A beta pregnancy test is a blood test for hCG. Doctor’s offices and hospitals use this type of test (as you know, home pregnancy tests are urine tests). Beta pregnancy tests come in two types: qualitative and quantitative.

Qualitative tests offer a simple yes or no; pregnant or not answer. The cut-off for a “yes” verdict is similar to many urine tests – 25 mIU of hCG. These tests will confirm a positive urine test that a woman takes at home, or tests a woman for pregnancy if she hasn’t already tested herself.

Most pregnant women hit the 25 mIU mark in their 3rd to 5th week of pregnancy (measured since their last menstrual period), and there can be a wide variance of hCG levels from woman to woman. Remember that a negative qualitative test does not mean that you are not pregnant; it means that your body has not produced enough hCG to register on a pregnancy test.

Quantitative tests show the amount of hCG in the woman’s blood. These tests are useful especially for women who are taking fertility treatments or who have a history of miscarriage. The value of knowing how much hCG in a woman’s blood is knowing whether her hCG levels are increasing. During the first weeks of pregnancy, hCG levels double every 48-72 hours. If a woman is undergoing fertility treatments, she will likely be taking several of these tests to ensure that her hCG levels are increasing and that her pregnancy is developing normally. If the levels are not increasing at the expected pace, she may have had a miscarriage, and would be encouraged to get an ultrasound to confirm the pregnancy.

There you have it: two types of pregnancy tests you didn’t know existed. So when you’re at your doc’s office for a pregnancy test, you can really show your pregnancy know-how by asking, “Is that a qualitative or quantitative beta pregnancy test?”

hCG Levels During Pregnancy

When tracking your pregnancy’s progress with blood pregnancy tests, you will want to see an increase in the level from one test to another. hCG typically doubles every 48 to 72 hours in a healthy pregnancy. If a hCG result is 100 on Tuesday, a second blood test should show a result of 200 on Thursday or Friday.

hCG levels During Early Pregnancy:

hCG levels in weeks from LMP (last menstrual period):

3 weeks LMP: 5 – 50 mIU/ml

4 weeks LMP: 5 – 426 mIU/ml

5 weeks LMP: 18 – 7,340 mIU/ml

6 weeks LMP: 1,080 – 56,500 mIU/ml

7 – 8 weeks LMP: 7, 650 – 229,000 mIU/ml

9 – 12 weeks LMP: 25,700 – 288,000 mIU/ml

13 – 16 weeks LMP: 13,300 – 254,000 mIU/ml

17 – 24 weeks LMP: 4,060 – 165,400 mIU/ml


Kredit : http://www.babyhopes.com/articles/beta-pregnancy-test.html

Bagi ibu mengandung yang hendak melakukan perjalanan jauh, beberapa faktor penting harus di ambil kira bagi memastikan keselamatan dan keselesaan diri serta bayi di dalam kandungannya. Antara faktor yang perlu di pertimbangakan ialah:-

Usia kehamilan.

*Keadaan kesihatan kehamilan

*Kesihatan umum ibu yang mengandung

*Persekitaran perjalanan.

*Pada lazimnya ibu yang mengandung pada usia kehamilan lebih 32 minggu tidak di galakkan melakukan perjalanan jauh. Ini adalah kerana jantung dan organ tubuh ibu yang mengandung akan bekerja lebih berat dari biasa dan tubuh ibu hamil akan lebih cepat merasa lelah dan daya tahan tubunya menjadi berkurangan.

Walaubagaimanapun, bagi membantu ibu-ibu hamil yang ingin melakukan perjalanan jauh terutamanya pada musim perayaan atau cuti, kami berikan beberapa tip yang berguna agar perjalanan anda akan berjalan dengan lancar seperti yang di rancangkan.

Tip-tip dan panduan ini banyak berhubung kait dengan kaedah perjalanan yang bakal di lalui dan jenis kenderaan yang akan di naiki.

Perjalanan menaiki kereta atau kenderaan darat

-Pilih lokasi tempat duduk yang paling selesa dan memudahkan anda untuk meluruskan kaki.

-Pastikan pengudaraan di dalam kenderaan atau penyaman udara berfungsi dengan baik.

-Bawa bersama bantal kecil untuk di jadikan alas punggung.

-Pakai pakaian yang longgar dan selesa serta mempunyai fabrik yang memudahkan penyerapan peluh.

-Beristirehat setiap dua jam sekali.

-Pilih lokasi istirehat seperti R&R yang mempunyai kemudahan untuk makan, minum, solat  dan kemudahan tandas.

Perjalanan menaiki Coach atau Kereta api

-Membeli tiket dengan memilih tempat duduk yang berdekatan dengan tandas bagi memudahkan pergerakan anda. (Ibu mengandung kebiasaanya akan kerap ke tandas).

-Elakkan dari mengangkat bagasi bersendirian. Sebaliknya mintalah bantuan orang lain untuk membawa dan mengangkat bagasi anda.

-Membawa pakaian sejuk untuk perjalanan malam.

Perjalanan menaiki Feri atau Kapal Laut

-Maklumkan kepada doktor anda berkenaan perjalanan yang bakal anda lakukan.

-Memaklumkan kepada doktor yang berada di dalam kapal bahawa anda sedang hamil. Tunjukkan surat keterangan kesihatan dari doktor anda jika perlu.

-Jika khuatir berkenaan mabuk laut, bawalah ubatan yang di berikan oleh doktor anda bagi mengatasi masalah tersebut.

Perjalanan Menaiki Kapal Terbang

-Usahakan untuk ‘Check in’ lebih awal dan minta tempat duduk yang selesa dan memudahkan anda untuk berjalan atau untuk ke tandas.

-Tekanan udara di dalam kapal terbang adalah rendah dan anda perlu banyak meminum air bagi menghindari dehidrasi terutamanya sewaktu penerbangan jauh.

-Gerakkan kaki setiap 15 minit bagi mengelakkan kejang kaki akibat penggumpalan di pembuluh darah balik akibat terlalu lama duduk. Di antara kaedah pergerakan ialah dengan meluruskan kaki, memutarkan pergelangan kaki dan menggerakkan ibu jari.

-Jangan khuatir tentang mesin pengimbas keselamatan yang perlu dilalui di setiap pintu masuk Lapangan Terbang kerana ianya bukanlah sinar X yang boleh menganggu keadaan bayi dalam kandungan anda.

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You need to nap

Early in your pregnancy, you'll start feeling very sleepy during the day. High levels of progesterone bring on this sudden craving for naps. Progesterone is a hormone that helps regulate a woman's reproductive cycle. It also makes you drowsy.

The flood of this hormone can make a normal day at work seem as taxing as running a marathon. You may feel so worn out that you think you're coming down with the flu.

Strangely enough, progesterone can disrupt your sleep at night, leading to even more fatigue during the day. All you can do is rest as much as possible and grab a quick catnap whenever you can.

Source : Babycenter

#1. Overall: Fatigue/Exhaustion

Most women experience increased fatigue during pregnancy, especially during the first trimester. Your body is producing higher levels of progesterone which can make you feel sleepy. Your body also produces extra blood to carry oxygen and nutrients to the developing fetus, this means your heart needs to work harder. Low blood sugar can also be to blame.

Listen to your body; it is working very hard to create your little one. This symptom has only one cure. If you are tired, then sleep - even if it means going to bed at 8pm or taking small naps during the day.

Avoid stimulants (like caffeine, these can be harmful in high doses), get lots of rest (cut back on extra responsibilities if needed, at least until the second trimester), eat a balanced healthy diet (be sure to get enough protein and iron) and get regular exercise (even just walking 30 minutes a day will help). 

Source : Countdowntopregnancy

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Malas nak pikir lelebih walo aku skang ni mmg mengantuk giler. Waktu opis ni pun mengantuk. Balik umah lagi la. Da 2,3 hari dah camni.
Malas nak pikir gak sbb aku dah 2 mggu tak dpt full rest sejak gi course kat Morib tu ari. Sabtu-Ahad asik takde kat umah.

Dan ini akan berterusan sehingga event kat opis aku settle pada 2 April nati.

Adoooi.... tolongggg... mengantukkkk....

Kredit article : Babymed

The blood pregnancy test usually becomes positive within 3-4 days after implantation, and the urine pregnancy test usually becomes positive 4-5 days after implantation. 

Is It Implantation Bleeding or a Menstrual Cycle?
Implantation bleeding usually presents about a week before your menstrual cycle is due to begin (or a week after ovulation). Many women refer to this as spotting or do not even notice the bleeding at all. The closer to the day when the menstrual cycle is supposed to begin that the bleeding is noticed, the less chance of it being implantation bleeding.

It is important to understand that the blood associated with implantation bleeding is not going to be fresh blood. The time it takes for these drops to move out of the body ages the blood. It will appear dark brown, even black by the time the spotting occurs.

If what the woman feels is implantation bleeding is followed by a lighter flow or normal menstrual cycle, the blood was probably not associated with the implantation of the egg.

When the egg is released from the ovary, it travels down the fallopian tube toward the uterus. If the egg meets up with a viable sperm during the trip and the egg is fertilized, it will attempt to implant in the lining of the uterus. Implantation happens on average about 9 days after ovulation/fertilization and is required for the fetus to continue to grow. Ifimplantation is not successful, the egg will flush out of the body with the normal menstrual flow. *oh..bile la kamu berdua ni mahu bertemu. Satu ikut hway, satu ikut jalan lama ke???*

The lining of the uterus is rich in blood and nutrients. When the fertilized egg enters the uterus, the egg "sticks" the this lining, referred to as the endometrial lining. The endometrial lining is the same lining that sheds every month during the menstrual cycle if a fertilized egg does not implant. Implantation occurs between 6 to 12 days after the egg is fertilized.

Due to the blood rich nature of the endometrial lining, a few drops of blood could move through the cervix and down the vagina. This blood is referred to as implantation bleeding and is a common sign of pregnancy. The blood will not appear red, but rather a darker brown or black due to the time it takes to move from the uterus out of the body.

Implantation is the attachement of the fertilzed egg (called a blastocyst, acluster of tiny cells, smaller than the head of a pin) when it has completed its travel through the fallopian tube and attaches to the lining of the uterus.  Ensuring a healthy endometrium (uterus) lining may help to improve the chances of a positive pregnancy. The amino acid L-arginine has been shown to help facilitate these endometrial secretions, learn more about the potential benefits of l-arginine here. 

Implantation bleeding and spotting is vaginal discharge that usually contains small amount of pinkish or brownish blood. Only about a third of all pregnant women experience this implantation bleeding. Some women report some bleeding or spotting around the time of implantation, the so called "implantation bleeding".

Implantation bleeding is often brown in color though some mention it to be more reddish.

Implantation bleeding, also called implantation spotting, does not look like a regular menstrual period. Implantation bleeding is scanty and usually pink or brownish discharge.

Implantation Signs and Symptoms

Signs of implantation or possible pregnancy include: 

Implantation and implantation bleeding occur on average about 9 days after ovulation (range between 6-12 days), which is about a week to a few days before your period would normally start. Spotting that occurs around a week after ovulation can be implantation bleeding; whereas spotting that occurs much later and a couple days before your period would normally start may not be. A normal menstrual cycle generally starts off light and then gets heavier. Spotting can sometimes be the sign of an early period. If this is the case, the spotting will pick up to heavier bleeding. If you have spotting right around the time your period would normally start, it can be more confusing. You will need to take the wait and see approach or take a pregnancy test to determine pregnancy.

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Oh. Ingin berkongsi kongsi dengan rakan2 (yg mana lum tahu lah).

Ini ada web bes jugak. Yg ada citer2 pasal pregnancy, babies etc etc.

Byk artikel. Yg berkenaan dgn kita tentulah ini.

Amik sket petikannya :

1. Prickling, tingling nipples

This can be one of the very earliest signs of pregnancy, kicking in within a week or so of conception.

You may feel a tingling sensation as pregnancy hormones increase the blood supply to your breasts, particularly around the nipples. Once your body gets used to the hormone surge, the sensation will subside.

2. Spotting and cramping

It's common to have some spotting, a slight pink or brown-coloured stain in your knickers or when you pee, as well as cramping. Spotting in very early pregnancy could be caused by the egg implanting in your uterus.

A little bleeding at around the time you'd normally expect your period may be caused by the hormones that control your periods breaking through.

3. Feeling sick

If you're lucky you'll escape this completely. However morning sickness is a common symptom of early pregnancy. It often starts when you're four to six weeks pregnant. You may feel nauseated and queasy, or even vomit. Despite its name, morning sickness can affect you morning, noon or night.

4. Tender, swollen breasts

From about six weeks pregnant, your breasts may become increasingly tender to the touch. It’s similar to how they feel before your period, only more so.

You may notice that your breasts are larger and swollen, with blue veins visible just below the skin. Tenderness tends to be most common in the first trimester, easing as pregnancy progresses.

5. Fatigue

Feeling tired? No, make that exhausted. You may find yourself diving for your duvet as your body cranks up to support your baby right from the early stages of pregnancy.

Though fatigue is not a sure-fire symptom on its own, it's a common pregnancy symptom. You may find tiredness wipes you out most in the first and third trimesters.

6. Needing to pee frequently

From about six weeks pregnant, you may notice that you're going to the loo more often.

This is down to a combination of pregnancy hormones, a larger volume of blood in your system and your kidneys working extra hard. Watch out though, if you get pain or a burning sensation when you pee, it might be a urinary tract infection.

7. Darkening of your nipples

Skin changes are common during pregnancy. One of the first ones you may notice is the circle of skin round your nipples (your areolas) getting darker. This can happen from about eight weeks.

You may also find that the bumps around your nipples become more pronounced or your nipples are more erect. At this time your vulva and vagina may change to a deeper, purplish red too.

8. Altered sense of taste

You may go off some foods, but develop a craving for others. Some women report a metallic taste in their mouth, others that they can’t stand the taste of coffee, tea or a food they usually like.

It's a cliché, but food cravings or aversions sometimes can be a sign of pregnancy. If they're accompanied by some of the other symptoms on this list, start counting the days from your last period.

9. A missed period

If you're usually pretty regular and your period doesn't start on time, you'll probably take a pregnancy test before you notice any other symptoms. A missed period is one of the surest signs of pregnancy.

But if your periods are irregular or you lost track of when your next one was due, you won’t realise your period is late. In this case, tender breasts, feeling queasy and needing extra trips to the loo may be early clues that you’re pregnant.

And finally...

10. The proof: A positive home pregnancy test

Most home tests will give you a reliable result if you wait until at least the first day of a missed period. If a blue line appears in the test window, you're probably expecting. Make an appointment with your midwife, read our article, 50 reasons to be glad you're pregnant. Congratulations!

Entah bila la dpt merasa sign sign ni kan.

Sedih rasa.

Sbb bila dkt2 nak period simptom2 ni mesti ada.

Kecuali yg missed period tu la.

Baru nak seronok2 berangan mintak2 la tak period dah.

Esuknya pasti dia terkulat2 datang. Haih.

Geram kan.

Salu je false alarm.

Ye lah. Bila kita mcm rasa ada simptom pregnant, otak pun mula berkomplot utk berniat jahat yg konon nya betul lah ko pregnant, sekali... nan hadoo.. pecah gak telur tu.

Again. Geram kan.

Tp sbg seorang yg periodnya amat regular, aku tak perlu la bangan lebih dah pregnant unless lewatnya seminggu sbbnya period aku tetap dan berpencen dah. Cycle dia 28-31 camtu je. Tak lari. Huhu.

Taktau la bila nak mengecapi perasaan ini... tssskkk......