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Friday, May 27, 2011

Can 3 hpts be false positive?

Friday, May 27, 2011
Q : hi, i had a miscarriage 10 weeks ago and havent had a period since. (i confirmed with blood test 3 weeks after that the pregnancy had ended.) i had a blood test done on the 18th feb and it was negative for pregnancy so i went home and was to wait 2 months for period and doc would repeat tests if still no period, but on the 24th i did a home pregnancy test and it was positive, then again the following morning so my doc asked for another blood test to be done. i also did another test today (1st march) and it was positive again, but the nurse mentioned when i had my blood test today that the dr thought i had a false positive, surely 3 tests cant be false can they?

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Pregnancy Test Kit for Home

Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The first pregnancy test is easy to be done at home, than going to the doctor each time you get any symptoms of pregnancy. The task is made easy by the kit to test yourself of pregnancy.

Pregnancy test is what that will confirm whether you have conceived. Most women around the world are at a greater risk of ill reproductive health than anything else. Women, who are in the age group of 16-48 years, have lesser threats from diseases like tuberculosis, or respiratory infections or heart diseases. This is because women have risks that come with their pregnancy. There can be risks of childbirth, unsafe abortions and the like. Women are very prone to sexually transmitted diseases (or STDs), infections in reproductive tracts. As soon as you get symptoms of early pregnancy you must conduct a pregnancy test on yourself to be sure of it.

If you are tested positive by the pregnancy test there is a long way for you to go. The dedication of government, towards the voluntary, informed and the consent of citizens as they avail health care when they are pregnant, is affirmed by the National Population Policy (India), in the year of 2000. the government also have taken initiative to help the women in their family planning.

The MOHFW or the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has introduced a pregnancy test kit (Nishchay) which is home based. They not only target to promote the pregnancy test home based kit, but also is an access point to family planning services. It sought to help the women who are looking for good and reliable RCH and FP services. There are certain important factors of concern that are addressed by these home based pregnancy test kit Nischay. They are:

* Due to a late detection a low percentage of women start ANC in their first trimester.
* Contraceptive Provision (IUD/Pill) not adopted at the right time, even after deciding not to go for any more issues.
* A high percentage of abortions take place which may be life threatening, as the detection of pregnancy was late.

Nischay, the home based pregnancy test kit helps the women to conduct the tests at home. This would also help the women to make good utilization of RCH and FP services. This pregnancy test kit is introduced in Indian states and the union territories. The first phase of the program was launched in ten states of high priority: Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Mehghalay.

The demand generation of this home based pregnancy test kit is done through the platform of mass media. A lot of other forms of media like folk songs, dramas, dance dramas, and education are used as a tool to market this pregnancy test kit. The rural women have started realizing the benefits of early detection of their pregnancy, and thus this kit is hugely gaining popularity. Even the health care officers and doctors find it easy to offer treatment and guidance when the woman is detected as being pregnant in the initial stages.

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

HCG levels from normal singleton pregnancies

Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Levels are listed for various days after the ovulatory HCG injection or LH surge

First (same as Third) International Reference Preparation was used
"High" is highest seen in this group of pregnancies
"Low" is lowest seen in this group of pregnancies
"#" is the number of tests done for that day in this group of pregnancies

The values below are from a group of 53 normal singleton pregnancies. Because this is a very small group of patients and because lab assays vary, it is important not to rely on these values to determine whether your pregnancy is viable, a single, a twin, etc.

  • Check with your physician about your own levels

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Does a past abortion affect my chances of getting pregnant?

Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Does a past abortion affect my chances of getting pregnant?
Does a past abortion (or more than one) affect my chances of getting pregnant?

Expert Answers
The BabyCenter Editorial Team

Probably not. However, in rare cases, multiple dilations and curettages (the cleaning out of the uterus, also known as a D&C) can cause some scarring
at the top of the cervix or inside the uterus. A procedure called hysteroscopy (when a small camera is placed through your cervix into your uterine cavity) can be used to check for this problem and can usually repair the scar tissue at the same time. But even if that's not the case for you, you should know that any procedure that dilates the cervix (a necessary step during most abortions) can weaken it.

So if you've had more than one abortion and you get pregnant again later on, you may find that you have what's known as an incompetent cervix — a cervix that starts dilating prematurely. This can sometimes be treated with a stitch to keep the cervix closed, called a cerclage. On the bright side, having conceived before proves that you ovulate and that your fallopian tubes are open.

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Monday, December 6, 2010

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF INFERTILITY?

Monday, December 6, 2010
It is the condition of not getting pregnant after 1 year of unprotected and regular sexual intercourse. 15% of the couples in the world feel the need to apply for supportive fertility techniques.

The point not to be forgotten is that even when normal couples with no health problems have sexual intercourse every day, in a single menstrual period, the possibility of getting pregnant is only 25%. After one year the possibility of pregnancy rises up to 80%.
In the cases of rare menstrual periods, 3 or more miscarriages, past pelvic infection, small testicles of the male and the past age of the woman a consultancy to a doctor should be made without waiting for a year.
The reproductive potential of the women is at peak between the ages of 20 to 30; after years the potential decreases and after 35 a faster decrease can be observed. Extremely thin and fat people can also encounter difficulties for getting pregnant. Also, smoking and alcohol decreases the sperm count of the man and spoils the egg quality of the woman.

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Basal body temperature method

Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Temperature method basal body temperature or the temperature method, also called basal body temperature is one of the methods of natural family planning. Using this method, the fertile days are determined by the woman. Ovulation is determined by the morning body temperature. In the first half of the cycle, the body temperature is rather low. Within 48 hours after ovulation the temperature rises by about 0.3 to 0.6 degrees. It remains to increased shortly before the next menstrual period. The Pearl index of the temperature method is 1 to 10

Application

Mrs. measures each morning before getting up their body temperature, either in the mouth,
vagina or anus. It does not matter in which the aforementioned body openings, the temperature is measured, it is important to measure in the same place with the same thermometer. Within a cycle, the measurement location can not be changed. It would be ideal to measure body temperature every morning at the same time. Well comparable results provide digital thermometer that can measure the body temperature to exactly two decimal places. The value is entered in a graph. Unprotected sexual intercourse is permitted only on the days after ovulation, that is usually two days after the temperature rise. Watch Before using this method, women their bodies for months and know their learning cycle.

Benefits

This method does not burden the body. Woman can get to know better by the way her body.

Disadvantages

Used alone, this method is not very secure. The daily temperature measurement requires much discipline. The method must be learned before it is used as a contraceptive method. Various factors such as disease, mood swings, stress, lack of sleep or greater alcohol consumption can affect the morning temperature, leading to incorrect results. This method is not suitable for young girls because their cycles often not regular. The temperature method does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases.


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Monday, March 30, 2009

Breast tenderness, symptom of pregnancy

Monday, March 30, 2009
Breast tenderness is a sign of pregnancy?

Sore breasts and nipples are a common complaint in early pregnancy. During the first eight weeks of pregnancy the breasts, nipple shields and areola enlarge. Sometimes quite dramatically. May areola darker in color. Some women describe tingling. Others believe that the fill their breasts with breast tenderness.

Other symptoms of pregnancy

Other symptoms of pregnancy missed period, nausea and vomiting, better known as pregnancy nausea and urinary frequency. Some women experience breast tenderness as a part of premenstrual syndrome, PMS. A pregnancy test is the best way to confirm pregnancy.

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