SELFCheck Pregnancy Blood Test

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These include ovarian and testicular cancer along with other conditions that can increase hCG levels. If you’re having trouble getting pregnant, our Fertility Guide has information and advice on the causes of infertility, increasing your chances of getting pregnant, and treatments that can help you conceive. Quantitative hCG tests can pick up even tiny amounts of the hormone and measure exactly how much hCG is in your blood. If you get a negative result on a test that your provider does, ask your provider if you need another test.

Sometimes a test may give a positive result when you aren’t pregnant (a false positive), but this is rare, and a positive Pregnancy Blood Test result is usually correct. Introducing a new generation of hCG rapid blood tests, highly accurate in early pregnancy detection. Indeed, if the test is performed too early, the hCG hormone level may not be high enough to be detected, which would lead to a negative result. Because hCG is usually only produced during pregnancy, if you see a positive result on a Clearblue pregnancy test, you can be more than 99% certain you are pregnant. A pregnancy blood test is more sensitive than a urine test, meaning it can detect a pregnancy earlier and measure hCG levels.

Read the directions that come with the test thoroughly before starting the test, and follow every step exactly. This prospective study, led by the department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Biochemistry, University of Rennes, Faculty Medicine, University of Rennes and INSERM U1242, Rennes, France, included 200 women consulted in early pregnancy units for vaginal bleeding and/or pelvic pain with unknown pregnancy status after medical consultation including a pelvic ultrasound scan. You should take our Pregnancy Blood Test about six to eight days after you ovulate to find out if you’re pregnant.

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a hormone that’s made first by the embryo and then by the placenta. If the test is negative, it is most likely that your blood either doesn't contain hCG or very low levels of hCG (the test detects hCG concentration as low as 25 IU/L) and you are unlikely to be pregnant. Alexandria (Australia): Australasian Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine; c2022. Unlike the popular urine test (or peeing on a stick), pregnancy blood tests can offer critical information about an early pregnancy.

If you have an hCG level higher than expected for your stage of pregnancy, it’s possible that you miscalculated when you got pregnant, and you’re further along than you thought. Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) concentrations during the late first trimester are associated with fetal growth in a fetal sex-specific manner. If you get a positive result on a pregnancy test and you haven’t had unprotected sex since your last menstrual period, see your doctor.

Blood tests can be more reliable than urine tests for showing that you are pregnant and, for this reason, are sometimes used in hospital labs to confirm a urine pregnancy test. If your hCG level is consistently low, with no increase or decrease, or if you experience any pain or bleeding, see your doctor immediately to rule out the risk of an ectopic pregnancy, when the fertilized egg implants outside the uterus 11.

Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. A blood test is also more sensitive than a urine test, so it can detect hCG at lower levels, giving you earlier confirmation of your pregnancy.

S. Department of Health and Human Services; Blood Tests; [updated 2022 Mar 24; cited 2022 Jul 28]; [about 7 screens].You can take the test anywhere and at any time of the day or night as you don’t need to wait for a first morning urine. The Pregnancy Blood Test is used in hospitals and also meets all the regulatory requirements for self test diagnostics (IVDD 98/79EC) which means that it has been independently reviewed by clinicians and scientists, shown to provide reliable results and is easy to use. The Victorian Government acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Custodians of the land and acknowledges and pays respect to their Elders, past and present. Unless you are showing any symptoms that your pregnancy is not progressing as it should, it is unlikely that your doctor will check your hCG level.