FSH Test Strips - Understand Your Ovarian Reserve and Optimize Conception Timing At home menopause test kits measure follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in your urine. Levels of this hormone increase temporarily each month to stimulate your ovaries to produce eggs. When you enter menopause and your ovaries stop making estrogen and progesterone, your FSH levels also increase. The test is similar to an at-home pregnancy test: You put the end of a plastic device under your urine stream or dip the device into a cup of your urine and wait for the reading to appear.