my period is due in 5 days i took a hpt this morning?

Question

my period is due on the 21st so i figured i would be able to test today, the results are negitive should i just give up and try again next month?

Answer 1

You have taken the test early, even the most sensitive tests say they only work from 4 days before your your period is due. Retest in a few days time... Good luck.....

Answer 2

No, don't give up. Remember that HCG doubled in your system every 2.2 days. You may not be producting enough for it to show up in your pee yet. Some women find that the HCG NEVER makes it to their pee. a friend of mine never tested positive on a HPT even when she was 9 month pregnant!!!! She has two beautiful girls. Listen to your body. If you feel pregnant keep a positive attitue and if your period doesn't come get a blood test. Even if this month isnt the month remember that it WILL happen for you. Keep a positive attitude and remember that the things we wait for are more rewarding when we get them!!! Good Luck!

Answer 3

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.

http://www.peeonastick.com/hptfaq.html

Answer 4

It seems such as you have examined a wee bit early, even nevertheless those early tests would be used as much as 5 days in the past your era is due they are often much less helpful till days later. those indications frustratingly adequate would be linked with the two being pregnant or a cold so that is lower back to hypothesis till you are able to try reliably. the scary 2 week wait looks like 2 years while all you like is to renowned in case you have somewhat individual in there! Wait an afternoon or 2 then try lower back (I examined 4 days in the past i became into due and became into neg then examined the next day and became into pos!) even an afternoon could make the version. sturdy success!!

Answer 5

I would wait a couple of days and test again, I was suppose to start yesterday but I didnt so Im gonna take a test in the morning. Good luck

Answer 6

some people it does not show up untill after the period is missed just go get a blood test

Answer 7

TRY AND TEST AFTER YOU ACTUALLY MISS YOUR PERIOD
SOME WOMEN DO NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH HORMONES AT THIS POINT THAT WILL MAKE A TEST POSITIVE.

Answer 8

wait till you have missed your period.

Answer 9

It may have been too soon. I would wait until you are late.