English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

how early can u get a result from a pregnancy test

2006-12-27 13:01:50 · 17 answers · asked by allabout739 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting Pregnancy

17 answers

i would wait about 2 weeks after sex however check some of these symptoms of pregnancy, check them and then see your doctor

Tender, swollen breasts
One of the early signs of pregnancy is sensitive, sore breasts caused by increasing levels of hormones. The soreness may feel like an exaggerated version of how your breasts feel before your period. Your discomfort should diminish significantly after the first trimester, as your body adjusts to the hormonal changes.

Fatigue
Feeling tired all of a sudden? No, make that exhausted. No one knows for sure what causes early pregnancy fatigue, but it's possible that rapidly increasing levels of the hormone progesterone are contributing to your sleepiness.

You should start to feel more energetic once you hit your second trimester, although fatigue usually returns late in pregnancy when you're carrying around a lot more weight and some of the common discomforts of pregnancy make it more difficult to get a good night's sleep

Nausea or vomiting
If you're like most women, morning sickness won't hit until about a month after conception. (A lucky few escape it altogether.) But some women do start to feel queasy a bit earlier. And not just in the morning, either — pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting can be a problem morning, noon, or night.

About half of women with nausea feel complete relief by the beginning of the second trimester. For most others it takes another month or so for the queasiness to ease up.

Increased sensitivity to odors
If you're newly pregnant, it's not uncommon to feel repelled by the smell of a bologna sandwich or cup of coffee and for certain aromas to trigger your gag reflex. Though no one knows for sure, this may be a side effect of rapidly increasing amounts of estrogen in your system. You may also find that certain foods you used to enjoy are suddenly completely repulsive to you.

Abdominal bloating
Hormonal changes in early pregnancy may leave you feeling bloated, similar to the feeling some women have just before their period arrives. That's why your clothes may feel snugger than usual at the waistline, even early on when your uterus is still quite small.

Frequent urination
Shortly after you become pregnant, you may find yourself hurrying to the bathroom all the time. Why? Mostly because during pregnancy the amount of blood and other fluids in your body increases, which leads to extra fluid being processed by your kidneys and ending up in your bladder.

This symptom may start as early as six weeks into your first trimester and continue or worsen as your pregnancy progresses and your growing baby exerts more pressure on your bladder.

A missed period
If you're usually pretty regular and your period doesn't arrive on time, you'll probably take a pregnancy test long before you notice any of the above symptoms. But if you're not regular or you're not keeping track of your cycle, nausea and breast tenderness and extra trips to the bathroom may signal pregnancy before you realize you didn't get your period.

Your basal body temperature stays high
If you've been charting your basal body temperature and you see that your temperature has stayed elevated for 18 days in a row, you're probably pregnant

Good luck.

*-*

2006-12-27 15:01:37 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ Princess ♥ 6 · 0 0

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.

Surprisingly, cheap tests purchased at dollar stores or on the Internet are often more sensitive and reliable than expensive store brands. HPT's are like soda: very cheap to make, and marked up quite a bit for retail.

http://www.peeonastick.com

2006-12-27 23:38:31 · answer #2 · answered by ஐ♥Julian'sMommy♥ஐ 7 · 1 0

If you go in to the Doctor they can normally run a few blood tests and tell you quite quickly.. home pregnancy tests all run differently. First Response from what I hear is the one that can give you your results the earliest.

2006-12-27 21:06:17 · answer #3 · answered by angela_hauff 2 · 0 0

For the most accurate result (99% accurate) it's best to wait a week after your period is late.

If you wish to test before your period is due, I highly recommend the First Response Early Result pregnancy test.

2006-12-27 21:04:57 · answer #4 · answered by kel_be 3 · 0 0

the earlist u can do is 4days before ur period is due a think the test was called first response a did that one n it worked for me and am now 6weeks pregnant but a think u can do a pregnany test about 5days before with a blood test but the result may not be so accurate it best 2 leave it till after the 4days are expecting ur period

2006-12-27 21:09:03 · answer #5 · answered by mummy of 2gorgeous boys 3 · 0 0

With some tests you can get an answer 5 days before you missed period date. Just read all the info on the boxes. Best of luck.

2006-12-27 21:08:03 · answer #6 · answered by A Dixie Lullaby 1 · 0 0

Some pregnancy test strips can detect the pregnancy hormones as close as five days before your missed period.

But... I'm testing myself two weeks after sex, just to be sure. I find it's accurate (from my experience).

Most strips can be read 1-5 minutes after use.

2006-12-27 21:06:07 · answer #7 · answered by sapphire_adera 2 · 1 0

I think the earliest is 5 days befor your missed period, Early Response test in the pink box...

2006-12-27 21:03:42 · answer #8 · answered by Jenny 2 · 0 0

Depends on the test, but don't count for an accurate answer until you've missed your period. Tests that can supposedly test before your missed period have an accuracy rating of less than 66%

2006-12-27 21:08:58 · answer #9 · answered by DougDoug_ 6 · 0 0

depends on what pregnancy test there was preformed. If you go to the hospital lab they can tell you within 2 weeks of conception if they preform the very costly blood test. And another option is to do a vaginal ultrasound.

2006-12-27 21:04:03 · answer #10 · answered by mailjunkie123 3 · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers