Tips for Pregnancy Test

Early signs of pregnancy

Missing the period is knows as early signs of pregnancy. There may be other pregnancy symptoms like nausea or morning sickness appearing but Laboratory Test is considered the final authentication of pregnancy: so before going into pregnancy test some important points regarding Home Pregnancy Test are necessary to be kept in mind in order to get accurate results

How to get accurate result of Pregnancy Test?

In case you want to get pregnancy test at home; you have purchased pregnancy test, which requires urine sample to test for pregnancy.  It is advisable that you take a clean and soap-free bowl; soap ingredients due to chemical reaction with urine can affect the accuracy of pregnancy test.  

Ensure Expiry Date

On purchasing pregnancy test make sure that its expiry date might not over in order to get accurate result. Before starting test, study thoroughly the given instructions to use in order to avoid any confusion.

Care while Monitoring Cervical Mucus

Cervical mucus monitoring is an attempt to find out your most fertile days in a month. The checking should be done before bathing, swimming and washing out the vaginal area to examine accurate quantity and quality of cervical mucus.

Avoid wrong Estimation

Normally menstrual cycle completes in 28 days. But if your menstrual cycle is longer or shorter than 28 days, it is expected that ovulation may not be on the day 14 after commencement of the menstrual period. You should keep in mind that ovulation occurs approximately 14 days before the commencement of next coming menstrual period instead of 14 days after the end of the last menstrual period.

Ensure Laboratory Tests

Missing period is normally known as leading sign of pregnancy; however it may be for many other reasons like severe illness, anemia, emotional shocks, scanty or delayed menses. So the final diagnose of pregnancy can be done by the doctor after laboratory tests.

Bleeding after Confinement

If your doctor has confirmed your pregnancy and after that you experience a little bit bleeding consult your doctor without assuming it as menses, it may due to change of position of fertilized egg in order to attach it with uterus wall.