alisonmarie answered Saturday October 9 2004, 6:05 pm: Pregnancy tests come with much better directions than I could offer, but it's pretty simple. You usually pee on a stick, wait two minutes, and then see what the stick says.
Some test may have a one line 'no', two lines 'yes', while others simply remain blank if you are not pregnant and form a pink circle if you are.
Each test has different symbols, so it's best to make sure you absolutely know what your particular test means. Otherwise you could think you are pregnant, and not be.
Tests can be a bit pricy, so it's best to make sure you take it when appropriate. Again, the label will specify when it can be taken and be effective; for some, it's as soon as you miss a period, while other require you to wait two weeks.
Basically, find a drugstore without many customers and spend some time reading the back of boxes. Pick the test that seems best for you, then read the intstructions carefully once you open it. Tests can be wrong, if you have missed a period and the test says you are not pregnant, wait a week and take it again. [ alisonmarie's advice column | Ask alisonmarie A Question ]
TrueLife answered Friday October 8 2004, 10:06 pm: You buy a pregnacy test at Cvs or some place like that and then you pee on the stick and if it is a minus sign it means your not pregnant and if it is a plus it means you are.
Laura answered Friday October 8 2004, 7:30 pm: Usually you buy it, and while you're peeing you put the stick under you so it detects the pregnancy hormone in your pee, and then you let it set for a few minutes and it will tell you if you're prenant or not. Usually it's colors that tell you, for example, red if you are, blue if you aren't. But READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.
MFS answered Friday October 8 2004, 7:09 pm: you go to the store, buy a kit, take it home...
then you open the box and read the instructions, which typically tell you to pee on a stick (no, really... you put a stick into the urine stream and it detects the precences of a hormone that is only found in a pregnant woman)... then you wait to see if the stick changes colors.
the end.
these kits can give a false negative result if the hormone isn't very strong in the system yet... but they cannot give a false positive. If you get a positive result, then you ARE pregnant. [ MFS's advice column | Ask MFS A Question ]
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