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Does a pregnancy test become less reliant the longer you wait?

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Pregnancy Test: if you are asking does a particular test become less reliant if you wait past the appointed time to look at the result, then yes. Test results must be read at the appointed time. Otherwise, the result is useless.

Answered 1/3/2015

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