Pregnancy & Hormone Blood Test (hCG, Progesterone & Estradiol)
hCG, progesterone and estradiol in one private blood test for £119, £10 less than booking separately. For IVF, after embryo transfer or early pregnancy. Results in about 4 hours.
Before your test
Good to know: If your fertility clinic or doctor has given you a test day or time, or instructions about medication on the day, follow those.
What's included in this profile
- The hormone produced during pregnancy
- Used to confirm and date early pregnancy
- Also used as a tumour marker in some other contexts
- The main form of oestrogen in women of reproductive age
- Used to assess ovarian function, fertility and menopause status
- Also present at lower levels in men
- A hormone that rises after ovulation to support early pregnancy
- Used to confirm whether ovulation has occurred
- Also monitored in early pregnancy
About this profile
This profile checks the three hormones most often requested together in early pregnancy and during fertility treatment: hCG (the pregnancy hormone), progesterone and estradiol. It's one blood sample, one appointment, and it costs less than booking the three tests separately. Results are usually ready in about 4 hours once your sample reaches our lab: book before 1pm, Monday to Saturday, for same-day results.
What's included
- hCG (quantitative): made once an embryo implants. A blood test measures the actual level, so it can show a pregnancy a little earlier than many home urine tests, and a doctor or fertility clinic can compare two results taken about 48 hours apart to see how the level is changing.
- Progesterone: rises after ovulation and helps support the womb lining in early pregnancy. It's used to check that ovulation has happened and is often monitored during IVF and early pregnancy.
- Estradiol (E2): the main form of oestrogen. It reflects how the ovaries are working and is commonly checked during IVF treatment and in early pregnancy.
Who books this test?
- After IVF or a frozen embryo transfer, when your clinic asks for a "beta hCG" with progesterone and estradiol. This is common if you had treatment abroad or your clinic is far away and has asked you to have bloods done locally.
- Early pregnancy reassurance, for example after a positive home test or a previous pregnancy loss, when you'd like actual hormone levels.
- Fertility tracking, when a doctor or fertility clinic has asked for all three markers together.
Your results come with the lab's reference ranges. If you're having fertility treatment, share them with your clinic, as they will read them against your treatment plan. You can also book a private GP consultation to go through them.
Timing
- No fasting is needed.
- If a clinic or doctor has given you a test day or time, for example a set number of days after embryo transfer, follow their instructions, including about any medication on the day of the test.
- For early pregnancy checks without a set plan, testing from around the day your period is due gives the clearest hCG result.
Important: these results can't on their own confirm or rule out a miscarriage or an ectopic pregnancy. If you're pregnant and have pain in your tummy or shoulder tip, vaginal bleeding, or feel faint or dizzy, contact your early pregnancy unit, call 111, or go to A&E. In an emergency, call 999.
Book in Slough, Victoria or Neasden
No GP referral needed. Visit our Slough clinic at Beechwood House, or our Victoria and Neasden clinics, or book a nurse home visit. A £25 blood draw is added per visit, however many tests you book.
Further reading
Other pregnancy tests we offer
Many of these are offered at baby scan clinics. We take the sample at our Slough, Victoria or Neasden clinics, and you can add them to the same visit, so you only pay the £25 blood draw once.
