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Option 1 : Human chorionic gonadotropin
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Human chorionic gonadotropin hormone (hCG)
- hCG is the hormone which is only made during pregnancy. It is made almost exclusively in the placenta.
- HCG hormone levels are usually found in the mother's blood and urine rise a lot during the first trimester. They may play a major part in causing nausea and vomiting often linked to pregnancy.
- hCG levels as can be detected in the Urine as well as in the blood, and this is the only hormone which is functional throughout the preganancy.
The average levels of hCG in a pregnant woman’s blood are as follows:
- 3 weeks: 6 – 70 IU/L
- 4 weeks: 10 - 750 IU/L
- 5 weeks: 200 - 7,100 IU/L
- 6 weeks: 160 - 32,000 IU/L
- 7 weeks: 3,700 - 160,000 IU/L
- 8 weeks: 32,000 - 150,000 IU/L
- 9 weeks: 64,000 - 150,000 IU/L
- 10 weeks: 47,000 - 190,000 IU/L
- 12 weeks: 28,000 - 210,000 IU/L
- 14 weeks: 14,000 - 63,000 IU/L
- 15 weeks: 12,000 - 71,000 IU/L
- 16 weeks: 9,000 - 56,000 IU/L
- 16 - 29 weeks (second trimester): 1,400 - 53,000 IUL
- 29 - 41 weeks (third trimester): 940 - 60,000 IU/L
- Estrogen -> is the group of hormones helps develop the female sexual traits. It is usually formed in the ovaries. It is also made by the placenta during pregnancy to help maintain a healthy pregnancy throughout.
- Progesterone -> is the hormone which is made by the ovaries and by the placenta during pregnancy. It stimulates the thickening of the uterine lining for implantation of a fertilized egg during the early stages.
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