I'm having a symptomless second pregnancy. If successful, this will be my second child. By this time, during my first pregnancy I had every symptom in the book. I haven't heard of anyone else ever getting hCG injections, and my doctor didn't put me on the injections for this pregnancy. But now I'm worried because I keep thinking that the lack of pregnancy symptoms could mean a lack of hCG in my system.
Breast tenderness is a common symptom of pregnancy, while other symptoms vary from person to person.
It is common to experience varying degrees of symptoms with each pregnancy. HCG is a hormone made by the placenta , and it's occasionally measured to determine the well-being of the pregnancy. An alternative to giving hCG to elevate the level of progesterone is to give progesterone directly. It's controversial whether giving hCG or progesterone is of any true benefit. The best indicator of a normal pregnancy is an ultrasound demonstrating a developing baby with a heartbeat, which can be seen as early as 6 weeks.