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How soon after a missed period can I take a home pregnancy test and get accurate results?
Many home pregnancy tests (HPTs) claim to be 99% accurate on the day you miss your period. But research suggests that most HPTs do not consistently spot pregnancy that early. And when they do, the results are often so faint they are misunderstood. If you can wait one week after your missed period, most home pregnancy tests will give you an accurate answer. Ask your doctor for a more sensitive test if you need to know earlier.
When a home pregnancy test will give an accurate result depends on many things. These include:
* How long it takes for the fertilized egg to implant in the uterus after ovulation. Pregnancy tests look for the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) that is only produced once the fertilized egg has implanted in the uterine wall. In most cases, this happens about 6 days after conception. But studies show that in up to 10 percent of women, the embryo doesn't implant until much later, after the first day of the missed period. So, home pregnancy tests will be accurate as soon as one day after a missed period for some women but not for others.
* How you use them - Be sure to follow the directions and check the expiration date.
* When you use them - The amount of hCG in a pregnant woman's urine increases with time. So, the earlier after a missed period you take a HPT, the harder it is to spot the hCG. If you wait one week after a missed period to test, you are more apt to have an accurate result. Also, testing your urine first thing in the morning may boost the accuracy.
* Who uses them - The amount of hCG in the urine at different points in early pregnancy is different for every woman. So, some women will have accurate results on the day of the missed period while others will need to wait longer.
* The brand of test - Some home pregnancy tests are more sensitive than others. So, some tests are better than others at spotting hCG early on.
http://www.4woman.gov/pregnancy/index.cf...
A test wouldn;t tell a thing until after your period was due anyway, so save your money. Please don't have sex again until you are either married and in a stable economic state or until you are financially and mentally capable of properly providing for another person in addition to yourself.
tell her if she had unprotected sex and does not want a baby then to go get "the morning after pill" now. This has to be taken within 72 hours of having sex. But will not allow her to get pregnant. Other than that just wait until she misses her period. good luck.
"The morning after pill" is at your local planned parent hood location. google it.
Being that this is in the "Adolescent" thread, she should report to the nearest hospital and have a rape kit done on her. They will also be able to deal with any long term effects of the rape.
(there is no such thing as consentual sex among adolescents)
Tell your cousin that she would be able to purchase a home pregnancy kit. There are several brands to choose from, but I would suggest you purchase a kit that has 3 tests (to attempt accuracy)and a early detection feature. Early detection enables the test to detect pregnancy 1-3 days after a missed period. A good brand would be First Response Early Result or E.P.T.
Check out this site for more information.
http://pregnancy.about.com/cs/pregnancyt...
Further she should seek medical attention from her primary care provider (have blood drawn).
And depending on her age, she may want to enlighten her parents about her current dilemma.
i think she doesnt wait and get a test because time is very important for that after test she should go to doctor
good lucks
Yeah tell her to get a pregnancy test. Tell her to get the EPT kind because it can tell you 5 days before you actually miss your period.
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