• hCG is a hormone your body produces during pregnancy, and it helps confirm pregnancy through blood or urine tests. • hCG levels rise quickly in early pregnancy, but trends over time are more ...

During pregnancy, one of the first things doctors check is your human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels. It is the hormone that home pregnancy tests detect to confirm you’re expecting. In the early ...

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a central glycoprotein hormone secreted by placental trophoblasts that sustains early pregnancy through luteal support and modulates maternal physiology by ...