Homemade Pregnancy Test

A homemade pregnancy test refers to using common household items or other unorthodox methods in determining whether you are pregnant or not. There are a number of such tests that have been used for some time now by women who could not afford a standard pregnancy test.

There are many women out there who cannot afford or do not want to buy a standard pregnancy test kit. A homemade pregnancy test is an alternative, even though the results are far from conclusive. Three homemade tests have grown in popularity: The Pine Sol Test; The Dandelion Test and the Bleach Test - which we will descrive below.

Modern pregnancy tests test a special marker in either the bloodstream or in the urine. They can offer fairly accurate results in the first 24 hours after conception. A standard test will look for the human chorionic gonadotropin hormone that is released right after conception in the blood stream and then it passes out in the urine as well. Quantities of this particular hormone are measured and detected by the test, giving you the answer regarding whether you are pregnant or not. Accuracy of a standard pregnancy test kit varies between 75% and 93%.

Up until the 1960s, a different kind of test was used to diagnose a pregnancy. A certain species of frog was used – the South African clawed frog. Urine from a suspected pregnant woman was injected into the frog’s dorsal lymph sac. If the frog would then lay eggs in the next eight to twelve hours, then the woman was pregnant. As modern tests, the frog’s body was detecting hCG in the urine and it reacted by laying eggs.

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The Pine-Sol test

In order to make this test, you will need a certain pine oil based product called Pine-Sol. This product has in its composition an essential oil that comes from certain pine trees. It is usually used as either a cleaning product or a lubricant agent. It is said that if you mix a sample of urine with the Pine-Sol and the mixture starts changing color, then it means you are pregnant.

The Dandelion Test

This homemade pregnancy test is probably the most popular of the three. All you need are leaves from a dandelion flower. Be sure to pick them from the stem and lay them down on a piece of plastic foil, away from sunlight or moisture. After you have gathered enough leaves, pour the urine sample over them, making sure you have properly covered all of them. After a while, if you are pregnant, some red spots are said to appear on the leaves, giving them a reddish color.

The Bleach Test

The bleach test is the most dangerous of the homemade pregnancy tests. It involves pouring bleach into a container, then mixing the urine in as well. If the substance starts to fizz and turns white, then it means you are pregnant. This method is very dangerous because when you mix urine and bleach, noxious gases will be released. Overexposure to these gases can be fatal.

A homemade pregnancy test is a very unreliable method of determining accurately whether you are pregnant or not. It can be dangerous for both you and the baby in some instances (the bleach test) or it can result in a false negative or false positive, shattering your expectations. A standard, modern pregnancy test kit which you can take at home is the way to go in order to get an accurate answer.

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