Beta-hCG is a shorthand term for a blood test used to measure hCG levels in early pregnancy. Find out what these levels mean. Many pregnant people and those trying to conceive may have heard the term ...

It’s easy to get overwhelmed with emotions when you’re taking a pregnancy test. Your life may change forever depending on the results. Confirming those results with your doctor, even if they’re ...

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a hormone produced during pregnancy in the cells of the placenta. The presence of hCG triggers at-home pregnancy tests to turn positive. The amount of hCG in a ...

We can probably all agree that there’s barely any degree of complexity to an at-home pregnancy test, right? After all, you pee on the thing, you stare at the thing then, after a short wait, it gives ...