 124 was done on the 15th day following your hCG injection and the 11th day following the embryo transfer.
For most assays, a value <5 is non-pregnant. A value of 124 is a clearly positive value consistent with pregnancy: Congratualtions!
There is no good correlation between the level of hormone and number of implanted embryos. The level can be followed to look at the "doubling pattern"; again, that does not diagnose number of babies. Ultrasound imaging 4 weeks from the embryo transfer is the test to define how many of the 4 transferred embryos have thrived.
Keywords: hCG; early pregnancy
This information is provided for education purposes only and is not a medical consultation. If you have specific questions, please contact your physician.
In Reply to: re: ivf transfer/HCG levels posted by lori-anne on December 14, 1998 at 18:19:28:
my husband and i have participated in the ivf canada program in toronto ontario. my transfer took place on the 27/11 at which time 4 embryos were transfered. my first HCG (done 11 days later) was 124 i'm not sure what this means they have congratulated us but we are still confused. is there a possibility that we are pregnant with multiples? what is the norm for HCG levels.
Dear Lori-Anne:
By my back-calculation, your egg capture was 25 November and hCG was administered 23 November. The hCG level of 124 was done on the 15th day following your hCG injection and the 11th day following the embryo transfer.
For most assays, a value <5 is non-pregnant. A value of 124 is a clearly positive value consistent with pregnancy: Congratualtions!
There is no good correlation between the level of hormone and number of implanted embryos. The level can be followed to look at the "doubling pattern"; again, that does not diagnose number of babies. Ultrasound imaging 4 weeks from the embryo transfer is the test to define how many of the 4 transferred embryos have thrived.
Keywords: hCG; early pregnancy
This information is provided for education purposes only and is not a medical consultation. If you have specific questions, please contact your physician.
