By this week, your period is well overdue, and you are naturally quite curious. There is only one method to satisfy your curiosity: a pregnancy test. Indeed, in a 5-week pregnancy, the thing an expectant mother needs most is to resolve the question that has occupied her mind for days: “Am I pregnant or not?” The material required for this is a pregnancy test. These tests determine the result as follows: In the event of pregnancy, HCG hormones are secreted excessively. If these secretions are higher than normal, the test result appears positive. A positive result is indicated as follows: There are invisible lines within the sensitive test device strip that react with urine. Upon contact with urine, if the result is positive, two lines appear; if negative, a single line remains. If no lines form at all, the test is invalid.
We can measure HCG hormones in two ways:
Urine test; gives you a positive or negative result by measuring the hormone levels in your urine.
Blood test; blood is drawn from the expectant mother’s arm. The sample is examined by technicians in the laboratory. It provides immediate results as to whether it is negative or positive. There is no need for an extended wait.
To perform a urine test, it is usually necessary to wait about 10 days. A blood test, however, gives results much sooner. If the expectant mother cannot wait and is curious, she should have a blood test to find out if she is pregnant. If she can wait, a urine test is sufficient.
WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENTS ARE THERE IN THE BABY DURING THIS WEEK?
The ultrasound image of a 5-week pregnancy looks like this. As of this week, there is nothing that can be strictly called a “baby” yet. The gestational sac is quite prominent, as you can see. This is because the baby is still an embryo. However, there is incredible activity occurring there. There is a massive and feverish effort, much like a factory. From now on, there will be a very rapid change in the expectant mother and quite fast growth in the baby. The most effective and prominent symptoms of pregnancy this week are momentary headaches and dizziness in the expectant mother. Nausea and vomiting may also be seen in some sensitive mothers, albeit rarely.
