To answer this question, which I receive with some regularity, I have prepared the following two lists:

Ten Ways You CAN NOT Find Out If You’re Pregnant

1. Ask the Internet
2. Ask your friends
3. Ask your parents
4. Ask a psychic
5. Wait to see if your period is one or two days late
6. Pee on a stick (see exception below)
7. Pee on a rabbit
8. Do anything else to a rabbit
9. Flip a coin
10. Have a Pap smear

Ten Ways You CAN Find Out That You’re Pregnant

1. Pee on a stick that is a pregnancy test*
2. Pee in a cup then use your urine for a home pregnancy test
3. Pee in a cup at a doctor’s office, which they will test for pregnancy
4. Give blood to your doctor so she can test for pregnancy
5. Give blood to a nurse so your doctor can test for pregnancy
6. Give blood to a nurse so she can test for pregnancy
7. Have a medical emergency, and get tested for pregnancy at the ER
8. Need an X-Ray and be unable to remember your last period, thus prompting your doctor to test you for pregnancy.
9. Have an ultrasound when you feel something kicking in your abdomen
10. Wait to see if a baby pops out of your vagina in approximately 40 weeks

_{*Note: Read the instructions on the test box. It takes several days/weeks before these tests will be able to determine if an act of unprotected sex has rendered you pregnant. You can not take them the next day. You can, however, take emergency contraception – and you should if you’ve had unprotected sex and do not want to get pregnant.}