Title: 7 Things to Know About Taking an At-Home Pregnancy Test
Headings: 7 Things You Didn't Know About Taking an At-Home Pregnancy Test
7 Things You Didn't Know About Taking an At-Home Pregnancy Test
In This Article
How Does a Pregnancy Test Work?
Meet the Expert
How Early Can You Take It?
The Best Time of Day to Take It
Should You Take More Than One?
Can a Pregnancy Test Expire?
If You're Trying to Conceive
If You're Not Trying to Conceive

Content: It's recommended you take an at-home test on the first day of your missed period or later. " The test which can pick up this hormone earliest is the First Response Early Result Pregnancy Test ($9)," notes Minkin. First Response Early Result Pregnancy Test $9
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The Best Time of Day to Take It
"Ideally, use your first urine specimen in the morning," says Minkin. It allows for the most potent sample and highest concentration of the HCG hormone. " Typically, we advise 'holding your urine' for about four hours before collecting a urine sample," suggests Early Pregnancy Tests. Frequent urination can prevent a build-up in the concentration of HCG in your urine sample, meaning it's possible to receive a false negative result. Should You Take More Than One? If the test turns up negative, that means one of two things: " Either you're not pregnant or you're pregnant and not enough human chorionic gonadotropin has been produced yet," Alexandra Sowa, MD, an internist and clinical instructor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, told Glamour. So "if the test is negative," suggests Minkin, "you may want to wait another day or two, and recheck.