Does the color of your urine matter when it comes to taking a home pregnancy test? Like, when you drink a lot of water… your urine is more clear. When you don’t drink as much water, your urine is more dark yellow. Does that have any effect on the test? I tested first thing this morning with my urine being more clear than yellow (I drank a few glasses of water earlier in the night, but peed twice before actually going to bed). Does it matter?
Your first morning urine yields the best results for detecting hCG (the hormone present in your urine and blood when pregnant) during very early pregnancy because that’s when you have the highest concentration. The darker your urine, the more concentrated it is but the color of your first morning urine speciment should not affect your results. I hope you receive the results you’re anticipating!
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The pregnancy hormone is more concentrated in morning urine but that does not mean that if you drink a lot of water and your urine is more clear, the result will be any different than it is supposed to be. If you’re pregnant, you’re pregnant, besides pregnancy test can detect the slightest trace of the pregnancy hormone so there is no worry about something obstructing the result. I hope you planned for this baby and that you’re pregnant!
Would-be midwife, still read a lot about pregnancy etc
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It doesn’t really matter if you used your first morning urine. During the day though I wouldn’t guzzle a bottle and then go take the test. They recommend doing it first thing in the morning because the hcg has all night to appear. If for some reason you don’t think the test was right, don’t like the answer, or really wonder if you did it wrong retest in a week or so. It is possible that you might have tested too soon, and would have a different result regardless of the color of your urine.