Experts Urge Expectant Mothers to Rely More on Pregnancy Tests than Presumptive Signs of Pregnancy

Are you wondering if you're pregnant or not? The best way to find out is to take a pregnancy test. While there are numerous early symptoms and signs that point to pregnancy, experts urge expectant mothers take pregnancy test as the first step in determining pregnancy.

According to an article In News Medical, pregnancy symptoms and signs are traditionally clustered into three: the positive, probable and presumptive. While majority of early pregnancy signs go with presumptive category, only the positive signs are hundred percent accurate.

Based on a report posted in Nurseslabs, presumptive signs are pregnancy signs that are least indicative of pregnancy; probable signs are objective signs of pregnancy which can only be seen by doctors and nurses and positive signs are the signs that are documented by doctors.

The early signs of pregnancy like vomiting or morning sickness, frequent urination, fatigue, missed period and sore breast are all presumptive signs as any of these can also be a symptom of other health conditions aside from pregnancy. Thus these signs, though suggest pregnancy, do not point directly to pregnancy.

For instance, missed period is caused by different factors such as (aside from irregularity in menstruation) anemia, diabetes, stress, or early menopause that all trigger such condition. Moreover, frequent urination can be triggered by (aside from pregnancy) various causes such as pelvic tumors, emotional tension, and cystocele.

Because of the tendency of most women to rely on the presumptive sign of pregnancy, experts still recommend to take pregnancy tests as the first step in finding out if  pregnancy is indeed to expected. With modern pregnancy tests, expectant moms can know whether she's pregnant or not within up to four days before her next menstrual period.

So are you really pregnant or not? The answer lies in the pregnancy test.