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Albert Graham, Backyard Pool Drainer
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Test of your blood and urine, checking of your blood pressure, Pap smear to check for disease that could affect your health during pregnancy.
Home pregnancy tests may be a good first step, but your physician will want to confirm pregnancy with either a urine or blood test.
There are two types of pregnancy tests; urine and blood tests are available from doctors and womens health services.
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Zhang Xian Qian, Ex-Olympic Swimmer
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Pregnancy test: A blood or urine test that determines the level of the human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) hormone.
Pregnancy, Chemical: Pregnancy documented by a blood or urine test that shows a rise in the level of the human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) hormone.
Blood serum test is the more accurate test and can detect pregnancy hormones 7 to 10 days after the time of conception.
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Chrissie Tanner, Homemaker and Mom
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There are no blood tests available for detecting pregnancy in dogs, but at about 28 days after the breeding a veterinarian can palpate to see if your dog is pregnant.
Blood pregnancy tests can determine pregnancy 9 days after conception.
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Arthur Dawkins, Astro-physicist
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Beta HCG Test - A blood test used to detect very early pregnancies and to evaluate embryonic development.
A blood test used to detect very early pregnancies and to evaluate embryonic development.
DISCLAIMER: This online test is a simple mathematical calculation and should never be used to replace a true urine or blood test for pregnancy.
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David Rosenberg, Dermatologist
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There are several different ways to go about getting a pregnancy test: there are urine tests (either bought from a drugstore, or done in a doctor's office or a laboratory) and blood tests.
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