How many days does it take for a woman to get pregnant?

For prospective parents who are preparing for pregnancy, they are waiting for the baby's arrival every day with anxiety and expectation. How soon will a woman know when she will give birth? How can you know more accurately whether you are pregnant? What are the symptoms of early pregnancy? Generally speaking, male sperm can reach the female's fallopian tubes within 1-2 days after intercourse, and closely combine with the female's oocytes in the fallopian tubes to form sperm-egg fusion. The combination of sperm and egg is promoted by the microvilli in the fallopian tubes on both sides, and it will take about 6-7 days to reach the uterus. If the conditions are met, the embryo can implant on the uterine wall. Embryo implantation is a sign that a woman is pregnant. Therefore, it takes at least 6 or 7 days from fertilization to pregnancy.

You can test for pregnancy on the day your period is delayed. You can use early pregnancy test strips or pregnancy test sticks to test your morning urine. If you test again one week after your period is delayed, the result will be more accurate. Go to the hospital for a pregnancy test. Blood hCG test is currently the fastest and most accurate pregnancy test method, and it can usually be tested about 10 days after having sex.

1. Early pregnancy test paper: After having sex without any contraceptive methods, if the woman's menstruation is delayed on the day, you can use an early pregnancy test paper to test. However, due to many factors such as the quality of early pregnancy test strips, differences in urine sample collection, and improper testing methods, certain deviations may also occur. Therefore, it is recommended to buy products from reliable and well-known brands, and use morning urine for testing to improve the accuracy of the test.

2. Blood test for hCG: The most reliable way to naturally determine the early stages of pregnancy is to have a blood test for hCG. The test can be done 7-10 days after intercourse (it is recommended to test after 10 days for more accuracy). From a physiological point of view, when a woman is pregnant, her body will produce a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which begins to be secreted on the 6th day after fertilization. Generally, hCG can be detected in blood cells 7 days after fertilization. Its concentration will increase with the increase of pregnancy time, reaching its highest point at 8-10 weeks of pregnancy, and then decrease rapidly after about 10 days. Therefore, in clinical medicine, pregnancy is determined by testing the specific indicator value of hCG.

Early pregnancy symptoms

Around 6 weeks of pregnancy, pregnant women may begin to experience a series of reactions such as nausea, retching, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, and breast tenderness. This early pregnancy symptom is commonly known as morning sickness. Expectant mothers can judge whether they are pregnant based on these conditions. However, not all pregnant women experience these early pregnancy symptoms, and not all pregnant women have these symptoms more prominently.

1. Nausea and retching: Nausea and retching during pregnancy is also called "morning sickness", sometimes also called "morning sickness", because the feeling of nausea will be more severe in the morning, and then gradually ease during the day. However, this feeling may come to you at any time and anywhere and last throughout the day.

2. Headache: Tension headache is very common in early pregnancy, and is generally manifested as compressive pain or persistent dull pain on both sides of the head or behind the neck. If you're prone to tension headaches, they're likely to get worse during pregnancy.

3. Fatigue and sleepiness: Pregnancy makes your whole body anxious, so you may feel very tired. Nausea and vomiting can also saps your energy. If you frequently need to get up at night to urinate because of frequent and urgent urination, then you may feel more tired due to poor sleep.

4. Breast tenderness: Changes in male hormones during pregnancy can increase blood volume and cause changes in breast tissue, which may cause you to feel breast swelling, soreness, tingling, and abnormal sensitivity to touch. Pregnant women describe the feeling as being very similar to the pain they experience before their periods, but more intense.

5. Poor appetite: The unprecedented and drastic changes in the level of testosterone during pregnancy have a significant impact on the mother's taste buds and sense of smell, causing them to have a poor appetite, aversion to greasy food, and perhaps a strong preference for certain tastes, such as sour or spicy.

6. High body temperature: If the menstrual period has passed and women who suspect they are pregnant can accurately measure their body temperature during ovulation to determine whether they are pregnant. Before going to bed at night, set the mercury column of the electronic thermometer to less than 35℃. To avoid waking up and moving around, put it in a convenient place. After waking up the next morning, before speaking or moving around, immediately use an electronic thermometer to measure your oral temperature for 5 minutes, and observe and record the temperature during the ovulation period. By continuing to test for a period of time, you can tell whether you are already pregnant. However, it is better for women to go to the hospital for a comprehensive physical examination, so that the pregnancy test results will be more scientific and accurate.