Am I Pregnant?

Each woman waiting to welcome someone into her life puts the question am I pregnant once she notices that she has missed her period.



This question especially for the first timers if full of mystery and intrigue, the best pregnancy symptoms is the missed period. If you have missed a period you should allow 4 days about this date and then go in for the home pregnancy test.

Though for most women periods will stop once they are pregnant in some rarest of rare cases periods will continue even though they are pregnant, these will be lighter than the normal. There are a number of ways you can confirm whether you are pregnant, firstly you can go to the doctor directly and get a check up done to find out whether you are pregnant.

Another way is the use home pregnancy test, these tests are designed to trace the levels of hCG – a hormone secreted during pregnancy, which stands for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, this hormone is secreted 4-6 days after the first missed period.



This test is also called the urine pregnancy test, since this test requires you to put drops of urine on the test slip, if the hormone is present the color will change, else the color will remain unchanged.

Since during this period the hormonal activity is huge, there are several pregnancy symptoms which can help you easily identify pregnancy. These symptoms are like morning sickness, feeling of heaviness in your lower abdomen, feeling dizzy at times, etc.



for some women morning sickness lasts throughout the day not allowing them to eat properly.

Another type of pregnancy test you can do is the blood pregnancy test; this test has been more accurate than the home pregnancy test, which has chances of some percentage of being in the error.



Blood pregnancy test can detect pregnancy earlier than the home/ urine pregnancy test and the results are more guaranteed.

However, home pregnancy test can be done inside of your home discreetly, whereas you will require going to a doctor and a laboratory for the blood pregnancy test.



Therefore most of the times those who want privacy try the home pregnancy test. You will require following instructions given by the manufacturer in order to get correct results in home pregnancy test. You will get to see the results within 3-4 minutes of your taking the test. home pregnancy test kits are available in almost every medical store.