How many days late can I take a pregnancy test if my period comes?

For families expecting a baby, sometimes women extremely hope to get pregnant. After all, when they see other people's children are so big while they themselves haven't given birth yet, they will definitely feel very envious, so they speed up preparations for pregnancy. For these women, they always try various methods to detect whether they are pregnant. So the question is, how many days late can I take a pregnancy test if my period comes?

How many days after menstruation is delayed can I take a pregnancy test?

The menstrual cycle is a unique physiological characteristic of women. Due to the different physical conditions of each person, most people have their periods every 28-30 days. It is normal for the menstrual cycle to be advanced or delayed by a week, and there is no need to panic. However, if the menstrual cycle has not come for more than 10 days, you should pay enough attention to it. Many female friends are very nervous if their menstruation is late for one or two days, for fear that they may be pregnant, and they are accustomed to using early pregnancy test strips to test whether they are pregnant. In fact, the test may not be accurate if the menstruation is delayed for a few days. You can take a pregnancy test yourself if your period is more than a week late. However, there will be certain errors in early pregnancy test strips, which may be due to problems with one's own operation or environmental problems. Generally speaking, the accuracy rate of early pregnancy test strips is 50%~70%. Therefore, it is not possible to completely determine whether a woman is pregnant based solely on early pregnancy test strips. A specific B-ultrasound examination is required to confirm the diagnosis.

What are the methods of pregnancy test?

If you find the above-mentioned physical changes 14 days after intercourse, you can buy an early pregnancy test paper or pregnancy test stick for testing, or you can go to the hospital for a blood test 7-12 days after conception or a B-ultrasound test 5 weeks after conception.

pregnancy test stick pregnancy test

Pregnancy test sticks, also known as early pregnancy test paper, are the preferred method of many women. However, this quick pregnancy test method is also full of challenges and may not be accurate. The accuracy of pregnancy tests varies widely, ranging from 50% to 98%. If the operation method is improper, the test results, whether color reaction or line reaction, will be difficult to interpret.

When using early pregnancy test strips, generally speaking, the first urine sample taken early in the morning will give the most accurate result. We have also shared with you a lot of ways to use pregnancy test sticks, but we would like to remind you that pregnancy test sticks are only a simple and rough test. In fact, there are many non-pregnancy factors that can cause the test result to be positive: such as blood in the urine, recent pregnancy (HCG hormone can be found in miscarriage, artificial abortion or 8 weeks after childbirth), ovarian tumors and other diseases, or taking some fertility drugs. After seeing the test results, you should also consider your recent symptoms and think about whether you have nausea and vomiting, fatigue, frequent urination, breast swelling, partial eclipse, drowsiness, etc. Don't completely trust this small self-test tool!