When a woman thinks she is pregnant, she wants the most accurate and most reliable pregnancy test on the market. With so many pregnancy tests to choose from, it's difficult to know which ones are the most reliable. The following are three of the most common pregnancy tests on the market.
First Response
According to a CBS report about Consumer Reports in January 2003, First Response Early Result Pregnancy Test was the most reliable and most sensitive. Consumer Search also rates this as the best home pregnancy test on the market. A pregnancy test measures the amount of human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG, a hormone that is present when a woman is pregnant. According to First Response, its test can detect the hCG hormone six days before the woman's missed period with 95 percent accuracy. The First Response Early Results Pregnancy Test can tell a woman whether she is pregnant within one minute from her dipping the test in her urine. There are two types of tests, digital and line. The digital test will read "yes" for pregnant or "no" for not pregnant. The line test will display two lines for pregnant and one line for not pregnant.
Clear Blue Easy
Consumer Search rates the Clear Blue Easy Digital as the best digital pregnancy test on the market. The manufacturer of Clear Blue Easy says its pregnancy test is 99 percent accurate. With a Clear Blue Easy test, a woman can use the test five days before her missed period. There are two types of tests made by Clear Blue Easy, a digital test and a line test. The digital reads out "pregnant" or "not pregnant" in three minutes. The line test displays either a positive indicating pregnancy or a negative meaning not pregnant. The line test will have results in two minutes.
Error Proof Test
Consumer Search rates the Error Proof Test as the third best pregnancy test. The Error Proof Test can detect hCG five days before a woman is to expect her menstrual cycle. The maker of Error Proof Test says its test is more than 99 percent accurate in laboratory settings.The Error Proof Test come in digital that reads out "pregnant" or "not pregnant" and a line test with a positive for pregnancy or a negative for no pregnancy. These tests can be read within two minutes and are easy to use. Every pregnant woman has varying amount of pregnancy hormone in her body. If the test is negative and the woman thinks she is pregnant, she should wait a few days and try again when the pregnancy hormone should be higher.
