Bid Adieu To All Doubts With EPT

A user friendly EPT or early pregnancy test kit can easily put all your anxieties at rest. With the help of this kit you can judge if you are pregnant or not in less than five minutes, in the comfort of your home. Early detection is very important as then your doctor can commence pre-natal care. In addition, even you can take all the necessary precautions that are so very important for the well-being of yourself and your child.

EPT: A Necessity

Are you worried why that feeling of dizziness just won't go away? Are you wondering about your sudden lack of energy? Is there something more to that nauseated feeling than just an upset stomach? If such questions are bothering you then, you must take early pregnancy test because chances could be that you are in the family way. Why wait even that long? The major benefit and sole purpose of EPT is to let you know about prospective pregnancy as early as possible. EPT is very sensitive to the hormone hCG or human chorionic gonadotropin, that is soon released into the body after fertilization. It can easily detect this hormone in the urine even if its concentration is as less as 20mlU per milliliter, which means that you can have accurate EPT results even if you test just 7-10 days after conception. However, not every intercourse results in conception. Fertilization may take place several days later so re-testing is advised if the person suspects pregnancy.

Plenty Of Choices In EPT Kits

EPT can be done sooner than any other home pregnancy test and its results are much more reliable too. Depending on the manufacturer, EPT kits may carry slight variances from each other. Some kits have midstream testing facility with digital readout; some have a simple +/- display to indicate pregnancy. Here, you are required to place the test stick in the midstream of your urine for five to seven seconds. Wait for up to three minutes or as the instructions say for the result to appear.

You may even use kits that have test strips. The difference being that here you will have to immerse the strip in a cup of fresh urine for three seconds. Then place the strip on a clear and dry surface and wait for the colored bands to appear. If hCG levels are high then you may know about positive results in as less as forty seconds. However, if they are undetectable or negligible, wait for five minutes, which is the maximum reaction time to confirm negative results. Follow the instructions carefully. A slight deviation can bring a huge difference in the results!

Things To Remember For EPT

Morning is the time when the concentration of the HCG hormone is highest in the urine. Therefore, it is the best time for an EPT test. False positive tests occur rarely and if it does, it could be because

• Of misinterpretation of results
• Of carelessness in following instructions
• Of certain fertility treatments
• Some tissues in a non pregnant woman can produce hCG hormone
• You are using medicines that contain hCG themselves

False negative tests, those that show you are not pregnant when in reality you are, may also occur. Nevertheless, this will happen if you have not followed the instructions properly. For instance, may be you used diluted urine sample or you took the test too early. In addition, it must be remembered that every woman produces different levels of hCG at same gestational stages so the outcome of EPT may vary from person to person.