How Do-It-Yourself Pregnancy Kits Functioning?

By danielle, published Nov 19, 2007
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Are you getting pregnant? Besides heading straight to clinic asking doctor for an immediate answer once you missed your period, the easier and convenient way a woman can check and clarify whether she is expecting a baby is by doing a do-it-yourself pregnancy test.

Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (HCG) is a pregnancy hormone produced when a woman get pregnant. It is produced by developing placenta on the very first day the embryo implants itself to the uterine wall. The concentration of HCG might vary from woman to woman.

Home pregnancy test is designed to detect the HCG hormone using monoclonal antibodies. This pregnancy kids will measure the lower levels of HCG.

When should I suspect that I am getting pregnant? Missed my monthly period or implantation bleeding during the same time of my period but it is lighter and shorter than normal period. My breast is getting swollen or tender and there are obvious prominent veins. Feeing uncomfortable, sick and tired. Ops... I am going to toilet and pass urine more often than usual or I am encounter constipation. I am experiencing irregular discharge from vaginal! And I am having strange taste in the mouth; I love food that normally I dislike.

There are two types of pregnancy test available commonly in the market. It is a blood or urine test. Both type of pregnancy kids used to test the presence of HCG. This hormone is secreted in your urine and will detect in the blood beginning at different times during pregnancy period.

Blood test is believed to be more accurate compare to urine test. Normally blood test can be performed 7-10 days post-ovulation. Blood test is also more invasive.

The concentrations of HCG hormone will double every two days during the first few weeks of your pregnancy. So, a quantitative of HCG hormone will be helpful in dating a pregnancy or for monitoring the well-being of the pregnancy.

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