Hi,
A little bit of info. for you guys... My husband and I are going for no. 2 again, and I wanted to know if the E.P.T. test could be accurate 9 days before missed period... I read the box and saw the rates go down with each day before, but it said negative and I feel weird. My boobs hurt all over, and I feel dizzy and lightheaded when I stand up...
2007-02-13 16:56:32 · 2 answers · asked by Shannon Kay 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
If it's 9 days before your next period is due that means you fertile time was just about 4 or 5 days ago? Is this correct?
It is highly unlikely that, even if you have concieved, any kind of pregnancy test would be reliable at this point, even a blood test taken at the doctors. No doctor would yet bother, it would be a waste of time - even a negative result at this point would not mean you weren't pregnant.
It would be way too early for the embryo to be interacting with your body for the symptoms you are describing to be caused by a pregnancy. Sore breasts can happen for any number of reasons at any time of the month, and dizziness is a fairly nonspecific symptom in general. That is not to say you have not conceived however.
If conception did occur just a few days ago, the baby would not yet have fully implanted into the uterine wall after just a couple of days and introduced the hormone hCG into your bloodstream.
After the fusion of the egg and sperm, which occurs in the fallopian tube, the newly created little person travels down the tube to the uterus and finds an appropriate position to settle. This takes about 5 days, and at this point the mother and the baby are still separate entities, so it is not yet possible to confirm conception. The next step is for the fertilized egg to start to burrow into the uterine lining and finally attach itself to the uterine wall, a process known as implantation. This process takes about 5 - 7 days. When the embryo has implanted, mother and baby start to interact physically and it as this point hCG is released into the mother's bloodstream - all up about 10-14 days after actual conception.
Depending on the quality of the test and the amount of hCG present in her system a home pregnancy test may at this point be able to detect the hCG, and a pregnancy has likely been confirmed. However a negative test at this point does not indicate that a woman has not conceived, because she may not yet have high enough hCG levels to show up yet.
I need to stress, I am not saying you are not pregnant, however the symptoms you are describing would not yet be pregnancy related. You would be surprised at the number of women who claim that they had pregnancy related symptoms just hours after apparently conceiving saying "I told you so!", or someone knows of someone who was throwing up 10 days before their period was due or something - but in the medical profession you also get to see the flip side of this - many women who claim to be experiencing pregnancy related symptoms just a few days after an apparent conception that are not pregnant at all. Unfortunately you don't usually hear about them.
It would be too early to take a reliable test - save your money and wait until at least 2 days before you next period is due (even this is still early) and if it comes back negative, wait 48 hours and test again.
If you want to get a jump on it, you could see your doctor 2 days before your period is due, he or she may do a blood test for you, although unless there is some medical reason why you need to know straight away they wil probably recommend you wait until you are at least 1 day late, so they are not wasting time and resources.
2007-02-13 22:58:05 · answer #1 · answered by SydneyMum101 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A home pregnancy test is quite reliable but not that early. I would wait a few more days....at least 4 more...and re-test.
Good luck! I hope you are successful!
2007-02-14 08:18:10 · answer #2 · answered by Amanda H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋