How pregnant do you have to be?

Question

I took a home pregnancy test twice last night (Confirm Clearly) and it said i was pregnant. Yet 4 to 5 days ago other brands said i was not. I was wondering how many days, or how high do the hcg levels have to be before a home pregnancy test will pick it up clearly.

i am waiting for insurance to kick in and my periods space out so i have no way of knowing when my period is do.

i am wondering aproximately how pregnant i am.

Answer 1

Go to http://www.peeonastick.com to see what the sensitivity of your test is. They have a chart under Pregnancy Tests, or something similar. Some of the more sensitive tests (25-50 mIU) will detect at or a little after 7 days after your conceive at the earliest. The less sensitive tests (50-100 mIU) will detect closer to 14 days or later.I had a moderate test (maybe 50-60 mIU, I think) and I got a faint line 12 days after conception, but got negative only two days before. I got a more sensitive test from Dollar Tree a few days later and got a -really- dark line.

Answer 2

It sounds like you've had a very early miscarriage. If you had a positive result and now you're getting negatives, it's likely that it was a chemical pregnancy.

HPTs vary in sensitivity. And women vary in the amount of hcg that's produced, so one woman may have a positive result sooner than the next. The link that the other lady posted for you has a great chart that tells you the detection levels of hcg for each type of pregnancy test. The lowest amount of hcg that can be detected in a hpt right now is 25 miu. It sounds as if you are about 4 weeks along (remember that the way the weeks of pregnancy are determined are by the first day of your last period. Since you just took a test 4 days ago that was negative, it's pretty safe to assume that you're newly pregnant. This means that you conceived probably about 9 to 14 days ago)

I hope your results turn out to be what you desire :) Good luck!!!

Answer 3

some tests detect pregnancy up to 5 days before hand like the first response but others you have to wait till either the day or day after you period is due i bought one at dollar general for a buck when i was pregnant period was 5 days late it was accurate

Answer 4

for a pregnancy test to be accurate you dont have to miss your period first. i have been pregnant 7 times and everytime i took the test without missing my period first and they were all accurate. but if u just got pregnant a week ago, then it wont show but from what you said i would think you are pregnant.

Answer 5

it depends on the brand of pregnancy test you use. they all are made to detect the pregnancy at a certain point of time. you should read the instructions to find out if the tests were taken with adequate time to see if you are really pregnant

Answer 6

You can always get a false negative, there are rarely a false positives! I would go to your doctor and ask them to give youa blood test, that is the only true way to know!

Answer 7

go 2 a docter

Answer 8

go to the doctor

Answer 9

false positives are supposedly rare - i would tale the positive that you are