Not being snarky, I was just curious as to where you'd researched your options. Everywhere I've ever read or seen said that HBC works by; 1. tricking the body into thinking it has already ovulated. 2. cervical mucous thickens, making it nearly impossible for sperm to get through 3. inhibits the egg's ability to flow through the fallopian tubes 4. alter the uterine lining so thst if somehow an egg were to be released, have a little fun time with the sperm, AND make it all the way down the fallopian tube, it still would not have a habitable environment in which to grow.
that being said, the reason your doctor told you that was: A) this really is the dumbing down version of it, and B) well, most of the side-effects of birth control are akin to the symptoms of pregnancy! Nausea, breasts aching, stomach pains, cramps, etc.etc. are all signs of pregnancy, signs of PMS, AND side-effects of most HBC methods.
But from what I can tell about hCG, you are right, according to hcglab.com (http://www.hcglab.com/hCG%20levels.htm):
"hCG is produced by the trophoblast cells of the placenta. hCG production starts at an early stage of development, just a few days after conception, before implantation in the uterus."
By the way, to be a TAD snarky, we didn't all say the same thing at all. I said something completely different from both of the users above.
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Date: 2008-04-03 01:47 am (UTC)1. tricking the body into thinking it has already ovulated.
2. cervical mucous thickens, making it nearly impossible for sperm to get through
3. inhibits the egg's ability to flow through the fallopian tubes
4. alter the uterine lining so thst if somehow an egg were to be released, have a little fun time with the sperm, AND make it all the way down the fallopian tube, it still would not have a habitable environment in which to grow.
that being said, the reason your doctor told you that was: A) this really is the dumbing down version of it, and B) well, most of the side-effects of birth control are akin to the symptoms of pregnancy! Nausea, breasts aching, stomach pains, cramps, etc.etc. are all signs of pregnancy, signs of PMS, AND side-effects of most HBC methods.
But from what I can tell about hCG, you are right, according to hcglab.com (http://www.hcglab.com/hCG%20levels.htm):
"hCG is produced by the trophoblast cells of the placenta. hCG production starts at an early stage of development, just a few days after conception, before implantation in the uterus."
By the way, to be a TAD snarky, we didn't all say the same thing at all. I said something completely different from both of the users above.