How to check if you are pregnant with pregnancy test paper

For every woman who is preparing for pregnancy, she is very concerned about whether she is already pregnant, so pregnancy test is something she does frequently. Now there are many ways to check whether you are pregnant. In daily life, using pregnancy test paper is a commonly used method. You can buy pregnancy test paper at the pharmacy, and then follow the instructions to check whether you are pregnant. It is very simple to use.

How to check if you are pregnant with pregnancy test paper

Usually, it takes 5-10 minutes for an early pregnancy test paper to show the test result, but due to the differences between each test paper, some test papers must read the result within 5 minutes. Therefore, please read the instructions of the test strips you purchased carefully and strictly adhere to the testing time.

1. Positive: Color bands appear on both the upper and lower ends of the test strip, indicating pregnancy.

2. Negative: Only a purple-red band appears on the upper end of the test strip and no band appears on the lower end, indicating that you are not pregnant.

3. Invalid: No color band appears. This indicates that the test strip has expired.

In addition, the urine specimen should be collected in a clean, dry container. Urine can be tested throughout the day, but HCG concentration is usually highest in morning urine. The detection reagent uses the principle of immunochromatographic double antibody sandwich method to make HCG detection test strips, which can measure HCG in urine samples within 3 minutes.

How to use pregnancy test strips correctly

1. When using, tear open the aluminum foil bag along the notch and take out the pregnancy test paper;

2. Put on the disposable plastic film gloves included in the box, hold one end of the handle of the pregnancy test paper tightly with your thumb, and tilt the end of the urine suction hole downward. Note that the observation side of the pregnancy test paper should face downward, and the plum blossom pattern direction should face upward;

3. Aim at the urine-absorbing hole on the side of the pregnancy test paper and urinate, allowing the urine to pass through the urine-absorbing hole, and maintain the urine-collecting time for 1 to 2 seconds;

4. Then turn over the pregnancy test paper with the observation window facing upwards, continue to hold the pregnancy test paper at an angle, when you see purple-red liquid crawling across the observation window, purple-red lines will appear on the observation window within 1 minute, the pregnancy result can be read after 1 minute, the non-pregnancy result must be confirmed after 3 minutes, and the result read after 5 minutes is invalid.