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Why Is My Wife Prescribed HCG Injections During Pregnancy?
hi this is mukesh my wife is pregenant and is very normal she is not facing any complication,she has 9 week pregrancy.now i have dout the way my doctor treating.he use to give HCG (origin) injection weekly.i really cannot understand why he is giving this as everything is normal and fine and also my doctor use to do sonography for 2 minutes every week .usually doctor do two times buy mine doing every week pls help me out.i want to understand about injection HCG he is giving.
Thu, 14 Jan 2016
Hello sir, and I hope I can help you today.
I am not sure why your physician is treating your wife in this way. A normally developing pregnancy produces its own HCG, and as long as the pregnancy is alive, the absolute levels do not matter. Sometimes the hormone progesterone is supplemented in the first trimester if there has been bleeding or a threat of miscarriage.
Regarding the frequency of ultrasound surveillance, individual management varies by physician. Uktrasound will not harm the baby, however, other than checking for a heartbeat, it has no benefit except to establish the dating of the pregnancy and, after 10 weeks, it can be used to screen the baby for certain abnormalities that can indicate a risk of genetic defects. That test, called the nucchal translucency, is only done once.
I hope I was able to answer your question and provide a second opinion for you, and I wish you and your wife the best for the rest of the pregnancy.
Sincerely, Dr. Brown
I am not sure why your physician is treating your wife in this way. A normally developing pregnancy produces its own HCG, and as long as the pregnancy is alive, the absolute levels do not matter. Sometimes the hormone progesterone is supplemented in the first trimester if there has been bleeding or a threat of miscarriage.
Regarding the frequency of ultrasound surveillance, individual management varies by physician. Uktrasound will not harm the baby, however, other than checking for a heartbeat, it has no benefit except to establish the dating of the pregnancy and, after 10 weeks, it can be used to screen the baby for certain abnormalities that can indicate a risk of genetic defects. That test, called the nucchal translucency, is only done once.
I hope I was able to answer your question and provide a second opinion for you, and I wish you and your wife the best for the rest of the pregnancy.
Sincerely, Dr. Brown
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