{"id":2799,"date":"2020-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T01:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oakclinic-group.com\/wp\/info\/2799\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:58:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T07:58:31","slug":"info105","status":"publish","type":"info","link":"https:\/\/www.oakclinic-group.com\/en\/info\/info105\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidance on Pregnancy Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n  To reduce the burden on patients and as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided to change the method of determining pregnancy during treatment.\r\n <\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n  Until now, at our hospital, we have determined pregnancy after embryo transfer by checking blood hCG at the 4th week and 0th day of pregnancy.\r\n  <br\/>\r\n  This method requires a waiting time of at least 30 minutes until the test results are obtained, and depending on the outpatient situation, it may take an hour or more after blood collection.\r\n  <br\/>\r\n  Therefore, in the future, we will change to urinary hCG quantification (urinary pregnancy reaction) as of 4 weeks and 4 days of pregnancy.\r\n <\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n  Urine pregnancy tests can be completed at home.\r\n  <br\/>\r\n  Please use the test kit you receive to test at 4 weeks and 4 days of pregnancy.\r\n  <br\/>\r\n  If the result is positive, hormone supplementation must be continued.\r\n  <br\/>\r\n  The urine pregnancy test kit you will receive has a detection sensitivity of hCG 25mIU\/ml, so you will not miss a positive result if testing on the appointed date.\r\n <\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n  If you are not sure about the result, continue hormone medications and perform the pregnancy test again the next day or the day after next.\r\n <\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n  Please inform the help desk of the result and make the next reservation.\r\n  <br\/>\r\n  Be sure to continue taking the medicines given in advance as instructed until specifically told to stop or change treatment.\r\n  <br\/>\r\n  If you have a positive pregnancy test, please make an appointment for an ultrasound examination for approximately 5 weeks and 0 days.\r\n  <br\/>\r\n  If you have a negative pregnancy test, please make an appointment for an online counseling.\r\n  <br\/>\r\n  Then you and the doctor will decide the next plan.\r\n <\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n  Depending on the situation, it may be necessary to determine pregnancy by collecting blood.\r\n  <br\/>\r\n  In that case, we will guide you individually, so please visit us and have an examination.\r\n <\/p>\r\n<p class=\"align_right mt30 mb30\">\r\n<span style=\"font-size:1.2em\">\r\n   Oak Clinic Group\r\n  <\/span>\r\n<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","info_category":[2],"clinic":[24],"class_list":["post-2799","info","type-info","status-publish","hentry","info_category-news","clinic-oak","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakclinic-group.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/info\/2799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakclinic-group.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/info"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakclinic-group.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/info"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakclinic-group.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"info_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakclinic-group.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/info_category?post=2799"},{"taxonomy":"clinic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakclinic-group.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/clinic?post=2799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}