How Do-It-Yourself Pregnancy Kits Functioning?

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.

Home pregnancy test kits give women to conduct an initial pregnancy test in the privacy of their own homes and it is sold at an affordable price. Home test kids cost will be much cheaper than the blood testing conduct by physicians. The kits are readily available over the counter at pharmacies.

Common types of pregnancy test kits are a stripe with an absorbent tip which consist of a plastic indicator stick about the size of a nail file. If you are pregnancy, the hormone is detected so there will be a chemical reaction registers on a gauge built into the indicator stick. If you are pregnancy, the pregnancy test will show a colored circle, bar or plus sign on the indicator. You can watch the results after 3 minutes. It is cheap, accurate and convenient.