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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.

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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.

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Five Ways to Deal With Stretch Marks During Pregnancy

An amazing 9 out of 10 women have a problem with stretch marks during pregnancy, for some they are faint, for others deep. All women who find out they are expecting want to know if they can prevent them. Thankfully the answer is yes, at least to some degree, and it is easier to prevent deep scarring than to try and treat them after the event.

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After pregnancy test – How accurate is it?

A pregnancy is something very serious for all women, irrespective of their desires, so it’s very important for them to find out about it as early as possible – therefore when they want to choose a sure method to find out if they are pregnant or not; that’s why they are very interested in its accuracy.

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When should a pregnancy test be taken?

A pregnancy is something very serious for both women and for their men, therefore they would like to know about it as early as possible. Fortunately, they don’t have to wait for the classic pregnancy signs anymore to find out if they have conceived, because they now have two accurate alternatives: blood pregnancy tests, which can only be taken in a clinic, or(even better) – urine pregnancy tests, which can be taken home. It is said that a urine test is a better choice, not because it would be a more accurate one (most of them having an accuracy of 98-99% compared to the blood ones which have an accuracy of almost 100%), but because they are cheaper and they also offer them the possibility to find out if they are pregnant or not in the privacy of their own homes.

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