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On HCG Diet. Does It Disturb The Hormonal Levels? Positive Pregnancy Test
I m 5 weeks into the HCG diet and haven t had a period since Jan 1st - which my doctor warned may happen given HcG plays with hormones.... however I took a pregnancy test just now as I ve been feeling very tired etc, and just felt off - which again I could put down to the diet. The pregnancy test has shown a very strong positive result. Would this be beacuse of the HcG diet? Before going on the diet I asked my GP this and he said that the HcG levels are so low that it wouldn t show up on a preg test?
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
Hello
Thank you for your query.
On HCG diet, you would not be given very strong doses, specially to have a very strongly positive pregnancy test.
However, there is now only one way to confirm
You cannot go for a blood HCG test also, as your HCG diet shots might interfere with that too.
You can visit a gynecologist and go for a transvaginal ultrasound scan, as that would show evidence of pregnancy if you are indeed pregnant.
take care.
Thank you for your query.
On HCG diet, you would not be given very strong doses, specially to have a very strongly positive pregnancy test.
However, there is now only one way to confirm
You cannot go for a blood HCG test also, as your HCG diet shots might interfere with that too.
You can visit a gynecologist and go for a transvaginal ultrasound scan, as that would show evidence of pregnancy if you are indeed pregnant.
take care.
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