When to Detect Pregnancy? How Soon Can a Woman Take a Pregnancy Test?
For woman who is trying to conceive, the million dollar question is always, “how soon can I take a pregnancy test?’? It is crucial to know the right time to determine a positive result. The concern is not only on determining if it’s negative or positive, but the anxiety or emotional drain it may cause a woman should the result becomes negative. This is very common especially to those who are trying to conceive for years already. This article will explain how soon a woman can take a pregnancy test and the varying factors that a woman should consider when determining the result.
You can actually take the test seven to ten days after sexual contact. Obviously, the contact must be unprotected; it’s the first sign that you really want to get pregnant. Pregnancy kits meanwhile are your companion in determining the results. These kits detect HCG levels in the urine. HCG or Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin is a hormone that is being released by the embryo. Positive pregnancy is triggered by an elevated level. It is not advisable to have your test less than seven days after the contact since the HCG level is low by that time. If the result is negative, you can repeat the test a week after only if your period hasn’t come.
Early diagnosis of pregnancy
In this presentation Dr. Neelesh Bhandari explains about the different test using for diagnosis of pregnancy in its early stages.
Interpretation of HCG levels
Most EPTs, if not all of them, are checking the level of the HCG hormone in the potential mother urine. Here is a presentation made by Professor Amita Suneja that explains how to know what different levels of HCG means.
