Yes, i had this happen very early with my second pregnancy, and within a week, started to feel my abdomen kind of tighten up. I'm in the same boat as you are right now, started my last period on Christmas day, so, yeah, too soon for testing. I wish you good luck, hope you get the good news you've been waiting for!
2007-01-18 02:56:02
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answered by liberpez 5
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If indeed you were pregnant, you would NOT be able to feel any movement yet. For the first time around, usually at 5 months is when you finally feel the baby move for the first time. Each subsequent pregnancy, you would feel this movement much earlier because now you are "aware" of what it feels like. But, the baby would have to reach a certain size to be felt. It would only be a bunch of cells right now!
If you do not get your next period, then you would be able to do a pregnancy test to pick up the hormone in your urine.
Just remember - in very rare cases women haven't continued to get their periods the whole time they were preggers and had no clue they were carrying a baby! Crazy but true!
At any rate, just take good care of yourself in case you do conceive soon!
2007-01-18 02:59:30
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answered by PrincessOfFun35 3
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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.
2007-01-18 03:03:07
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answered by ஐ♥Julian'sMommy♥ஐ 7
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Sorry, I haven't...although I must say, after my husband and I concieved, I had a feeling I was pregnant. Sure enough, we were.
My sister swears by the following theroy:
If you cound 14 days after the start of your last period, you will get pregnant.
This worked for her twice, my other sister once, her best friend and my husband and I. Hopefully, it has worked for you too :)
Good luck and I hope you are pregnant...
2007-01-18 02:55:47
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answered by Newmomofone 3
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I was pregnant twice, but I never felt anything so early. The dates you gave are the correct ones to become pregnant though.
2007-01-18 02:58:47
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answered by Balsam 6
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No, not here. I actually started developing cravings.
2007-01-18 02:57:51
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answered by joanafitch8876 1
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