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There is a general feeling among the women that the test that gives the result they want is the best pregnancy test. The women, most of them have their own favorite test as far as the pregnancy tests are concerned. 
 
Best pregnancy test

The criteria which make the people to think that the pregnancy test is best differ from person to person. Some women consider a pregnancy test as the best if the cost of the test is less. Some other women think that a particular test is the best, if the results are obtained quickly. The quick result depends on the sensitivity of the test to pregnancy hormone, HCG.

Equate is considered as one of the best pregnancy test by many women. This is because the equate is walmart’s store brand. This test is cheap at the same time the sensitivity to pregnancy hormone [HCG] is more when compared to the EPT home pregnancy test, though the EPT test was the first home pregnancy test in usage from 1978.

Speed

The equate home pregnancy test can give the result quickly as this test can detect the pregnancy hormone [HCG], if the level of hormone in the urine is 25 m IU. With the help of equate home pregnancy test, the pregnancy can be detected as early as the first day of the missing period.

First response test is the quickest of all, as it can detect the hormone [HCG], even if the level is as low as 12.5 m IU. First response test can detect the pregnancy even before missing the first day of the period. The first response test is certainly costlier than equate test. But people who want to confirm the pregnancy early don’t mind paying the extra cost.

Reliability

Reliability is the most important factor in home pregnancy test. As far as reliability is concerned the EPT test is the best. The proof of its reliability is its existence in the market since 1978. EPT have gone digital and can show words PREGNANT or NON PREGNANT in place of line or color change. EPT can detect the HCG hormone only when its level reaches 40 m IU only.  

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Early detection of pregnancy really means detecting the pregnancy before missing your period or before missing the first day of the period.

Home test conducted to confirm pregnancy are really several days late than the required period to actually confirm the pregnancy. This being the case, one may wonder which is the best early pregnancy test?

By far the best pregnancy test is first response. Most of the home pregnancy test conducted can detect the HCG if the level of the hormone is between twenty to hundred m international units. As per consumer reports the first response can detect HCG hormone, even if it is as low as 6.5 Miu.

HCG hormone, the production of this hormone commences at the time of embryo attaching itself with the uterine wall. Detection this hormone certainly refers to confirmation of pregnancy. The hormone detection can be done either at doctor’s office or at home using pregnancy detection kit.

Naturally the anxious women will like to know the result as early as possible.  Under this circumstances the best early pregnancy test [first response] is the one that will get the results quickly. This is because in the first response test, the hormone detection was done as early as the fertilized ovum attaches itself to the uterine wall.

Results

One must be able to read the results without any confusion, otherwise there is no use. In most of the home pregnancy test kit, midstream test strip is used. This strip needs to be held in her urine stream for few seconds. In a matter of 2-3 minutes, she can get the result, whether the test is positive or negative.

In some pregnancy test kits plus sign and minus signs are provided to make the reading easy for the user. In some other pregnancy test kits, a line will appear in case of positive and there will be no line in case of negative.  This line indication will confuse the user at times because evaporation can also bring about lines and people may think that the test is positive.

A test can be called as best early pregnancy test, only it works out best for you. Incase you have used one test already and happy with the results and comfortable with, then probably that is the best early pregnancy test for you.  

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There are many choices available in front of you when it comes to pregnancy tests. You can do a pregnancy test at home or approach a doctor to do that test. In most of the cases, both are done. Usually they test first at home and then approach a doctor to confirm that.

Knowing the phrase - The Rabbit Died

In the earlier days rabbits and mice had to die in order to determine pregnancy. They also used frogs and the frogs lived while the other animals like rabbits and mice died if the test was positive. This is how the phrase the rabbit died came into existence.

We have come a long way since that period and now we use chemical agents that would tell if a woman is pregnant or not. These chemical agents react with the urine and tell the result. There is no loss of lives like rabbits and mice as was in those days. The woman has to wait for a few minutes now a days to know the result.

The choices are many now-a-days. Studies conducted on 18 different kits have revealed many interesting facts that were not even disclosed by the manufacturers of these kits. It is found that the pregnancy tests using these kits were basically done by detecting a hormone called hCG that is found in the urine of a pregnant woman. This hormone is released only when the woman is pregnant. This hormone is released once the embryo attached itself to the uterine wall. If the kit detects this hormone then the woman is considered pregnant. You have to wait for a few days after the period stops to find an accurate result with these pregnancy kits.

Comparing the sensitivities of the different products

The sensitivity of the pregnancy strips to the hCG hormone determines how effective is that strip. The hormone levels would be of the order of mIU. Most of the products that are available in the market are sensitive to 100 mIU of hCG. There are products that can even detect 6.5 mIU of hCG. These more sensitive products are a little bit costly than the other ones. Products like EPT were in the market that detected hormone levels of even 40 mIU. You know these sensitivities to choose a product that is more effective in detecting pregnancy.

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