How are pregnancy tests at the doctor's office conducted?

How are pregnancy tests at the doctor's office conducted?

Jay Goldberg (Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) gives expert video advice on: What should I do if my home test is negative, but I still think I'm pregnant?; How are pregnancy tests at the doctor's office conducted? and more...

A pregnancy test at the doctor's office is simply a blood test that is detecting the same hormone that is trying to be detected in a home urine test. It's simply going to be a quantitative value, instead of a qualitative, meaning it's going to be a number. So HCG is registered as a number in your blood: 50, 110, 611, it registers as a number. A simple urine test is just going to say positive or negative, whereas the blood test at the doctor will be a quantitative number.