Introduction to blood test for pregnancy

For women, pregnancy is a very big thing. Pregnancy is the hope of adding a new member to the family. However, nowadays, women usually discover their pregnancy after their belly bulges or their menstruation is delayed. From this respect, women’s way of understanding pregnancy is a little delayed. Now, other methods of testing pregnancy include blood test. Let’s take a look at the introduction of blood test.

A blood test can check whether you are pregnant, which is relatively accurate. Alternatively, you can use a pregnancy test strip to test your morning urine when your period is due but has not yet arrived. This can accurately tell you whether you are pregnant, and the results are basically accurate.

Blood test for HCG level. Moreover, the solubility in the blood is the highest and changes the fastest, so it is the earliest and most accurate way to detect whether you are pregnant. If it is not convenient, you can also do a urine test one week later. It usually takes 5-6 weeks for B-ultrasound to detect the gestational sac and confirm pregnancy. And ectopic pregnancy cannot be detected. Therefore, it is generally not used to determine whether you are pregnant, but to confirm the development of the fetus.

After 8 weeks of pregnancy, you may experience increased urination frequency, which is caused by the enlarged uterus compressing and irritating the bladder. After 12 weeks of pregnancy, the uterus extends beyond the pelvic cavity, the bladder is no longer compressed and irritated, and the symptoms of frequent urination will relieve themselves.

After pregnancy, under the joint stimulation of estrogen and progesterone, from the 8th week onwards, the breasts gradually grow larger, the color of the nipples and areola deepens, and dark brown nodules appear around the nipples. After 12 weeks, a small amount of clear milk will be secreted.

The pregnancy test is relatively easy, but it is not easy to detect in the early stages of pregnancy. This causes some women to have no scruples when they do not find any pregnancy symptoms in the early stages. As a result, they become very panicked after the pregnancy characteristics appear. Now, the method of blood test for pregnancy can know the pregnancy status in time, allowing women to prepare early.