The medical profession always want to put us in a box, and if we don't fit, it seems we get tossed out. Funny, but I have never fit in any box, I am not a statistic, and amazingly - what works for the majority, does not work for all. I wish more women realized that about themselves.
Redefining [beta]-HCG in viable pregnancies: rose 50% every 2 days
SAN ANTONIO -- Serial [beta]-HCG levels rose at a minimum of only 50% every 2 days in a study of 293 viable first-trimester pregnancies, contradicting the widely held belief that levels should rise at least 66%.
"This should hopefully change our clinical care. We were overestimating how fast a pregnancy should grow in the past, and this shows that we should be more conservative and not intervene so quickly," Dr. Kurt Barnhart said at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.Full article: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CYD/is_23_38/ai_111694382
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