Am I Pregnant? Tips on using a pregnancy test kit

• This is the most common symptom to detect early pregnancy, as a woman’s menstrual cycle will stop when they are pregnant.

• Use your first morning urine if possible (or at least urine that’s already in your bladder for 4 hours as it is more concentrated).
• Do not drink excessive amount of water prior to taking the test.
• Read and follow test kit instructions carefully.
• Avoid taking medications or drugs that may interfere with the result.

Test Results:

• Home kits are accurate up to 97% of the time.
• The most common reason for inaccurate results with home kits is testing the urine too soon after a missed period.
• Is it Positive!
• Congratulations, you are about to become a mother.
• Is it Negative!
• Wait for another 3 days before taking another test. Tests taken less than 10 days after conception might show negative results.

Always see your doctor for confirmation.

• Another common symptom of early pregnancy. Breasts will become tender, swollen and sore as they prepare to produce milk for breastfeeding.

• Some women will experience nausea in the morning or even throughout the day. The effects vary from one person to another or one pregnancy to another.

• Exhaustion that happens within weeks after conception.

• Due to a mother’s swollen uterus that is pressuring the bladder, thus the frequent trips to the bathroom might persist for the next 9 months of pregnancy.

• Triggered by the implantation of fertilised egg to the uterine wall that will stretch to accommodate the growing baby.

• Pimples and other skin problems might surface due to hormone changes.

• Your body temperature will be slightly higher.

• Caused by hormone imbalance. Mothers-to-be will need all the support they can get at this stage.

• Headaches
• Heartburn
• Constipation
• Blood Spotting