Category: pregnancy testing

Many times, you think that if you spend more money, the final product will be a better one in terms of quality. Yes. Many times, this is proved by means of the beautiful packages and the product reflects a name brand. However, the contents are the same. In such occasions, you may ask ‘What about the home based pregnancy tests?’ Whether the cheap pregnancy test is really reliable as the case with the costly one?

Brand name and value

You need to understand the differences between the name brand and the store brand with regard to the home pregnancy test. Dollars are involved in this. However, once you understand the valuable contents of home pregnancy test kit, then a lot of money can be saved.

It is the ability of the cheap pregnancy test kit in the detection of the pregnancy hormone which is more important in this regard. Yeah. The less cosly one works the same manner, as the costly one.

Pregnancy hormone is otherwise called as hCG and this nick name indicates the hormone produced by the placenta. During pregnancy, this is found in urine and blood and when the test kit detects this, the result becomes positive.

The hCG is estimated in international units by the thousands.Different levels of this hormone is are detected by the home based pregnancy kits. The hormone levels between 25 and 100 mIU are detected by most of the pregnancy tests. However, if your want to test the level of pregnancy level of hCG even at level of 12.5 mIU in home, then you need to go for purchase of First Response only.

The Wal-Mart’s store brand called Equate detects 25 mIU of pregnancy hormone but the home pregnancy test EPT identifies the level of 40 mIU. Though the Equate is a generic brand, this cheap pregnancy test kit detects a lower level of pregnancy hormone.

But, the name brand like EPT is costly but still doing a fine job. The one like Equate with a purple lid also is considered as a home pregnancy test and can find hCG at level of 100 mIU. Hence, take more care in selection of the test.

Matters to be souoght

It is discouraging that the manufacturer don’t want to contain this message on the box and hence, there is no way to tell you before your purchase of the product, even when you go for 800 number on the box.

Online information is easy to approach for any one to find on which home pregnancy test identifies hCG and at which level. In the present case, it is revealed that though it can be a cheap pregnancy test, it is a better one than the brand one. So, never assume that since it is costly, it may reveal sooner. I hope you got the message, now.

Yeah. What do women think on these tests? Some women are of the opinion that whether it is the positive or negative result, the best pregnancy test is the one that gives the answer that is expected by them! Is it something funny? But , this is true. Women have many such preferences in case of home pregnancy tests.

Money as a factor

Yes. The cost of the kit is another factor that is important. Some prefer the cheapest one in the market, where as some may look for the best pregnancy test kits that can give fast results and however, the fast results are dependent on how much sensitive is the test kit in detecting pregnancy hormone hCG.

Though EPT was the first home pregnancy test kit in market from the year 1978, this is costlier than the Equate and Equate is Walmart’s store brand which is a cheaper one as well as a more sensitive one to detect the pregnancy hormone and is the best pregnancy test kit in the market.

Quick results

With the Equate home pregnancy test kit, it becomes possible to detect the hCG even at level of 25 mIU (25, 0000 International Units). Quickest results are provided by home kits like this and hence, it is possible that you can get the fast result about your pregnancy on the very first day of your missed period. Yeah. This is true.

First Response is the one that is famous for the home pregnancy test that can give fast results. Even as low as 12.5 mIU may be detected by this test kits and hence, during the first missed day of your period, this can give the result. Since it is a name brand, this is cosly. However, you should understand that when a woman thinks on the fast result about pregnancy, cost is the negligible factor.

How best is to rely on results

The readability of the result is more important one though you are getting the result in a fast manner. In this context, the EPT which has digitalized data now displays words PREGNANT or NONPREGNANT. However, many users need to decipher a color or line change only.

Since the EPT is in the market from 1978 onwards with capability to detect the hCG at 40 mIU, this is still in the desirable product and due to these and years of reliability, it is being considered as the best pregnancy test in the market