Title: When Is the Best Time to Take a Pregnancy Test?
Headings: When to Take a Pregnancy Test
When to Take a Pregnancy Test
Understanding How Pregnancy Tests Really Work
Overview
The Best Time in Your Cycle
The Best Time of Day
When You “Feel” Pregnant
How Pregnancy Tests Work
Early Result Pregnancy Tests
Test Accuracy
Efficacy of Early Testing
The Best Early Test
When to Get a Blood Test
Blood Test Result Timetable
When a Blood Test Is Used
A Word From Verywell

Content: This is especially true if your period is not yet late, or if your period is only a couple days late. At-home pregnancy tests work by detecting the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in your urine. 2 ﻿ Unless you get up in the night to pee often (or you drink water throughout the night), your urine is more concentrated when you first wake up. This usually means that the amount of hCG is a bit higher, and you’re more likely to get a positive result if you’re pregnant. However, you can still take a pregnancy test in the middle of the day, or even at night. You’re just more likely to get a false-negative, especially if your period isn’t that late, and especially if you’ve been drinking a lot of water and your urine is diluted. 3 ﻿
When You “Feel” Pregnant
You may decide to take a pregnancy test because you’re having early pregnancy symptoms, including: 4 ﻿
Breast tenderness
Mild cramps (sometimes called “implantation cramps”)
Very light spotting (sometimes called “ implantation spotting ”)
Fatigue
Sensitivity to smells
Slight morning nausea
Depending on whether a positive pregnancy test would be good or bad news, symptoms like these may fill you with dread…or excitement! But here’s the good (or bad) news: pregnancy symptoms don’t mean you’re pregnant.