Obetretistics & Gynaecology

Pregnancy test depends on determination of antigen  (HCG) in maternal urine or serum  Most common and convenient way is Pregnancy kit test (or) Pregnancy card test. PREGNANCY KIT TEST (OR) PREGNANCY CARD TEST It can be detect pregnancy from 11 th  day of conception, but it is not reliable after 12 weeks. Collection of urine : collect the first voided urine in the morning  in a clean container (not to washed  with soap) Dip the kit into the urine container OTHER TEST INCLUDE Direct agglutination test (HCG direct test) ELISA  (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) Fluoroimmunoassay (FIA) Radio Immuno Assay (RIA) Immunu radio metric assay (IRMA) Utrasound graphy intradecidual gestational sac (GS) is identified as early as 29 days of gestation.

Duration of pregnancy is calculated in terms of 280 days or 40 weeks or 9 calendar months and 7 days or 10 lunar months calculated from first day of last menstrual period was 1 st  February then expected date of delivery will be 8 th  November.