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When to Take a Pregnancy Test

Executive Summary By Olinda Rola

If you’re wanting to know when to take a pregnancy test, the timing depends on the type of test.

There are two basic types of pregnancy tests — the urine test and the blood test. In general, urine tests can detect hCG about 14 days after ovulation.

When to take a pregnancy test at home is done by many women using a pregnancy test that will test the urine to determine if they are pregnant. Home pregnancy tests are convenient, inexpensive and are private. Your health care provider will confirm your home test result with a blood test plus a pelvic exam.

When to take a pregnancy test is important, because if you test too early in your pregnancy, there may not yet be enough of the pregnancy hormone in the urine to provide a positive test result. If you feel you are pregnant but the home pregnancy test is negative, repeat the test again in a week if you still have not had your period.

When to Take a Pregnancy Test – The Best Day Post Ovulation

Executive Summary By Tracey A Edwards

First let’s take a look at how pregnancy tests work. At home tests use urine to determine the level of hCG (human chorionic gonadoropin) in the body. So if you test too early you might be pregnant but not have a great enough level of hCG to show up and so your test will show a negative.

Fertilityfriend recently did a study on the best DPO (day post ovulation) that women who were pregnant got their first positive pregnancy test and the average day was 13.6 DPO. In fact only 10% of pregnancy charts showed a positive by testing at 10 DPO or less which means that 90% of women who tested early had a false negative. The more modern tests involve peeing on the stick as you try to get your urine on the indicator stick (and not on your hand).

Then it’s just a matter of waiting the specified time limit to see if you get a positive or negative result while you sit with your fingers crossed hoping to see the result you desire.

You may want to check out another article about baby crib or pregnancy symptoms.