Can I test for pregnancy at 8 dpo?

Question

Tomorrow is 8 dpo for me and I am planning to test my first urine in the morning. Is that a good idea? I'm really anxious to find out.

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

I have heard the earliest that you can hope to get an accurate answer on a pregnancy test is 4-5 days before your missed period. I think you should wait till then. You usually get your period 14 days after you ovulate so wait at least 3 or 4 days and you might get an accurate answer. I know how you feel about being anxious though. I am forcing myself to wait three more days before I test. Good Luck and I hope you get the answer you want!

Answer 2

8 Dpo Pregnancy Test

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.)
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Can I test for pregnancy at 8 dpo?
Tomorrow is 8 dpo for me and I am planning to test my first urine in the morning. Is that a good idea? I'm really anxious to find out.

Thanks for the help!

Answer 5

I am to 8dpo, and axiuos to test, but when I test I want it to be the accurate result, I do think it is to early to test and they'll be a waste of money. Your Hormones aren't high enough as yet to be detected, the best time to test is 5 days after a missed period, just lets finish up tww


wish you the best this month hope we all get our BFP before Christmas

Answer 6

You can try and test but it still might be to early the HcG horomone. I would wait and see if you miss your period and then take a test for more accurate results. Best of Luck!!

Answer 7

I wouldn't advise it. Unless you conceived a week before you ovulated, you are 99.9% likely to get a negative.

Why? Your hormone levels need to build you to get a positive. It's not just being pregnant--those hormone levels have to keep doubling for at least 2 weeks before you get a positive.

Answer 8

best to test when af is due with first morning urine if it doesnt show

Answer 9

good luck

Answer 10

ya ...go for it