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Can we test pregnancy before missed period
2025-01-24 23:45:08| Spiritual Career Counseling
Waiting to confirm a pregnancy can be an exciting yet anxious time, especially if youre trying to conceive or suspect you might be pregnant. While the most reliable time to take a pregnancy test is after a missed period, modern advancements in test sensitivity now allow some tests to detect pregnancy even before that. Heres everything you need to know about testing for pregnancy before a missed period.How Pregnancy Tests Detect PregnancyPregnancy tests work by detectinghuman chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a hormone produced by the cells of the placenta after a fertilized egg implants in the uterus. The production of hCG begins around612 days after ovulation (depending on when implantation occurs).The levels of hCG double approximately every 4872 hours in early pregnancy. Testing too early might result in a false negative because hCG levels may still be too low to detect.What Are Early Pregnancy Tests?Some pregnancy tests are specially designed to detect even the lowest levels of hCG... [ more ]
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