When is a pregnancy test safe?
What are the first signs of pregnancy?
The missing rule is the best known - but not the only - sign of pregnancy. We tell you the most common pregnancy symptoms:
- The rule stays off
- Einnistungsblutung
- nausea
- cravings
- Pulling in the breasts
- fatigue
- Increased sense of smell
- Frequent urgency
- Slight bleeding
- High basal body temperature
When can you start a pregnancy test?
The classic Urine pregnancy test delivers approx. 14 days after fertilization the ovum, ie at the time of the actually due period, a reliable result. It is recommended that the Pregnancy test only after absence of the rule otherwise the error rate of this test is quite high.
When do you have pregnancy symptoms?
Some women already notice a few days after fertilization, how the egg is implanted in the uterus. At implantation (4-5 days after fertilization) it can be so called Einnistungsblutung come: When the egg is implanted, blood vessels of the uterine lining can be injured - the next sign of pregnancy. About a week after fertilization the body forms the pregnancy hormone hCG. It ensures that another hormone is released: progesterone, This hormone is the reason for the frequent fatigue at the beginning of a pregnancy. Progesterone is also for that Missing the rule responsible. Especially between the 6th and 12th week of pregnancy Women often suffer from nausea.
How does an SST (Pregnancy Test) work?
If a woman is pregnant, her body makes that Pregnancy Hormone Beta-hCG (Human Chorionic Gouadotropin) ? a hormone that only pregnant women form and that, among other things, ensures that our period is absent by preventing the lining of the uterus from being rejected. Pregnancy tests measure the concentration of this hormone.
When will the pregnancy test be reliable?
From when the pregnancy test is reliable, depends on the nature of the test: There is a distinction between blood and urine tests.
- blood test: The pregnancy test for those who want to know it quickly and reliably
When is it safe? This examination can only be performed by the gynecologist and not at home: the hCG value can already be found here six to nine days after fertilization and before menstruation stops be detected. The gynecologist can tell you the result about 24 hours after the examination. - Urine Early Test: The fast pregnancy test for the home
When is it safe? These pregnancy tests are available in drugstores or the pharmacy and can be performed at home. The hCG value is measured in this case via the urine? and that according to the manufacturer already up to four days before the due bleeding, Due to the high error rate, however, this SST should only be used after the period has been missed. - Urine Test: The classic
When is it safe? Eight out of ten women learn about their pregnancy in this way: the home pregnancy test, available at every drugstore or pharmacy since the late 1960s. 14 days after fertilization does he deliver a sure result? and can therefore be used shortly after the menstrual period has stopped. - Ultrasound examination: The reliable statement from the doctor
When is it safe? A few days after the menstrual period has stopped, you can be certain by ultrasound whether you are pregnant or not. In this case, a small fruit cavity can be seen in the uterus. This test is of course only feasible with the gynecologist.
When is a pregnancy test possible? We clarify.
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Pregnancy tests with urine are usually too 90-99% safe - The more advanced the pregnancy, the more reliable the test result. If the test is negative, but the symptoms persist, consult the gynecologist - and if the test is positive, to discuss the way forward.
What do I have to consider at home during a pregnancy test?
Who makes a pregnancy test at home, should always (!) The Read the leaflet, Usually, the pregnancy test strip is held in the urine stream or urine-filled glass for a few seconds.
Next to the control window is usually still a window to see, which discolored accordingly or indicates the respective lines whose meaning is found in the manual.For a urine test, you should always use morning urine, which is usually the highest concentration of hCG.
When can you start a pregnancy test?
| test form | From when safe result? | Where feasible? | error rate |
| blood test | Six to nine days after fertilization - before the next menstrual period | Only at the gynecologist | Quite reliable |
| Urine Early Test | Up to four days before the due menstrual period | At home | High error rate |
| Urine Test | From 14 days after fertilization, or from the absence of the menstrual period | At home | To 90-99% sure |
| Ultrasonic | A few days after the menstruation has stopped | Only at the gynecologist | Safe statement |
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