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According to Cleveland Clinic , most tests are 99 percent effective if taken after a missed period. The best part is that you can do it in the privacy of your own home. Simply open the test, follow the instructions, and wait for the recommended amount of time to view the results.
After the recommended waiting time has passed, the tests will display your results in one of the following ways:. You should wait to take a pregnancy test until the week after your missed period for the most accurate result. If you are pregnant, your body needs time to develop detectable levels of HCG. This typically takes seven to 12 days after successful implantation of an egg.
Here are some signs that you should take a pregnancy test. Many women have a day menstrual cycle. Keep in mind that your period can sometimes be delayed or skipped due to stress , diet , exercise , or certain medical conditions. Also pay attention to your flow if you suspect pregnancy. Take note of any difference in the color, texture, or amount of blood. Implantation can also produce a feeling similar to menstrual cramps. In early pregnancy, you may feel this discomfort and think your period is just around the corner, but then it never comes.
Your breasts may feel tender and appear bigger due to increased blood flow. Your nipples might hurt and the veins might look darker under the skin. As the weeks go on, these symptoms may get stronger before your HCG levels even out late in the first trimester. You know yourself, so pay attention to your body. Any unusual physical symptoms could prompt you to take a pregnancy test. Human error or defects can also result in unplanned pregnancy. Birth control pills can be difficult to remember to take each day.
Condoms can break and tear or otherwise be used incorrectly. But implantation bleeding is a light flow, which may start and stop over a couple days. Your period, on the other hand, may start off light in flow and in color but after a couple days becomes heavier, changes to a crimson red color and lasts up to a week or so.
While cramps and lower-abdominal pain can signal a coming period, they can also be a sign of egg implantation. Implantation cramps can occur with or without spotting or bleeding, and may feel different from period cramps.
For example, you might feel mild to moderate prickling, pulling or tingling that comes and goes over a few days. But menstrual cramps can often feel like a throbbing or dull ache, and typically start a day or two before your period. Of course, you could be running hot for other reasons, but if it lasts more than a few weeks, pregnancy may be the explanation.
This change in hormones can contribute to many symptoms, including breast tenderness. Oftentimes, increased breast tenderness, swelling or tingling start to become noticeable a few days before a missed period. You may also experience nipple soreness. In fact, fatigue may set in as soon as one week after conception. This is thanks to those sudden changes in hormone levels, particularly increasing progesterone.
Certainly, your drinking habits play a big role in how many times you pee in a day. However, pregnancy increases the amount of blood in your body, which gives your kidneys more fluid to filter and more waste to get rid of.
Morning sickness might be the most well-known of all pregnancy symptoms, taking the form of food aversion or nausea, and even vomiting for some.
But some may not experience nausea or vomiting at all. And despite its name, morning sickness can actually happen at any time of the day or night. Usually, these changes are gradual and continue throughout pregnancy. However, some women notice these changes really early on in combination with other symptoms. We all experience bloating or constipation from time to time, but both are quite common during pregnancy. Once again, those changing hormones are the culprit.
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