For young women who want to conceive a baby, knowing that they are already pregnant is more important than anything else. They will urgently want to know if they are pregnant. Sometimes, when their menstrual cycle arrives a few days later, women who want to become mothers will assume that they are pregnant, but they still need enough time to know if they are pregnant. How quickly can pregnancy be detected?
How quickly can pregnancy be detected?
The working principle of pregnancy self-test is the same as professional medical testing, which is to detect HCG value, that is, the value of human chorionic gonadotropin. This hormone is produced by the placenta and usually appears in the urine a few days after pregnancy. However, due to its small amount, it is difficult to detect at the beginning and becomes increasingly apparent only after 10 to 14 days. HCG values can also be measured through blood tests, and they are much more accurate. Although many types of early pregnancy test strips indicate that women can perform pregnancy self testing after missing their normal menstrual period for one day, in reality, not all pregnant women emit HCG hormones at the same rate and in the same amount, which varies from person to person. Doing a urine test too early may result in a negative reaction that is incorrect. Therefore, it is best to do a pregnancy self-test two weeks after the menstrual period, as the results will be more reliable.
How to use early pregnancy test strips to test pregnancy
Although it has been confirmed that the accuracy of today's early pregnancy test strips is as high as 99%, this requires the tested women to follow the instructions meticulously to ensure that the test results are correct and reliable. However, in practical operation, using it correctly according to the instructions is not an easy task. Therefore, when women do pregnancy self tests at home without any external guidance, the accuracy of the test results can generally only reach 50% to 75%. So, how can women improve the accuracy of early pregnancy self testing?
Firstly, if pregnancy self testing is done at night, the accuracy will also be affected to some extent. Because early morning urine generally has the highest HCG value. Many early pregnancy test strips do not indicate the optimal time of day for testing. Generally speaking, the most accurate result can be obtained by using the urine excreted for the first time in the morning. Secondly, it is important to carefully read the instructions on the early pregnancy manual, such as "urinate towards one end of the self-test card with the absorption tip facing downwards and the display window not facing the body to prevent urine from splashing onto it." or "hold a urine burette and drop 3 drops of urine down 3 centimeters above the urine dish at the bottom of the test strip." If you carefully read the details of these instructions several times and think it through repeatedly, there will be no problem.
Many times, it is difficult to ensure the accuracy of the results obtained from early pregnancy test strips, and it is also difficult to trust oneself based solely on the test results. Therefore, it is still necessary to go to the hospital for a blood test. If you have any questions about pregnancy, you can also consult experts and professors in the hospital, whose answers can greatly solve your confusion.
