acutally all tests are fairley unreliable till the day you miss your period
even first responce (which by the way is one of the worst tests on the market) can only detect pregnancy 5 days before a missed period in 6% of women
Home pregnancy tests measure the presence of a telltale hormone in your urine called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). This hormone, produced by cells from the placenta, first gets into your bloodstream when the fertilized egg implants in your uterus (about six days after fertilization). The amount of hCG in your body then increases rapidly over the next few weeks, doubling in amount about every two days. By 14 days after fertilization (about the time you would expect your period), some home pregnancy tests may be able to detect the hormone in your urine and give you a positive result. But in spite of their claims, most are not sensitive enough to guarantee you an accurate result at this point. In fact, you're much more likely to get an accurate result if you wait until a week after your expected period before testing.
http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/hpt.html tells you the level that a test can detect depending on the brand... First Response One Step 100 mIU... Answer Early Result 25 mIU ...
Most home pregnancy tests claim to be "greater than 99 percent accurate" and imply that you can use them as early as the day you miss your period, but a study published in 2004 in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology has shown that this is misleading. The fact is that the amount of hCG in the urine on any given day after implantation can vary a great deal from one woman to another. Laurence Cole and other researchers at the University of New Mexico evaluated 18 currently available tests and found that only one was consistently sensitive enough to detect the levels of hCG that most pregnant women were likely to have on the first day of their missed menstrual period. Most of the other tests were only sensitive enough to pick up about 16 percent of pregnancies at that point, though many were likely to be accurate a week after an expected period was due.
So how can all these tests claim to be accurate so early in pregnancy?
They don't. They only claim to be "greater than 99 percent accurate" in general, and then separately, they suggest that you can use them as early as the day you miss your period. According to the current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, in order to claim that a home pregnancy test is "greater than 99 percent accurate," the manufacturer only needs to demonstrate that the test performs as well in the lab as an existing test more than 99 percent of the time. Since today's home pregnancy tests are more sensitive than previous products, it's not surprising that they are able to maintain this claim, but it has nothing to do with a test's ability to detect pregnancy at the time of a missed period.
2006-06-29 04:11:48
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answered by tpuahlekcip 6
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use the First Response pregnance test - voted to be the most sensitive, can detect pregnancy 5 days before a missed period.
2006-06-29 04:04:31
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answered by Egina 2
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often, no ... you won't be able to get a result 7 days after sex because it takes 8-10 days for the embryo to get implanted contained in the uterus (in 80 4% of ladies persons). in person-friendly words then does the body commence to make the 'being pregnant hormone' (hCG) that's what the checks % out. you should attend until eventually your era is late -- sorry!
2016-10-13 23:02:23
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answered by Anonymous
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Do you know what the first preparation of parenthood is?
Learning some patience!
Start now and you'll save a lot of money on HPTs.
2006-06-29 04:30:29
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answered by baggyk 3
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go see your doctor for a blood test. urine test are unreliable until after you miss your period
2006-06-29 04:07:56
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answered by kleighs mommy 7
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