Whats the soonest you could take a home pregnancy test?
But if you are more concerned with accuracy, that’s a different story. Though there are some variations from test to test, generally speaking, a pregnancy test taken 5 days before your period is due will only be about 53% accurate. That rate goes up about 9-10% every day after that, until the day of your expected period, where accuracy reaches and holds at about 99.9%. The test checks for levels of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) which is a hormone made by the embryo to help sustain pregnancy. There are many reasons the test may not be accurate: • Levels of hCG are not consistent with each pregnancy • Each brand is not equally sensitive to hCG • More dilute urine = less ability to detect hCG It is best, in my opinion, to wait until you have actually missed your period. This is when most tests will be able to detect the hormone with more accuracy.
