Beta-hCG is a shorthand term for a blood test used to measure hCG levels in early pregnancy. Find out what these levels mean.

Even if your hCG levels are outside the 'normal' range, you can still have a perfectly healthy pregnancy and baby.

The truth is that normal hCG levels vary enormously between individuals. At 4 weeks from your last menstrual period, levels can range from 5 to 426 mIU/mL and still result in healthy pregnancies.

Treatment success is most conservatively defined by resolution of the beta hCG level to less than 5 mIU per milliliter, although some researchers have defined success as a decrease of hCG levels ...