Can I detect pregnancy after my period is delayed for 7 days?

Delayed menstruation can be said to be a type of menstrual disorder that many women will encounter. In fact, in addition to irregular menstruation, pregnancy can also cause physiological delays in menstruation. If you have had sex recently, you should also consider the possibility of pregnancy. Generally speaking, pregnancy can be tested after 7 to 10 days of sleeping together. If your period is delayed by 7 days, you can take a pregnancy test.

For an early pregnancy test, you only need to take 2-3 drops of the person's urine and place them in the small holes on the test board or insert the test board into a urine cup. The result will appear in the observation window of the test board within 3 minutes. If only one purple-red quality control line appears, it is negative; if another purple-red test line appears, it is positive. If the color of the test line is lighter than the control line, it is called a weak positive urine pregnancy test.

You can detect whether you are pregnant 18 days after having sex or if your period is delayed by 7-10 days. Because after the sperm and egg combine to form a fertilized egg, it takes 6-8 days for the endometrium to implant, and then 7-10 days for the HCG secreted by the placenta to enter the urine. Adding the two together, it is scientific to test whether you are pregnant from the urine 18 days after having sex. Pregnancy can be detected at the earliest seven days after sexual intercourse, usually around fourteen days, and occasionally more than twenty days. The diagnosis can be confirmed by self-test strips or HCG testing in the hospital.

If the test shows that you are not pregnant, but your period has not come yet, please go to the hospital for a blood test. But if the test shows pregnancy, it is basically accurate. Once you are sure you are pregnant, if you do not plan to keep the baby, then you should go to the hospital for a check-up as soon as possible. It is most important to develop an abortion plan to minimize the damage to your body.

The working principle of early pregnancy self-test is to detect the HCG value, that is, the value of human chorionic gonadotropin. This hormone is produced by the placenta and usually appears in the urine a few days after pregnancy. However, due to the small amount, it is difficult to test it at the beginning. It will not become increasingly obvious until 10 to 14 days. Although many types of early pregnancy test strips indicate that women can do a pregnancy self-test one day after missing their normal menstrual period, in fact, not all pregnant women emit HCG hormones at the same rate and in the same amount. This varies from person to person. If a urine test is done too early, a negative result may be false. Therefore, the best time to do an early pregnancy test is two weeks after your period is late, so that the result will be more accurate.