Pregnancy test how? and when?

A pregnancy test at home may let you know if you are pregnant or not. To confirm pregnancy, after facing some symptoms like a missed period, nausea, vomiting and, tiredness you can do a pregnancy test at home. For pregnancy test, buy a home pregnancy test kit.

     

When to use a pregnancy test kit? : You can take a pregnancy test anytime after a missed period but may not be precise so should check after seven days of missed period.

When to use in a day? : You can improve the efficiency of the result by using first-morning urine for the test.

How to use a pregnancy test kit? : Home pregnancy kits test hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) in your urine.HCG is present only if you are pregnant. To get the best results from your home pregnancy test kit, follow the instructions that come with the kit carefully. Follow the step you will get the result if pregnant or not. There are different ways to collect urine for a home pregnancy kit test as it varies with kits brand. But there are few steps you may have to do like collecting urine in a container and dip testing the stick into the liquid or either placing a testing stick into the area of expected urine stream and get the result.

when the result will display? : After the recommended time according to the kit has passed, the result will appear in the following ways like a change in color or a line or it could be "+"/"-" sign.

If your test is positive: If your pregnancy test is positive then make an appointment with the doctor. Start maintaining a routine with the doctor for a healthy pregnancy.

Routine for prenatal visit: To ease on go with pregnancy follow this routine

• ·        Weeks 4 - Weeks 28: 1 prenatal visit a month.
• ·        Weeks 29-Weeks 36: 1 prenatal visit every 2 weeks.
• ·        Weeks 37 –weeks 40:1 prenatal visit every week.

If your test is negative: if your test is negative then check once again might be due to early checking result was incorrect.

Routine test during pregnancy: Apart from this pregnancy test you’ll go through many tests including a blood test, urine test, sugar test, thyroid test and, ultrasound scan.

Why these tests are done? : These tests are designed to check for any complications during pregnancy.