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Have you heard of what a biochemical pregnancy? It is a spontaneous abortion that occurs a few days after the fertilization of the ovum, that is, very early. In this article the specialists tell us more details about this gestation.

“The embryo fails to implant and the sac does not develop embryonic so the pregnancy does not progress. However, the embryo produces sufficient amounts of ß-hCG, the hormone that is normally detected in pregnancy tests“, specify in an article of the DKV health insurer.

In this sense, the increased sensitivity of pregnancy tests makes it possible to detect pregnancy in the first days. There is probably not even an embryo sac that can be detected by ultrasound.

Causes of biochemical pregnancy

Who tends to suffer more biochemical pregnancies? Generally, there is more chance of this happening during assisted reproduction. Experts point out that it could be due to any of these factors.

• Abnormal embryo: it is not possible to distinguish between an abnormal embryo (with an abnormal number of chromosomes) and a normal one and when the former try to implant pregnancy does not usually occur.
• Sperm quality: a “recommended”QA “exhaustive treatment” of the sperm before in vitro fertilization. The reason is that the damage to the DNA of the sperm is predictive of pregnancy loss after this fertilization.
• Stress: if the woman is stressed, assisted reproduction treatment may not be successful.
• Early monitoring: As we explained before, pregnancy can be detected at the beginning and then it does not progress.
• Physiological alterations of the uterine lining: it may also happen that the uterine mucosa is not what “sreceptive enough“to allow a healthy embryo to implant in her.

Many people confuse biochemical pregnancy with ectopic. The main difference is that while in the biochemical the β-hCG hormone increases but then disappears. In the ectopic, despite the fact that an embryonic sac implanted in the uterus is not observed, the level of this hormone is maintained. Therefore, the ultrasound after seven weeks will define what we are facing.

Keys to biochemical pregnancy

We must take into account what are the characteristics of biochemical pregnancy and what it means.

• in this gestation there is no delay of the rule.
• When doing the ultrasound, no embryo sac is seen
• β-hCG hormone declines rapidly
• It can be considered good news because the implementation process “has begun and it is a favorable prognosis for a future pregnancy, even better than in women who have had negative ß-hCG results.
• In addition, it does not influence when it comes to becoming pregnant again in the future.
• Until 25 percent of all pregnancies are biochemical.
• In a study of women who underwent assisted reproduction, it was observed that in 51.9 percent of cases a pregnancy was achieved, of which 8.1 percent ended in biochemical pregnancies.

“A biochemical pregnancy indicates a increased chance of pregnancy in future attempts, since at least one embryo reached the stage of development necessary for the implant”, the specialists underline.

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