Now I didn’t learn this small bit of important info from my first pregnancy, but I thought since it’s where a lot of women start, it might be useful.
Then again, if you’re here, you’re probably past this point….
Eh, well. So your monthly friend has not come to visit yet and potentially, maybe, you think you could be pregnant. What do we do at this point? We grab ourselves a home pregnancy test! Now I was quite positive that I was pregnant when I first used one for our second baby, but I had two negatives so far and I was DYING to know for sure! I was thinking, “This CAN’T be right!! I’m almost certain I’m pregnant!” I was tired and cramping in my uterus, but had not gotten my period.
Ok, so here goes the third test.
Do the deed in the bathroom after dinner one night and so impatiently, anxiously await the results. So impatiently that I decide to read the full directions to pass the time. Ya know, that paper folded ten times with print so small you hold the paper two inches from your face to read.
Ok, About, Uses, How they work, yada yada, gets to the part about how it detects levels of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG). Best time to take the test is in the morning with your morning pee because it has the highest concentration of hCG.
Really? Couldn’t you have put that little tidbit in the directions on the outside of the box?
And another negative.
Eff it. By this point I was two days away from my doctor’s appointment I scheduled a week before. I didn’t do another home test, but I went to my 10:00am appointment with an o-so-full bladder, doing the pee dance because I wanted the test to have the best possible chance for accuracy.
By 10:15 I finally had that little cup and went into the bathroom.
My husband and I waited in the little waiting room for just a few minutes before the results were in. Wham! Baby #2 was in the oven!
So then, back to the original important information: For best results, pee on the stick in the morning when you wake up. And read directions in life!
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