Can you trust home pregnancy tests?

February 8th, 2010 admin

In disbelief many women take two, three, or even more home pregnancy tests before the reality of the pregnancy (or not) sink in. No worries about seeming extreme by the way. Plenty of women really do take multiple tests. When I was pregnant with my son, I took three pregnancy tests before I believed the


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