According to various sources — none of which have scientific credentials — you’ll need the following to do the salt pregnancy test:

 

one small, clean, non-porous bowl or cup to collect your urine

one small, clean, non-porous bowl or cup for your salt-pee mixture

a couple spoonfuls of table salt

Ideally, use a clear bowl or cup for your mixture so you can better see the results.

 

The type of salt isn’t really specified beyond “common” on most sites. So we assume varieties like kosher salt — and that fancy pink Himalayan sea salt — are no-nos.

 

 

First, place a couple spoonfuls of salt in your clear bowl or cup.

Then, collect a small amount of first-morning urine in the other container.

Pour your pee over the salt.

Wait.

 

Check out any TTC online discussion on the salt pregnancy test, and you’ll likely see many posted pictures of salty pee in clear cups with questions like, “Is this positive?” That’s because no one seems exactly sure of what they’re looking for and how to distinguish a positive from a negative.

 

But here’s what folklore says:

 

Supposedly, if nothing happens, it means the test is negative. You have a cup of salt(ier) pee.

 

According to various sources, a positive salt pregnancy test will be “milky” or “cheesy” in appearance. The claim is that salt reacts with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a hormone that’s present in the urine (and blood) of pregnant women.

By Edwin Sakala