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Q-Tip Test (For Period & Pregnnacy)

The Q-Tip Test
What is it?
It tells you if your period maybe coming or starting.
When do you do it?
You do this test during your two-week wait towards the end or if you miss your period and are debating taking a pregnancy test.

What do you do?
You stick a q tip into your vagina, wipe around your cervix gently. (If you are too rough, you could actually irritate the cervix and cause light spotting or bleeding, which would skew your results.)Then look at the q-tip for color.

What does it tell you?
Colors & Meaning

  • Clean: Your period is not on the way or starting. Might be worth taking a pregnancy test.
  • Red, Pink or Brown Cervical Mucus: This is a sign your period is starting or will start in the next 24-48 hours.
  • Reddish Brown Blood: This is a sign your period is starting or will start in the next 24-48 hours unless it implantation bleeding or light spotting in early pregnancy. Monitor to see if this turns into a flow, decreases or completely stops. Determine  if it's spotting by seeing whether it only appears on toilet paper when wiping or a drop or two on underwear. Consider taking a pregnancy test in a few days if it does not become a flow.
  • Red-Light Pink Blood: This is a sign your period is starting or will start in the next 24-48 hours, you irritated your cervix when doing the q-tip test or it is possibly light spotting in early pregnancy. Wait 1-2 days to see if this turns into a flow before testing.

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  1. UnknownMay 20, 2018 at 2:03 AM

    Hi, I tried this at 9 am and the result is white. While doing that, I felt that I've irritated my cervix. So, I try it again at 3 pm in the afternoon. I feel so sad when I've found out that it turns to be refdish brown. Any thoughts?

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