Pregnancy Aches and Pains
Being pregnant is an amazing experience and one that is a precious part of being a woman. But with come a lot of aches and pains some mental and a lot physical! This article is about these aches and pains, how to face them and deal with them.
Combating Pregnancy Problems
Pregnancy really is the start of a new life for a woman, it changes everything, and the journey that ends with a baby in your arms is certainly not always an easy one. Some women have a healthy pregnancy that they move through with ease but others are not so lucky. There are several problems pregnant women can experience that can make those months of pregnancy pretty hard to cope with. This article covers some of those and gives some tips on how to take care of the main one yourself to make things a little easier.
Pregnancy Tests – Determining Pregnancy Correctly
With pregnancy comes some obvious physical changes such as nausea, a bloated feeling and tender sometimes sore breasts. Of course the biggest physical difference is that you are not having your monthly periods. There are several ways to find out for sure if you are pregnant and should prepare for a baby arriving in a few months. There are online questions geared to assessing your condition, home pregnancy tests and of course you can make an appointment to see your doctor. Even if you choose the first two ways initially, you should still get a confirmation of a positive result from your doctor so that you can get their advice on having a healthy pregnancy.
When Should You Take a Pregnancy Test
It helps when you think you may be pregnant, to know when you can take a pregnancy test. But timing depends on what type of test you are taking. There are types, a blood test and a urine test. Both look for the same hormone though, one that is only in a woman’s body if she is pregnant. Called Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, it is also usually referred to as hCG. The difference between the two tests in when they can detect the hCG. Blood tests can find it six to eight days after ovulation, and usually urine ones is about two weeks after.
Getting a False-Positive Pregnancy Test
Unless you have been trying for a baby there is a feeling of panic when you take that HCG pregnancy test or one to be done at home, and you see those two strips appear. Usually it is recommended by doctors that you wait until a missed period before you take a test but sometimes it is hard to wait if you know you have had unprotected sex. In which case you need to take it two weeks from the date of the possible conception via a clinical laboratory blood test. They can tell if you are pregnant by checking for hCG, human chorionic gonadotropin, which is a chemical released when pregnant and can be found in the woman’s urine or blood. When using a home test they are 97% accurate but there is a slim chance of getting a false positive result.
