Six days later, we were back at the doctor today. Susan was concerned because not everything was quite normal, so the doctor ordered an hCG test. For those of you who are pregnancy illiterate, hCG is "is a glycoprotein hormone produced in pregnancy that is made by the embryo soon after conception and later by the syncytiotrophoblast (part of the placenta)." (thank you, wikipedia) Basically, if the hormone is increasing, then it is a positive sign, which indicates the baby is growing.
On Wednesday, Susan will go back in to have a second blood sample drawn so that the levels can be compared. This will be able to tell us if everything is as it should be.
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were so sorry about the baby josh we know yall were really excited we r praying for u
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and my mom kathy
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ReplyDeleteMy prayers and thoughts are with you...
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