For any woman on the road to motherhood, a pregnancy test is one of the most important markers along the journey.

At-home pregnancy tests are designed to tell you if you’re pregnant or not – but many moms-to-be are (quite literally) reading between the lines for more information. BabyCenter’s TTC forums are ...

The faint line on a pregnancy test creates a special kind of limbo that can feel like emotional torture. In a world of instant clarity, pregnancy tests remain stubbornly analog in their ambiguity.

At-home pregnancy tests have come a long way over the past 50 years. The first pregnancy tests intended for at-home use became available in 1978. [1] These first-to-market pregnancy tests required ...

Ovulation tests work a lot like home pregnancy tests. You either need to pass urine over the indicator strip or dip the end of the indicator into your urine, depending on the kind of test you choose.

Home pregnancy tests advertise 98-99% accuracy if used properly, about the same level of accuracy as a blood test. But those words "used properly" are doing a lot of heavy lifting.

A faint line on a pregnancy test can be confusing. It can happen because it's very early in your pregnancy and your pregnancy hormone level is low, or because some tests have less bold lines than ...

Today, knowing if you are pregnant is usually straightforward—you pee on a stick and then wait for the lines to appear. Tests for women to use themselves at home were first marketed in the 1960s.

For our top picks, we mainly looked at tests included in scientific studies, including this one published in the Journal Immunoassay and Immunochemistry in 2019, on over-the-counter pregnancy tests.