Title: When To Take A Pregnancy Test - For The Best Result | BellyBelly
Headings: When To Take A Pregnancy Test – For The Best Result
When To Take A Pregnancy Test – For The Best Result
When to take pregnancy tests
When is the best time to take a pregnancy test?
How to take a pregnancy test
Are pregnancy tests accurate?
Can medication affect the results of a pregnancy test?
What does a positive pregnancy test look like?
What does a negative pregnancy test look like?
What if the pregnancy test lines are faint or hard to read?
How long should the test take to work?
What if there are no lines on the pregnancy test?
Should I repeat a pregnancy test? If so, when?
What should I do if I am pregnant?
Having trouble getting pregnant?
Kelly Winder

Content: When To Take A Pregnancy Test - For The Best Result | BellyBelly
When To Take A Pregnancy Test – For The Best Result
by Kelly Winder
Last updated January 23, 2021
Reading Time: 6 min
Want to know when to take a pregnancy test, so you can get the best, most accurate result? First, here’s a simple and important explaination about how home pregnancy tests actually work. At the beginning of pregnancy, the fertilized egg implants into your uterus. It then produces a hormone called human chorionic gondotrophin (hCG for short!). Human chorionic gonadotropin can be detected in your urine if you’re pregnant. From early pregnancy, the levels of hCG increase as your pregnancy progresses, peaking at around 8-11 weeks, before dropping to a lower level at 12 and 16 weeks. Some pregnancy test kits can detect hCG levels as low as 10 or 25mIU/ml. If you’re pregnant, at 10 days past ovulation (DPO) you may be able to detect around 25mIU. At 12 days past ovulation, you should be able to detect around 50mIU and at 14 days past ovulation, 100mIU.