Holiday Information:
Alpha Center will be closed from December 19-January 5 for the holidays. We will return appointment requests and messages at that time.
As the year comes to a close, we sincerely appreciate your consideration for an End-of-Year Gift to support our mission. Your generosity makes a direct and meaningful impact. If you wish to donate, you can securely give here.
For our patients: the generosity of our donors enables us to keep our core commitment: All patient services remain completely free of charge. Your care is not dependent on any donation, and we look forward to continuing to serve you.
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Pregnancy Symptoms and Testing Nearly every woman knows the feeling. The uh oh. When your period is late, you get a weird symptom seemingly out of the blue, or you just feel off. You hastily open your period tracking app and dang, you forgot to track last month’s period. Maybe you take a pregnancy test,
False Positives and False Negatives – How Do I Know That My Pregnancy Test Result is Accurate? When you’re wondering if you’re pregnant (whether it’s planned or not), the last thing you want is a inaccurate test result. This can lead to a lot of emotional upheaval, whether your pregnancy test displays a false positive
If you’re worried that you could be pregnant, when is it time to take a pregnancy test? Does it matter when you take it? Many assume that a pregnancy test doesn’t have to be timed to be correct, or that if they take many different kinds of tests they may get a different result. The
when should I take a pregnancy test? Wondering if you’re pregnant? The condom broke. You had unprotected sex. You forgot the pill or your birth control failed. Your period is late. If you’re worried that you could be pregnant, when is it time to take a pregnancy test? Does it matter when you take it?
