For those of you who aren’t regular readers, I have a little backstory to share with you before going into detail about the First Response Early Result Pregnancy Test.
I am a 40-year-old mother of two. My kids are 15 and 9 years old. My son was conceived without issue and my husband and I doted on him 24/7/365. When Sebastian was almost two years old, I was in a car accident that left me with physical and emotional injuries. The injuries included muscle and nerve damage in my right arm and leg and a neck injury. I was in physical therapy for quite some time. It was devastating to me that Tim and I could no longer go on our morning mountain hikes with Sebastian in a backpack on Tim’s back and that Sebastian and I couldn’t go to storytime or the scrapbook store on a whim. I couldn’t drive for a long time after the accident and there was no way I could hike a mountain. The accident left me physically scarred and emotionally worn, with life changing implications I didn’t even realize at the time.
My husband and I knew we wanted to have a second child but for two years after the accident it was near impossible for me to think about carrying and birthing a baby with so much else going on with my body. When Sebastian was about 4 years old, about 2 years after the accident, things started getting back to normal with my body. So I thought. I started a business working from home, we were active outdoors again – albeit not as active as pre-accident, and we started talking more seriously about having the second child. Thinking about it now, what happens next seems like a slap in the face. Hot flashes, night sweats, my periods stopped. Just. Like. That. My mother didn’t go through early menopause. My older sister hadn’t gone through menopause. I visited with my OB/GYN during which she ran a bunch of tests. A couple weeks later we found out that I was experiencing Premature Ovarian Failure.
WHAT?! I was 30 years old!
My OB made it clear to my husband and I that if we wanted to have a second child we needed to act fast. She prescribed a hormone that I would rub on my inner arm twice a day and recommended that we use an ovulation test. Our first stop was to the drugstore where we bought a First Response Ovulation Test Kit.
For the next few months, my days consisted of applying hormones to my arm, taking ovulation tests and enjoying time with my husband. 😉 Within 3 months and thanks to First Response Ovulation Tests and First Response Pregnancy Tests, I was pregnant with my daughter!
Pregnancy tests have gotten more accurate and with earlier detection since 9 years ago when I was using one every day for months, and now, First Response takes the mess and suspense out of the equation when you’re trying to get pregnant, with the First Response Early Result Pregnancy Test – with Comfort-Sure Design features. The FDA approved pregnancy test has a 50% wider tip and is longer, making it easy to use and easy to read and it can detect all relevant forms of urinary hCG throughout pregnancy. Available at all major drugstores, mass and grocery stores with a retail price of $8.99-$15.99, the test is easy to pick up on a whim or to stock up on.
Whether you’re in a situation like I was where you’re fighting your biological clock or you are just anxious to find out if you’re pregnant, the First Response Early Result Pregnancy Test will let you know if you’re pregnant up to 6 days before the day of your missed period, morning or night. Easy-to-read results are shown in 3 minutes with over 99% accuracy from the day of the expected period.
