Pregnancy Test FAQ

1. How does the test work?

Your body produces a special hormone during pregnancy known as human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). This test will detect the presence of hCG in the urine as early as the first day of a missed period.

2. When can I use the test?

The test can be used any time of the day and as early as the first day of the missed period. If you are pregnant, the first morning urine contains the most hormone.

3. I am not sure that I held the Test Wand in my urine stream long enough. Will I still get an accurate result?

In order to receive an accurate result, you should hold the Test Wand downward in your urine stream for at least 10 seconds and wait 3 minutes to read the result. If the line in the Control Window fails to develop, you should repeat the test.

4. If I see a pink shading or horizontal lines in the result and control windows, is this normal?

After urine is added, you will see a pink color gradually move across the Result and Control windows. You may also see horizontal streaks. This is completely normal and indicates that the test is working properly.

5. How will I know the test worked?

There must be the formation of a single line in the Control Window. The appearance of this line in the Control Window tells you that you followed the test procedure properly and the proper amount of urine was absorbed. If after 3-4 minutes you do not see a line in the Control Window, then the test did not work properly. (Please refer to INVALID RESULT.) If the Control Line is not visible in the Control Window, you should repeat the test. Of course, if there are two lines (one in the Result Window and one in the Control Window), you have a positive test result, and you can assume you are pregnant.

6. How accurate is the test?

In both laboratory and consumer clinical studies, the Pregnancy Test was shown to be more than 99% accurate overall.

7. Can medications affect my test results?

Commonly used drugs will not affect the expected test results.
The following factors should NOT affect the test results: Alcohol, analgesics (pain killers), antibiotics, birth control pills, or hormone therapies containing clomiphene citrate.
The following factors MAY affect the test results: Certain drugs containing hCG or that are used in combination with hCG and certain rare medical conditions such as an ovarian cyst or an ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy outside the uterus).
The test may give a false positive result if you have had a miscarriage or have given birth within the past 8 weeks. This is because the test may detect hCG still in your system from a previous pregnancy. You should ask your doctor for help in interpreting the result of your test if you have recently been pregnant.