Home pregnancy test... is it too early?

Question

How soon after having sex can you take a home pregnancy test if your periods are irregular and you suspect you're pregnant?

I have an irregular period so I never know when it's going to come.

Answer 1

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.)

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Answer 2

i have the samw problem if u have the money and think you are keep taking a test like everyother week for like 2 months.. it should work.. and if you really want to be sure go to the doc.. and maybe if you dont want to have kids yet get on birth contol becuase it helps make ur peiords reg. too

Answer 3

if it is irregular, wait about two weeks and test if its negative and you still believe you are wait about another two weeks, either way if your period is absent for longer than normal i would think it would be ok to test.

Answer 4

you can take a test as soon as the first day of ur missed period

Answer 5

I think there's a new pregnancy test that can predict it about two weeks after or less.

Answer 6

they say with the digital ones, up t four or five days before your next period

Answer 7

i say wait 2 weeks i know that seems long but its the waiting game i had to wait a month with ttc i went crazy