EPT Pregnancy Test
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About the EPT Pregnancy Test
The EPT pregnancy test, which is available in two types, is a home pregnancy test manufactured by Pfizer. Home pregnancy tests are designed to make it easy for you find out if you are pregnant in the privacy of your own home, before you take the time or spend the money for a medical visit. EPT is one of the many brands available; you'll want to check the instructions of each, to see which one makes the most sense to you.
Pfizer offers two types of home pregnancy tests that are commonly marketed as “Error Proof Tests":
- EPT Certainty Digital Home Pregnancy Test
- EPT +/- Home Pregnancy Test Kit
EPT Certainty Digital Home Pregnancy Test
The EPT Certainty digital home pregnancy test offers unmistakable results with a digital readout. The test is easy to use and can be taken at any time of the day. It is up to 99% accurate from as soon as the first day of your missed period, provided you have detectable amounts of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in your urine. It is important to realize that not all women have detectable amounts of hCG in their urine that early in their pregnancies, and it may be necessary to wait a few days and take the test again.
Taking the EPT Certainty home pregnancy test is a simple four-step process process:
- Remove the cap
- Insert the test strip into the holder
- Place the absorbent tip under your urine stream or in a cup of fresh urine for five to seven seconds
- Wait up to three minutes for your digital results to scroll across the digital holder.
The Certainty version of the EPT pregnancy test is sold in single and double packs. Refill test strips are not available.
EPT +/- Home Pregnancy Test
The EPT +/- home pregnancy test is advertised as a one-step test kit, but in truth, the instructions are very similar to those for the EPT Certainty test:
- Remove the cap
- Place the absorbent tip under your urine stream or in a cup of urine for five to seven seconds
- Wait up to two minutes for your results to show up in the for of a + display for pregnant or – display for negative.
The +/- version of the EPT pregnancy test is also 99% accurate from as soon as the first day of your missed period, provided you have detectable amounts hCG in your urine. The cost is similar to that of the e.p.t. Certainty digital home test. Both are priced around $10, with twin packed tests selling for around $15.
In Conclusion
If the EPT pregnancy test of your choice shows you are pregnant, it is important to schedule a doctor’s appointment as soon as possible. Proper prenatal care—including the disuse of alcohol, recreational drugs, and certain medications—is important to ensure you and your baby remain healthy throughout your pregnancy.
It is not uncommon for physicians to run another pregnancy test during your first visit to confirm you are truly pregnant. Factors such as fertility treatments and certain medications can lead to a home pregnancy test showing a positive result when you are in fact not pregnant.
Comments
This was the test that worked for me with my pregnancy! You just have to be able to put it together right!! (I had this problem once!) Now over a year later, the result of that test is running around and getting into everything!! My beautiful Daughter!!
-- Contributed by: BriannaJIf you want to know if you're pregnant, don't use the ept certainty test. The first one had the blinking hourglass for a few minutes and then just went blank - no result. The next morning I performed the second test. The hourglass blinked for only 20 seconds, then I too got the picture of the book! What a waste of money and time, not to mention the extended time of not knowing!
-- Contributed by: CarrieDo not waste your money on the new EPT Certainty test! I tried 3 of them and everytime it came back with a picture of a book on it which says that I did something wrong even though I followed the exact directions not a negative or a positive which was a complete waste of 20 plus dollars.
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