If you are experiencing the above symptoms, you can buy a home pregnancy test kit to find out if you are guessing it right or not without even consulting a professional gynecologist. The test kits can be bought at any medical store without any prescription. They are fairly accurate if tested 2 weeks after gestation. Manufacturers claim that the test kits are 99% accurate. Doctors recommend to carry out the home pregnancy test a week after you missed the due date of your cycle.
Method:
Ideally you should take the first urine of the day for doing the home pregnancy test as the morning urine contain high percentage of HCG. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) is a glycoprotein hormone produced during pregnancy and all these test kits determine the pregnancy based on the availability of this hormone in your urine. Collect the urine in a clean and dry container just after you get up from bed. The test is usually pretty accurate and gives the right result. Follow the direction printed on the wrapper of the test kit to know the result of the test.
Single Line - Negative, Double Line - Positive, No Line - Invalid
Usually there will be two windows on the card – one “Test” window for applying the sample and another “Result” window which will give the result of the test. The test must be read exactly 3 minutes after applying the sample urine on the test card. If the “Result” shows two lines at the designated positions (C & T), the result is positive; while a single line (C) denotes a negative outcome. No line or a faint single line (T) would indicate a failed or invalid test. One has to repeat the process with a new test kit if the result comes out as invalid. There is no significance of any line forming after 5 minutes time and that should be ignored.
If the result comes as positive, that means you are pregnant and you should visit your gynecologist. If it comes as negative, it is recommended that you repeat the process with a new test kit after a gap of couple of days. Sometimes a negative test result may turn positive as HCG level goes on upwards as the duration of the pregnancy progresses.
Home Pregnancy Test Kit Brands:
Some of the widely used pregnancy test kits available in the market are –
Velocit by Dr. Reddy’s Preganews by Mankind Pharma Clearview by Inverness Medical Pregcolor by Organon India Acutest by Cadila