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Though you may be experiencing very clear indications that you are pregnant, it’s always desirable to test your pregnancy medically, before deciding all by yourself that you are pregnant! There are several types of pregnancy tests available to you today, many which can be performed in the privacy of your own home! So if you think you might be pregnant right now, do make it a point to confirm your happy condition before shouting it out from the rooftops!

Listed below are some of the commonest types of pregnancy tests you might take:

Urine pregnancy tests

Urine pregnancy tests can accurately confirm your pregnancy as early as 10 days after conception. You provide a sample of urine to the pathology laboratory and they will be able to confirm it soon enough. The urine pregnancy test detects the levels of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin or the HCG hormone in your body. If the level of the hormone is much higher than normal, it confirms pregnancy. This hormone is produced by the placenta and almost doubles everyday, till the first two months of your pregnancy.

Blood tests

A sample smear of your blood can also accurately confirm your pregnancy. The blood collected by your physician is analyzed before she is able to come to a conclusion about the same.

Home pregnancy test kits

Today, there are a lot of home pregnancy kits available over the counter at any drug store. All that you should do is to purchase one of them and then conduct the test at home itself. You can perform this test on yourself – you do not need any special qualifications for this. You collect a sample of urine and then analyze it using the instructions mentioned on the leaflet that comes with the home pregnancy kit. These simple at-home tests are reasonably priced, are easy to use and also are over 97% accurate. Of course, it’s desirable to reconfirm the same by repeating the test some 2-3 days later, so that you are able to be doubly sure about the results. The best thing about a home pregnancy test kit is that you are able to perform it in complete privacy, without anyone having to know about it.

Once your pregnancy is confirmed, though, it is always in your own interest to visit your physician and consult with her on how you should proceed ahead in the ensuing months of pregnancy.

Web-Based pregnancy test

Thanks to the advent of information technology and the Internet, several sites in existence today, are offering what are termed as