how pregnant are you when you test positive?
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If you get a positive test result on the first day of your missed period, it's probably about 2 weeks since you conceived. You can use the pregnancy due date calculator to work out when your baby is due. More sensitive tests may be able to confirm that you're pregnant from as early as around 8 days after conception.
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As soon as you find out you're pregnant If you aren't already taking prenatal vitamins, you should start as soon as you get a positive pregnancy sign on that pee stick test.
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Implantation occurs 9–10 days after conception, so it is possible to get a positive pregnancy test 9–10 days after ovulation. If you normally have a 28 day cycle, you can get a positive test on day 24 or 25, about 4 days before your period is expected.
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Chemical pregnancy The most common explanation for a "false positive" is that you really were pregnant when you took the test. "Some women can get a positive pregnancy test and then three days after their period is due, they have a really heavy period," says Lanalee Araba Sam, M.D., an ob-gyn in Fort Lauderdale.
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The earliest you can test for pregnancy is 7 DPO - days past ovulation (our Emma's Diary week-by-week pregnancy guide starts at week one). Any sooner and it's likely the embryo won't have had time to implant yet. Only a very small number of women will get a positive pregnancy test at 7 or 8 DPO.
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You may be pregnant If there's a chance you may be pregnant and your cycles are typically regular, it may be time to take a pregnancy test. Try to do this about one week after your period was supposed to start. Taking a test too early can result in a false negative.
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Cons of Early Pregnancy Tests Four days before the expected menstrual period, 96% of women will have a positive result if they are pregnant—meaning 4% may not.
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Also, if a woman has recently given birth the hCG hormone typically remains in her body until 3-4 weeks after giving birth. So the only way to confirm if you are actually pregnant after having received a positive test result on a pregnancy test is through ultrasound.
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A pregnancy test works by detecting the hCG hormone, which is usually only present in your body if you're pregnant. A positive pregnancy test result will mean you are almost certainly pregnant. Getting a true false positive – when you were never pregnant in the first place – is incredibly rare.
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False Negatives Four days before the expected menstrual period, 96% of women will have a positive result if they are pregnant—meaning 4% may not.
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Get Testing If you take a pregnancy test at night and get a positive result, then you are most likely pregnant. However, if the result is negative, it's possible you might not be pregnant. But you may have also just not had high enough levels of hCG in your urine to be detectable.
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You can get a positive pregnancy test earlier. Many women post pictures of positive pregnancy tests as early as 10 days past ovulation (DPO). Thanks to the increasing sensitivity of at-home tests, many pregnancy tests can detect HCG as early as 7-10 days after conception.
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Although you may start to feel early pregnancy symptoms before your period, most women have to wait for an average of two weeks from the time they ovulate for a positive home pregnancy test result.
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A positive pregnancy test will usually show up around the time of your missed period, on average 14 days after ovulation/fertilization, and rarely earlier than 9-10 days after fertilization/ovulation. Even if the pregnancy test is negative, there is still a chance of getting a positive pregnancy test later on.
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It is possible to have a positive pregnancy test result and not actually be pregnant – despite many people telling you otherwise. It's called a false positive – and while it's not common – it does happen (and we know it can be seriously disappointing if you're trying to conceive ? )
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hCG is found in your blood a lot sooner than in urine. A positive test might be detected as soon as six to eight days after conception. You would need to visit your doctor to have a blood test, but they will likely advise you to wait till after your missed period.
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A positive pregnancy test result will typically either show up as a plus sign, two double lines, or one line in a results circle or window, though there are other kinds of test results, including the digital ones that show the word "yes" or "pregnant" when they're positive.