How to test pregnancy without a pregnancy test stick?

In the past, the only way for women to know if they were pregnant was to go to the hospital for a check-up, but now it is completely different. Women who have had sex before should consider the possibility of pregnancy if their menstruation is delayed for a few days. At this time, there is no need to go to the hospital for a check-up. The easiest way is to use a pregnancy test stick, which can quickly detect the result. But if you don’t have a pregnancy test stick in your hand, what other methods are there to help detect pregnancy?

How to test pregnancy without a pregnancy test stick?

Self-test method: Detect pregnancy through physical changes

For example, testing through menstruation. If your menstrual period is usually regular, but after having sex, your period does not come for 1-2 weeks after the due date, you should first consider whether you are pregnant. If your period doesn't come in the second month, the possibility is even greater. However, amenorrhea may also be caused by mental stress, fear, and environmental changes. It is best to go to the hospital for a check-up, which is the safest and most accurate.

The easiest way to test pregnancy: basal body temperature measurement

What is basal body temperature? In fact, it is the body temperature measured in bed after waking up every morning. Generally, some women who are preparing for pregnancy will measure their basal body temperature and record it. At this time, they can judge whether they are pregnant based on the body temperature. Before ovulation, a woman's body temperature is generally below 36.5 degrees. After ovulation, the increase in progesterone will act on the body's central nervous system. At this time, the tested body temperature will be about 0.3-0.5 degrees higher than usual.

If you are pregnant, progesterone will remain at this high level and your body temperature will also remain at a high level. Therefore, if you measure your body temperature continuously and find that the high temperature curve has lasted for more than 18 days, it can generally be considered as early pregnancy. If the egg is fertilized, then after about a week the progesterone level will drop and the body temperature will return to normal.

The most reliable way to test pregnancy: B-ultrasound examination

If you want to determine whether it is an early pregnancy, the most reliable method is to go to the hospital for a B-ultrasound examination. During the B-ultrasound examination, if a pregnancy ring is found on the B-ultrasound screen (that is, a round halo is shown in the uterus) and there is a dark area in the ring (that is, amniotic fluid), then it can be determined as an early pregnancy. At this time, you can also hear the rhythmic fetal heartbeat.

The most accurate way to detect pregnancy: blood or urine HCG test

These two methods are the most accurate ways to diagnose early pregnancy. This method uses a new hormone produced in the pregnant woman's body after the fertilized egg is implanted in the uterus, namely human chorionic gonadotropin. The main function of this hormone is to maintain pregnancy, so it can usually be detected in urine tests 10 days after conception. If you want to know for sure whether you are pregnant, you can choose to go to the hospital for a pregnancy test or a blood HCG test.