Christy Berger's Articles in Pregnancy & Birth

Early Pregnancy Testing – How do EPT Pregnancy Tests Work & Their Accuracy ?
Early pregnancy tests, also known as EPT’s, look for a hormone present in the urine or blood called Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG). One myth is that you need to wait until your first missed period to begin testing. While that may be the case with many drugstore brands, more sensitive tests allow you to begin testing a handful of days before your missed period - at around 10 days past ovulation. While pregnancy myths are always circulating throughout the grapevine, there are also pregnancy test myths. Some myths are fiction and some are based on actual facts.