Is it tru that all women know they are pregnant....?

Question

Because they have cramping?????? But my sister is 3 days late on her period and she is always on time should she wait til day 7 through day 14 to ask her doctor for a pregnancy test???
She doesn't like home pregnancy test and really prefers to go to the doctor! Please Help!!! When should she take a pregnancy test

Answer 1

Not all women know. Some go many months without knowing and mistake kicks for gas. It happens in younger girls because a missed period is common because in younger females a lot of times their periods are irregular anyways. I would go to the doc as soon as possible. He can do a blood test to see if she's pregnant, it doesn't matter how long she's late.

Answer 2

No, not all women know that they are pregnant. Like someone mentioned, there have been cases where a woman has been pregnant and not known it until going into labor. I don't know why your sister would rather go nuts worrying vs. going to the store and getting a home pregnancy test. I understand the fear of false positives, but most kits are totally dummy-proof and pretty reliable. She could go to the doctor now if she wanted. Don't see the point in sitting around stressing over something that might not even be happening.

Answer 3

I didn't know i was pregnant when i was 4-5 weeks but i miscarried.

How soon can I test? Well, first you gotta know how the test works. Briefly: the home pregnancy test (HPT) works by detecting a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG.) When an egg is fertilized, it takes about 6 to 12 days to implant in the uterus, and then it begins to secrete hCG. It takes another day or two for enough hCG to build up and make its way into your pee. So, generally speaking, the earliest you can expect a positive HPT is 8 days past ovulation ("DPO") and the latest would be about 16 DPO. It is possible to get a positive test earlier or later, but not as common. In my experience, if you use a sensitive "early" test (anything that detects 25 mIU/mL of hCG or less) you can test around 12-14 DPO and feel reasonably secure with your results (the later you test, the more secure you can feel in its accuracy.)

If you do not chart or monitor your fertility in any way, and you think you may have conceived, you should wait 19 days (or longer) after having sex to test. Why 19?! Sperm can live approximately 5 days in the proper environment; if the sperm managed to live until you popped an egg, the actual conception could have taken place several days after the sex act that got the sperm there. To make sure you're not testing too early, assume the sperm had very long lives (5 days is considered a very long sperm life) and that conception occurred then. Then allow 14 days for the embryo to implant and develop enough hCG to show up on a pregnancy test (96% of pregnant women will test positive by then.)

Note: some HPT's say "test 5 days before your period is due!" or some such thing. Please note they are assuming a textbook 28-day cycle, with ovulation on Day 14. "5 days before your period is due" thus really "translates" to 10 DPO.

Essentially, you should remember that your high school biology textbook was WRONG. NOT all women have 28-day cycles and NOT all women ovulate on Day 14. For more info on this type of thing, see the Fertility Info section.

Here's an example. This is the textbook-perfect 28-day cycle with ovulation occurring on day 14 (in pink.) 10 DPO and later are reasonable days for testing (in green.) This is the cycle the HPT companies have in mind when they say "test 5 days before your period is due!"



Well, not everyone's body works this way. Here's another 28-day cycle-- but this one has ovulation occurring a little bit later, still well within the normal range. Watch what happens to your (green) testing opportunities!



All of a sudden, "5 days before your period is due!" is way too early for you to expect a positive test! (I tend to ovulate later myself, so by the time the "gold standard" of testing at 14 DPO is applicable, my period is already 3 days late! I needed to use an "early detection" test on the first day of my missed period. A "regular" test would probably have been negative-- even though my daughter is living proof that I was, indeed, pregnant ;)

Of course, it works in reverse, too. If you're an early ovulator, you're lucky! Check it out:



In this scenario, you could test even sooner than 5 days before your expected period.

Ultimately, it's important to remember that implantation is a variable thing. You may be able to detect a pregnancy very early on, but then again, you may not! If you can't, don't despair.

Answer 4

Tell her to have a blood test this are the most accurate ones it can detect pregnancy with 15 days after conception so maybe this can help. But she still has to visit the doctor to have a right interpretation of the test results

Answer 5

Home pregnancy tests are so easy, and not messy at all. If you can pee on a toilet, you can take them. The store brand ones are just as good as major brands. The doctor will not usually see you until you are 8 weeks along.

She could find out that she is pregnant now. What is the fear, or reason she doesn't like them? It is just silly. It's no big deal to find out. What you do after that is the big deal.

Answer 6

No, that's a total lie. If she's 3 days late then she CAN take a pregnancy test. Just go get one done.

Answer 7

You can take a pregnancy test as soon as you are late and the home tests are easy and accurate.

Answer 8

There are two types of tests and one is to be able to tell you up to one day telling you that you are and then there are ones that you can wait till 7 days or more later. To tell you the truth dr.s urine pregnancy tests are the same kind that you are able to buy at your local pharmacy.

Answer 9

not every one kos at first when they are pregnant i didn't no till 2 1/2 months and its normal to be a lil late even if its not normal for her.wait bout another day or two if it dont come do a pregnacy test then go to the doctor

Answer 10

she should get a pregnancy test asap and if she is still unsure, then go to a doctor. and no...not all women know that they are pregnant.