Home Pregnancy Test
Published on June 2, 2009 by admin · No CommentsHome Pregnancy Test
The home pregnancy test like the urine test done in a lab or doctors surgery diagnoses pregnancy by detecting the presence of the hormone hCG (human chorionic gonadotrophin) in urine. Home pregnancy tests tell you if you are pregnant or not pregnant in a couple of minutes.
When using a home pregnancy test you can use an any-time-of-the-day urine sample and you can carry out the pregnancy test as early as the first day that you have missed your period, some tests are so sensitive that you can use them before your period is due, but you must check the instructions of the home pregnancy test you have purchased carefully to see when it recommends the earliest time you should perform your test, different brands vary.
When performed correctly an at home pregnancy test is as accurate as a urine test done in a lab or doctor’s surgery, with a positive result more likely to be correct than a negative one. You can help to avoid a false negative result by waiting and performing your pregnancy test a few days after your missed period rather than on the day itself and be sure you have calculated when your period is due correctly.
| Home pregnancy tests offer you the experience of finding out at this extremely special time in your life, if you are pregnant or not whilst in the privacy of your own home with virtually immediate results.
Because home pregnancy tests provide you with a very accurate diagnosis early in pregnancy (earlier than most women would consult a doctor) they give you an opportunity to start taking optimum care of yourself within days of conception. Drawbacks of a home pregnancy testOne of the major drawbacks of home pregnancy tests is that if you get a false negative result and you are pregnant you may delay in consulting your GP or taking care of yourself. Therefore it is important if you get a negative result and your period still has not arrived a week later that you should perform another test, as you could have calculated when your period was due inaccurately. If you get a positive result from your home pregnancy test it is important that you contact you GP and receive a full prenatal checkup, you also need to be booked into a hospital, so if you have a strong preference of the hospital you would like your baby to born at make contact with your GP sooner rather than later to avoid the disappointment of your preferred hospital becoming fully booked. Pregnancy testing kits are readily available online or from your local chemist.
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