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How soon to take a pregnancy test
Hi all, I used to be a regular poster, Munchkin is now 2 1/2, so I just
occasionally lurk now. I'm wondering how long after possible conception you should test to be sure of getting the correct answer. I know you can test the day your period is due, however, my cycles are all over the place, sometimes 2 months, sometimes 1, I just can't judge them at all. I never know when to expect it, till it's here (I miss BCP's for that) So, assuming that the 15th was BD day (and it was) how long should I wait to expect the answer to be true. I've already take a FRER test on day 13 after BD and it was negative, I want to use the other one on a day I can be sure to get a true answer. I don't want to risk a false negative because I tested too early, and then be thinking I'm not pregnant, when I really am. For the record, I have no idea how long into my cycle the 15th was either, it might have been day 14, might have been day 21, I really don't know, I'm thinking longer since I don't remember my period being recent, but given my erratic cycles, I can't count on predictable ovulation anyway. ******* The 3 sentences that will get you through life. #1, cover for me #2, oh, good idea boss. #3, It was like that when I got here -Homer Simpson |
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How soon to take a pregnancy test
Because you have no idea when and if you ovulated, AND you have no idea what
cycle day you are currently on, or what cycle day you had sex on, testing won't tell you much at this point. Providing that you had sex on the same day that you ovulated, you can test around 12-18 days later and know that the test will be fairly reliable. BUT, you aren't in that position. You can't just say "you can test X number of days after having sex" because when you have sex isn't nearly as important as when you ovulated. You can have sex every day of a 40 day cycle, but if you don't ovulate, you ain't getting pregnant. So first you sort of need to pinpoint your cycles and ovulation. If your cycles are very irregular, not just by days per cycle, but weeks or months, then you definately need to read Taking Charge of Your Fertility, by Toni Weschler, and start charting your temps. It may well be that you aren't ovulating. Or, you may be ovulating early some cycles and later on others. In general, women get their period about 14 days after they ovulate, so if you ovulate on cd 18, you are going to have a 32 day cycle, and if you ovulate on cd 30, you are going to have a 44 day cycle, give or take. So you can see that without the data point of ovulation pinpointed, you're really in the dark. If you did happen to ovulate within a day or two of April 15th when you had sex, then you should be pretty accurate at this point. If it's negative, you still may have to wait some number of weeks or days until your period shows up, because as I said above, regardless of when you had sex, if you ovulated on the 25th, your period isn't going to come until May 9th, for example. But if you test negative two-three weeks after you last had sex, and it's negative, then you can be pretty sure that you are not pregnant. The problem comes in that if you had sex after that, and happened to have ovulated after that, then you can certainly test negative while still actually being pregnant. So pinpointing ovulation is crucial. -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys -- 01/03/03 Addison Grace -- 09/30/04 Check out the family! -- www.MyFamily.com, User ID: Clarkguest1, Password: Guest Become a member for free - go to Add Member to set up your own User ID and Password "Stormlady" wrote in message ... Hi all, I used to be a regular poster, Munchkin is now 2 1/2, so I just occasionally lurk now. I'm wondering how long after possible conception you should test to be sure of getting the correct answer. I know you can test the day your period is due, however, my cycles are all over the place, sometimes 2 months, sometimes 1, I just can't judge them at all. I never know when to expect it, till it's here (I miss BCP's for that) So, assuming that the 15th was BD day (and it was) how long should I wait to expect the answer to be true. I've already take a FRER test on day 13 after BD and it was negative, I want to use the other one on a day I can be sure to get a true answer. I don't want to risk a false negative because I tested too early, and then be thinking I'm not pregnant, when I really am. For the record, I have no idea how long into my cycle the 15th was either, it might have been day 14, might have been day 21, I really don't know, I'm thinking longer since I don't remember my period being recent, but given my erratic cycles, I can't count on predictable ovulation anyway. ******* The 3 sentences that will get you through life. #1, cover for me #2, oh, good idea boss. #3, It was like that when I got here -Homer Simpson |
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How soon to take a pregnancy test
So, assuming that the 15th was BD day (and it was) how long should I wait
to expect the answer to be true. I've already take a FRER test on day 13 after BD and it was negative, I want to use the other one on a day I can be sure to get a true answer. I don't want to risk a false negative because I tested too early, and then be thinking I'm not pregnant, when I really am. by FR you mean first response? I have some vague recollection that that despite the name, it's one of the less sensitive ones. I'd wait a week, which would be day 20, presuming you didn't BD any time after that one time and it shows up negative then it would be very very unlikely you'd be pregnant, but if you BDed other times an ovulation occured a different time you still wouldn't know for sure. FWIW, last time, I tested at 2 days late and 5 days late, both were negative, found out I was pregnant about 3 weeks later, by my calculations the 2nd one of those should have showed up positive. Anne |
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How soon to take a pregnancy test
On May 1, 2:20 am, "Anne Rogers" wrote:
So, assuming that the 15th was BD day (and it was) how long should I wait to expect the answer to be true. I've already take a FRER test on day 13 after BD and it was negative, I want to use the other one on a day I can be sure to get a true answer. I don't want to risk a false negative because I tested too early, and then be thinking I'm not pregnant, when I really am. by FR you mean first response? I have some vague recollection that that despite the name, it's one of the less sensitive ones. I'd wait a week, which would be day 20, presuming you didn't BD any time after that one time and it shows up negative then it would be very very unlikely you'd be pregnant, but if you BDed other times an ovulation occured a different time you still wouldn't know for sure. FWIW, last time, I tested at 2 days late and 5 days late, both were negative, found out I was pregnant about 3 weeks later, by my calculations the 2nd one of those should have showed up positive. Anne The FR is first response. The 15th is the only day that could result in pregnancy, if I were to have ovulated around that time. CM on the 16-20 days was the egg white type of CM, so I was thinking that maybe I had ovulated, and could expect my period on the weekend past if I was not pregnant, but obviously, still no period or I wouldn't be asking. I guess I'll wait a few more days and test again, as hard as it is to wait. |
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How soon to take a pregnancy test
Stormlady wrote:
So, assuming that the 15th was BD day (and it was) how long should I wait to expect the answer to be true. I've already take a FRER test on day 13 after BD and it was negative, I want to use the other one on a day I can be sure to get a true answer. I don't want to risk a false negative because I tested too early, and then be thinking I'm not pregnant, when I really am. There isn't an easy answer here. In general, you should be able to get a response within a few weeks of conception. However, while false positives are uncommon with pregnancy tests, false negatives aren't particularly uncommon. Even if you wait another week or two, there wouldn't be an absolute guarantee that you wouldn't get a false negative. Some women don't get a positive until weeks after that. Still, if you wait another week or two you'd have better odds of an accurate answer. Best wishes, Ericka |
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How soon to take a pregnancy test
"stormlady" wrote in message
oups.com... On May 1, 2:20 am, "Anne Rogers" wrote: So, assuming that the 15th was BD day (and it was) how long should I wait to expect the answer to be true. I've already take a FRER test on day 13 after BD and it was negative, I want to use the other one on a day I can be sure to get a true answer. I don't want to risk a false negative because I tested too early, and then be thinking I'm not pregnant, when I really am. by FR you mean first response? I have some vague recollection that that despite the name, it's one of the less sensitive ones. I'd wait a week, which would be day 20, presuming you didn't BD any time after that one time and it shows up negative then it would be very very unlikely you'd be pregnant, but if you BDed other times an ovulation occured a different time you still wouldn't know for sure. FWIW, last time, I tested at 2 days late and 5 days late, both were negative, found out I was pregnant about 3 weeks later, by my calculations the 2nd one of those should have showed up positive. Anne The FR is first response. The 15th is the only day that could result in pregnancy, if I were to have ovulated around that time. CM on the 16-20 days was the egg white type of CM, so I was thinking that maybe I had ovulated, and could expect my period on the weekend past if I was not pregnant, but obviously, still no period or I wouldn't be asking. I guess I'll wait a few more days and test again, as hard as it is to wait. As I said before, your period will come about two weeks after you've ovulated. So you don't coutn when to test based on when you had sex, but rather when you think ovulation occured. It's possible that the sex you had on the 15th could have fertilized an egg that popped on the 20th, but if it did, the conception would have occured on the 20th, so counting begins from there, regardless of whether or not conception occured. That means that your period wouldn't have been due last weekend, which was two weeks after your bd'ing on the 15th, but two weeks after the last day of CM, the 20th, which would be THIS coming weekend. So, according to your information, you had sex on April 15th, and then experienced 4 days of eggwhite cervical mucas from April 16th - 20th. If you did in fact ovulate on April 20th, you would expect your period to show up on or around May 4th -- this Friday. Because your cycles are irratic and you are not 100% sure, I'd wait until Sunday to test again. If you are in fact pregnant, this would be about 16 days past conception, which should mean a strong and reliable positive result. If you aren't pregnant, your period will likely come on Friday or Saturday, thus saving you from having to test. I inevitably tested and got a negative the day my period was due, and it would come later that day or the next. Always made me wish I'd had enough patience to wait until my period was actually LATE, instead of testing the day it was due. Getting your period is a pretty obvious negative pregnancy test result, you know? Why pay $ for something that nature provides, free of charge... : ) -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys -- 01/03/03 Addison Grace -- 09/30/04 Check out the family! -- www.MyFamily.com, User ID: Clarkguest1, Password: Guest Become a member for free - go to Add Member to set up your own User ID and Password |
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How soon to take a pregnancy test
On May 1, 6:50 am, stormlady wrote:
The FR is first response. The 15th is the only day that could result in pregnancy, if I were to have ovulated around that time. CM on the 16-20 days was the egg white type of CM, so I was thinking that maybe I had ovulated, and could expect my period on the weekend past if I was not pregnant, but obviously, still no period or I wouldn't be asking. I guess I'll wait a few more days and test again, as hard as it is to wait. I always had accurate results with First Response Early Response. I just wanted to say too that egg white CM shows up before ovulation -- it's a sign of fertility (you likely already know this). It's possible for sperm to survive up to 5 days but if you ovulated towards the end of the egg white CM it's unlikely though not impossible that an egg fertlized from sex on the 15th. If your dates are right you could conceiveably test today -- I've had positives as early as 10DPO with the FRER. The other one you took could have been negative because if you ovulated at the end of the egg white stuff you would have only been like 8 or 9 days post-ovulation when you tested. Elle |
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How soon to take a pregnancy test
The FR is first response. The 15th is the only day that could result
in pregnancy, if I were to have ovulated around that time. CM on the 16-20 days was the egg white type of CM, so I was thinking that maybe I had ovulated, and could expect my period on the weekend past if I was not pregnant, but obviously, still no period or I wouldn't be asking. I guess I'll wait a few more days and test again, as hard as it is to wait. nothings guaranteed, if you've been BDing, cervical mucous could be mixed with sperm and not show the correct signs. If you're having unprotected sex and you've not had your period, there is always a possibility you are pregnant. Anne |
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