How to read the pregnancy test report

Prenatal check-ups are something mothers should pay special attention to after becoming pregnant and should not be underestimated. The occurrence of many diseases can be detected before prenatal examination, and treatment afterward can reduce the occurrence of problems. However, not everyone can explain the text on the prenatal check-up order. So, how do you read the pregnancy test report? Let’s take a look together.

The average progesterone level in normal pregnant women is 25ng/ml (80.3nmol/L). Several studies have shown that a decrease in progesterone in pregnant women can lead to threatened abortion and inevitable abortion (i.e., inevitable miscarriage, which is usually caused by the development of threatened abortion, but with more vaginal bleeding, more severe intermittent abdominal pain, or vaginal discharge), and exogenous progesterone supplementation is needed to maintain the early stage of pregnancy. Studies have found that progesterone ≥ 25ng/ml is normal, and progesterone between 15 and 25ng/ml indicates corpus luteum insufficiency and requires luteal copper treatment, with a high success rate. If progesterone is ≤15ng/ml, treatment is of little practical significance and the pregnancy should be terminated as soon as possible.

In the early stages of pregnancy, the progesterone value should remain high. If you compare two progesterone test results and find that the progesterone value is lower than the previous one, it is very likely that there is an ectopic pregnancy or a problem with the embryonic development, and further examination is needed. The blood progesterone level of patients with ectopic pregnancy is low, which is medically recognized, so the progesterone level can be used as one of the bases for the early diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy. If hCG alone is not enough to determine the cause, blood progesterone can be observed to assist in the diagnosis. The β-hCG value of a normal intrauterine pregnancy should increase significantly from the 9th to the 11th day, and then double every day, while the hCG metabolism of an ectopic pregnancy is low and the daily increase is small.

The progesterone level increases significantly during 9-32 weeks of pregnancy, reaching 10-100 times that of normal people, and the level of twins is higher than that of single pregnancy. If the progesterone level in early pregnancy is lower than the normal value and continues to decrease, miscarriage or embryonic arrest may occur, and tocolysis is necessary. When you receive the progesterone value data test report, you can compare it with the standard values ​​of progesterone values ​​at different stages. For example, the progesterone value on the test sheet is 88.21±23.7nmol/L. After comparison, it can be inferred that the expectant mother is about 8 weeks pregnant.