How to make a pregnancy test

For every woman, pregnancy is an important event in life. Someone is waiting for her with impatience, but for someone it becomes an unpleasant surprise. Criticals that did not come at the proper time are already cause for unrest. A pregnancy test, which can be purchased without any problems at any pharmacy, will help resolve doubts. The procedure is not difficult, just read the instructions carefully.

When analysis is recommended

The test task is to determine the level of hCG - a human chorionic gonadotropin, which is formed only during pregnancy. Every day its level is doubled, therefore, the test gives a more reliable result. If the procedure is performed too early (on the first day after the delay), the test will not be able to diagnose the pregnancy, even if it is present. It is better to spend it on the 4-7th day after the delay.There are particularly sensitive tests that can determine pregnancy at the earliest possible time. But after a week of delay, all the tests, without exception, accurately show whether there is a pregnancy or not.

How does a pregnancy test work

Part of the test interacts with the urine and examines it. After that, urine gets on the sensitive matrix, on which proteins are applied. Proteins, in turn, are in contact with the hormone. A reaction occurs and a check mark appears on the corresponding test zone.

Many women, finding one or another result that did not satisfy them, are sure that the test was wrong. Is it possible? Theoretically, yes. 100% guarantee will not give any test.

Sometimes the test gives a false negative result. The reasons for this may be:

• Early analysis.
• Individual features of a woman’s body when implantation of the ovum occurs after 15 days after intimacy.
• Kidney disease.
• Ectopic pregnancy.
• If there is a serious threat of miscarriage.
• A large amount of water used on the eve of the test.
• Taken the day before the analysis means with diuretic action.
• Violation of instructions.
• Expiration date or violation of the rules of storage.

False positive results can contribute to:

• Taking medications containing hCG for two weeks before the analysis.
• Certain chronic diseases of internal organs.
• Shelf life is over.
• After a recently interrupted pregnancy or childbirth (some time in the body remains high levels of the hormone).
• The test interacted with urine in time longer than indicated in the instructions (more than 10 minutes).

Regardless of the result a woman gets, the gynecologist makes the final verdict regarding the presence or absence of pregnancy.

Types of tests

Today, there are 4 types of pregnancy tests:

• The strips. These tests are long-lived. They are the most common and cheap.
• Tablet The most convenient tests, for this reason, and the most popular among women.
• Jet. New generation test featuring high accuracy.
• Electronic. This device (and you can't call it differently) can be used many times.

Many women are interested in which test is the most accurate, and they believe that the more expensive it is, the more reliable it is. Accuracy does not depend on price, but on sensitivity. This indicator is indicated on the packaging. It is believed that the most reliable and sensitive inkjet tests. They can show pregnancy within a few days after sexual intercourse.

Test

One of the reasons for the false analysis may be incorrect procedure. To get the right result, you must strictly follow the instructions that are attached to the test. The principle is the same, but different manufacturers have their own nuances.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. The test must be done immediately after waking up, during the first urination, it is during these hours that the level of the hCG hormone is highest in the body. This is especially true in early pregnancy. Subsequently, when the delay is more than 10 days, the test can be done at any time of the day.
2. Open the package (this should be done immediately before the analysis) discard the bag of silica gel.Try not to touch the part of the test that is responsible for the diagnosis.
3. Type a little urine in the dishes (it must be sterilized in the evening). If the test is an inkjet, unscrew the protective cap and substitute the necessary part of the test under a stream of urine (contact time is up to 5 seconds).
4. If the test is a litmus wand, lower the strip into the container with the collected urine to the indicated strip and hold for 5 seconds. In a cassette (tablet) test, 4 drops of urine are applied with a pipette to the diagnostic area (window).
5. Place the processed test on a flat surface. After five seconds, see what the result is.
6. After 10 minutes, the test can be discarded, since by that time it is no longer able to diagnose. It cannot be reused.
7. If the analysis was carried out in the early stages, then after three days it is recommended to make a re-diagnosis.

The price of the test depends on its sensitivity and brand. Strips are considered the cheapest, the most expensive and the most convenient, since there is no need for urine to be collected in containers - innovative inkjet tests.

How to see the result

As soon as the packaging is opened, a bright red strip can be discerned on the surface of the dough. This suggests that the test is not expired and can be used for its intended purpose. But if the strip is barely noticeable, has a faint pink tint, then it is likely that the test is overdue and it is not worthwhile to carry out the analysis in order to avoid getting a false result.

If the test shows one strip, it means that the woman is not pregnant. But the appearance of the second, even if mild, means that there is a pregnancy.

If the strip is not brightly colored, this may signal a threatened miscarriage or a lack of the hormone HCG.

A pale pink stripe may indicate a poor quality test. Sometimes a woman forgets to throw away the used test and after a while with surprise discovers on it a second strip, which was not there at first. It does not mean anything, just evaporation of moisture and the release of the dye. This result is false.

To dispel doubts diagnostics can be repeated in a couple of days. After that, you can go to the gynecologist to confirm or deny the birth of a new life.Even experienced medical professionals are not always able to determine pregnancy early. In this case, an ultrasound is prescribed, which, moreover, can determine a dangerous ectopic pregnancy.

Tests are an affordable, timely, convenient, and, importantly, an anonymous way to determine early pregnancy.

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