Free Pregnancy Testing
If you think you may be pregnant your next step should be scheduling a Free Pregnancy Test through Options For Pregnancy You do NOT have to go through this process alone. At Options For Pregnancy, we can connect you to the nearest pregnancy clinic to you so that you can receive the help you need. We have compassion for you and want to help you in any way we can.
How Soon Should I Take a Pregnancy Test?
According to Healthline, “You should wait to take a pregnancy test until the week after your missed period for the most accurate result.
If you don’t want to wait until you’ve missed your period, you should wait at least one or two weeks after you had sex. 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.
You may receive an inaccurate result if the test is taken too early in your cycle.”
Should I take a home pregnancy test?
According to a healthy lifestyle article on the Mayo Clinic website, “Taking a home pregnancy test can be nerve-wracking, especially if you’re not sure you can trust the results. Know when and how to take a home pregnancy test — as well as some of the possible pitfalls of home testing.”
If you are not sure when the best time is to take the home pregnancy test and take the test too early, check the test results too soon, use diluted urine or have been taking fertility drugs or medications containing HCG, there is a chance the results will be inaccurate.
Home pregnancy tests including such brand names as First Response, ClincialGaurd, Clearblue, Pregmate, New Choice and Wondfo, advertise to be 99% accurate.
National pharmacies and retail stores offer generic and store brand pregnancy tests including, Walgreen’s One Step, Target’s Early Results Pregnancy Test-Up&Up, CVS Early Result Pregnancy Test and Wal-Mart’s Equate Early Result Pregnancy Test.
How do pregnancy tests work?
There are two basic kinds of pregnancy tests, the first uses urine and can be purchased over the counter, and the second test uses a blood sample and is administered in a doctor’s office or clinic. Both tests measure the level of the hormone hGC, human chorionic gonadotropin that indicates a pregnancy.
According to Medicinet.com, “hCG is made when a fertilized egg implants in the uterus. This usually happens about six days after the egg and sperm merge. But studies show that in up to 10 percent of women, implantation does not occur until much later, after the first day of the missed period. The amount of hCG rapidly builds up in your body with each passing day you are pregnant.”
Clinical pregnancy tests are more accurate than over the counter home tests.
The primary reason a clinical pregnancy test is more accurate than an over the counter home test is the experience and frequency in which the clinic administers tests. At Options for Pregnancy we connected hundreds of women to free pregnancy testing and other pregnancy related services.
There are many variables that lead to inaccurate readings from a home tests. At Options for Pregnancy we do our best to eliminate those variables so you know for sure whether or not you are pregnant.
1- https://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/pregnancy-am-i-pregnant#1-2
3- https://www.medicinenet.com/pregnancy_test/article.htm#are_there_different_types_of_pregnancy_tests
4- https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/five-signs-to-take-pregnancy-test#when-to-test