Are dollar store pregnancy tests accurate"
When Mary Raca was trying to get pregnant with her second child, she picked up 10 pregnancy tests from the dollar store and began testing every morning. Even though the packages said they?d be most accurate if used on or after the expected date of her next period, she started testing four days before her period was due. ?I lost the ability to wait,? she confesses.
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But after several days of negative results despite a suspicion that she was pregnant, Raca grabbed a pricier name-brand digital test on her lunch break. Though that morning?s dollar store test had been negative, the digital test declared that she was pregnant. This story doesn?t surprise Beth Taylor, an infertility specialist at Olive Fertility in Vancouver. ?For the average woman, dollar store tests are fine and just as accurate as name-brand tests,? she says. But they do require patience, which she acknowledges can be in short supply when you?re trying to get pregnant. ?You need to wait until the date of your expected period,? says Taylor. If your cycle is unpredictable, you?ll want to tack on a few extra days so that you don?t accidentally test too early.
Pregnancy tests work by detecting a hormone known as human chorionic gonadotropin...
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