Methods to Control Birth with Pregnancy Test

Pregnancy Test is an effective way for the woman to find out whether she has become pregnant after having intercourse. In fact such tests determine the presence of HCG in the body of the woman.

Just after having intercourse a woman may have the doubt that she is pregnant. But there are methods to clear all her doubt and that is obviously a pregnancy test. With the help of a pregnancy test it is found out whether the hormone known as HCG or human chorionic gonadotropin is present in the blood or urine of a woman. When the HCG hormone is detected in the blood or urine of a woman it is certain that she is pregnant. Another name of the hormone is the pregnancy hormone.

With regard to pregnancy test it can be said that there are two different kinds. One of them tests the urine and the other tests the blood for the presence of HCG hormone. If a lady wants to test her urine for the presence of HCG she can very well conduct the pregnancy test even at home but on the other if she wants her blood to be tested she needs to visit a medical laboratory.

In the present day home based pregnancy test are more common among women because that is easy to carry out and also comes cheap. After fifteen days of missing a period if the pregnancy test is carried out they can give results about positive pregnancy. Whereas some of the urine based pregnancy test can give results with regard to pregnancy only after a day one has missed her period.

Home based Pregnancy Test might be very useful but provided they are used in a careful manner. If the pregnancy determining kits are used following the instructions and at the right time there is no scope that they will give wrong results.

Another way to control undesired pregnancy is to use birth control methods. There are several ways which are used to control birth. Generally birth control methods are put into use before the sexual intercourse. But even if the birth control method used fails and a woman becomes pregnant then the emergency pills can be used in order to avoid undesired pregnancy.

Emergency Contraceptive Pills helps to keep pregnancy at bay. Just after having intercourse if the pills are taken they manufacture such hormones in the body which do not allow the hormones to work in the body. Similarly it should be remembered that such pills are not equivalent to abortions because they do not remove pregnancy if the woman has already become pregnant.

The emergency contraceptive pill has another name known as the "Morning After" pill or the pill which is taken after unprotected intercourse. The pills are effective because the presence of progestin is far more in them than in other pills. The pill should be taken within a period of three days because or else it is not effective. It can be said that the pills resist almost 75 percent of pregnancy but does not have the capacity to keep the female body away from HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases.