by Mardie Caldwell, COAP

To get the most accurate results, it is best to wait about a week later. So, if you missed your period on Wednesday, you may not want to take that early pregnancy test until the following Wednesday or Thursday. That is when the test will be more reliably able to evaluate the hormone that is the basic indicator for pregnancy, human chorionic gonadotropin or hCG, that appears in your urine.

The reality is that hCG is not the same in every woman at every point. Therefore, the levels that are present after just one day of a missed period could be so faint that they aren't even detected at all. This is not a completely uncommon phenomenon. Actually, it's very common and can be very unnerving for those that get a false answer. For some, their whole world could be turned topsy-turvy if the initial results are less than favorable, whether positive or negative.

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