hw long do you have to wait untill you try a pregnacy test, to check for being pregnant?

Question

i am nearly two weeks late on my period and am not sure how long i have to wait, will it show up now???

Answer 1

If your egg was fertilized by your partners sperm, the fertilized egg will travel into the uterus and implant in the uterine lining. When this occurs, the fertilized egg then starts secreting the pregnancy hormone called human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG).

HCG can be found in your urine as early as 6 days past ovulation. Very sensitive home pregnancy tests can detect your pregnancy at about 9 or 10 days past ovulation in a significant percentage of cases so if you are two weeks late it will definitely detect any HGC present.

Good luck and I hope you get the result you wish for.

Answer 2

I took a pregnancy test a full seven days before my period was even due and it showed positive and yes i was pregnant.

I would go ahead and test. Go to http://www.peeonastick.com
and good luck

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 3

You can actually buy one now. Some of the tests now are really good, and work even 2 days before your due date (for your period). If the tests said that you are not pregnant, then go to your gp.

Answer 4

u can do a test up to 4 days before you period is due if you suspect you pregnant with the new test that are on the market now but most test u can do as soon as your late, if you do a test now u would get a result, good luck !!

Answer 5

Yes, it should. Try First Response home pregnancy test. It will detect the pregnancy hormone up to 5 dyas sooner than the other brands. You can take a pregnancy test as soon as 4 days before your missed period.

Answer 6

Well I was about 1 month pregnant and had a misscarriage this Past May 22 2006.. I had my period on Jun 10th of '06 which ended on June 13th '06..Extremely weird,, took a test it said negative...3 days later my boobs were sore..so I took another test and again it said negative..I waited a whole 7 days..and took another one...Finally my test came out Positive!! I then took about 4 more test the next days and they came out positive..so I was definently pregnant again..Anyway it depends on the person..but it took me about 2-3 weeks to find out that I was again pregnant..good luck girl!!

Answer 7

You should get a postive about 6 weeks after the first day of your last period. Possibly a little sooner based on the sensitivity of the test.

Answer 8

Yes it will show up now if you are pregnant!! you can test from the first day of a missed period. I tested then with a 3 of my pregnancys and got positive lines. go to the chemist right now girl....... good luck.

Answer 9

properly it kinda relies upon on the try. I swear by potential of the 1st reaction. It informed me surely while i develop into and wasn't pregnant. they're the main suitable being pregnant try. besides for the 1st reaction in basic terms stick to the guidelines. they're truly hassle-free to do and examine. After she urinates on the textile end of the try, or in a cup and places the textile end contained in the urine for 6 seconds in easy terms, and places the cap back on it and lays it flat on a flat floor(a would desire to to do) the 1st crimson line shows up interior 30 sec to teach it truly is working. If she is pregnant, then the 2d crimson line (could be a faint crimson or darkish crimson line) will take place interior 3 minutes. in basic terms make optimistic she follows the guidelines thoroughly. After 3 minutes if there is not any 2d crimson line then she should not be pregnant. Mine confirmed up in 2 minutes 30 seconds the two cases. The guidelines tell a sprint extra appropriate to the crimson lines and what to do. i'm hoping this permits and that i'm hoping i've got no longer puzzled you.

Answer 10

it will show up now for sure, you can test at the time of a missed period. over the counter tests are as accurate as the doctors, just follow the directions closely