06/06/2011 by admin.

We recently received the following question about early pregnancy tests from a Pre-Seed user.

Question

‘I am trying to conceive and I used Preseed last week which was my ovulation, and I expect my menstruation by next week, pls when do I use a pregnancy test strip because I can’t wait to be positive.’

Answer

‘The earliest you can use an early detection pregnancy test strip to detect pregnancy is 8-10 days post conception.

If you are testing this early use a 10mIU detection pregnancy test.

You might find this article useful’

http://uk-fertility.co.uk/index.php/category/how-soon-can-i-do-a-pregnancy-test/

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31/03/2011 by Access Diagnostics Fertility.

This is a query we received recently, and we thought it was worth sharing the answer with our fertility blog readers.

”Last month I used one of the ultra early HCG tests on the day I expected my period, it came up positive.  The following day it was negative and my period started the following day.”

Here is our answer:

Ultra early pregnancy tests can result in this finding, as they detect chemical pregnancies.One issue with ultra early tests is that be that they detect very low levels of hcg, and can detect what are termed ‘chemical pregnancies’. ie were implantation starts but does not proceed to a viable pregnancy.
It is estimated that this happens quite frequently, but that we are normally
unaware of this as the period may be a only a day late or not late at all.
ie the pregnancy ends very early before we even know we are pregnant. This is one of the drawbacks of ultra sensitive early pregnancy tests.

Click here for further information on ultra early pregnancy tests

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