How many days can you detect pregnancy during intercourse?

Nowadays, many people, for the sake of convenience, rarely go to the hospital to check whether they are pregnant. They just use pregnancy test strips at home to see whether they are pregnant. Most women think that going to the hospital for a check-up is too complicated, and they will feel a little nervous when they arrive at the hospital, so it is better to use a pregnancy test strip to check, which does not require going to the hospital to spend so much money, and does not require feeling anxious. So, how many days can the early pregnancy test paper detect?

Early pregnancy test paper can detect the first few days

1. The principle of using early pregnancy test strips for pregnancy testing is the value of human chorionic gonadotropin in the body. This type of growth hormone is produced by the embryo and usually appears in the urine a few days after pregnancy. However, due to the small amount, it is not easy to test it at the beginning, and it becomes increasingly obvious after 10-14 months.

2. For women who are pregnant soon, it is generally recommended to test the first urine in the morning as the result is more accurate. But for women who have been pregnant for some time, any urine of the day can be used for testing.

3. It usually takes about 7 days from intercourse to pregnancy. In other words, you can test whether you are pregnant on the day of conception (7 days after intercourse), but the accuracy is not high. Generally, the test results will be more accurate if you test again 14 days after intercourse.

Are pregnancy tests accurate?

The pregnancy test strip is a product designed by us to help women test whether they are pregnant. This type of test has the advantages of being rapid, convenient, flexible and highly specific. However, the pregnancy test strips can only be used as a preliminary screening test, and you must not trust them too much, because the pregnancy test strips may result in positive or false negative results. Pregnancy tests vary widely in their accuracy rates, from 50% to 98%.

If the test result is negative and your period still occurs after 1 week, you should do another test. If it is not positive, it is best to see a doctor.

Before using a certain type of early pregnancy test paper, it is best to read its product introduction first, because the usage of early pregnancy test paper of different brands will be different. Some early pregnancy test strips require you to use a urine cup to collect urine, and then use the burette attached to the product to draw a small amount of urine onto the test strip. Others require you to pee directly on the test stick. Some early pregnancy test products say that both methods are possible.