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It amazes me with all the women on here saying they all got negatives , even after missed periods, and were still pregnant! If seems to me , these tests are alot less than the 99% accurate they claim to be!
I am currently waiting to ( hopefully) miss my period. I have been having symptoms, not explained by anything else, my first test I took yesterday at 5 days before ( supposedly you can test 10 days before, but at 5 before it was a negative. I am not convinced that it is accurate, so I am waiting 4 more days to test again. ( fingers crossed!) we tried so hard this month! Every day I was possibly fertile, and alot that I shouldn't have been, just in case! Anyways, do most doctors do a blood test if you request it, or do they need a "reason"?
I do not want to be thinking because of a urine test that I am not, and actually be!

I took a test today from family dollar store..It costed a dollar.It was negative.But for some odd reason...I don't believe it because I have a lot of symptoms.Something knocked my cycle off track..So I don't know exactly when I would get it next.I started off with 27 days.One month I thought I was pregnant..And it changed to 32 days.I was 5 days late.And now i'm on day 28.I tested and it was negative..But i"m not at all convinced.It's like I feel it.So I thought like this..Would I buy condoms if they costed a dollar and expect them to be reliable.If that was the case then store brands would always be bought out.

I went to the hospital at the beginning of may and wanted a blood test done to see if I was pregnant...I ended up having to go through the pelvic exam before they would even send someone in to do my blood work...Hours later they came back in and said the test came back negative...Now I knew I was pregnant. So 2 weeks later I took a pregnancy test and the lines were bright red and showed up within 5-10 seconds...My hormone levels were very high. I even toom several more just to be sure and they all came up the same way...I would advise that if you don't have medical insurance that you just go and buy some pregnancy tests that come with more than 1 in a kit, and take one in the morning the first week after you missed period if you end up missing your period...Then if the test still shows negative after your missed period give it one more week and take the other one first thing in the morning..Buy then the hormone level should be stong enough to show a positive if you are indeed pregnant.

I have good insurance, it is probably covered, but I have a doctor that is very skeptical of things you "don't need". In the process of trying to find a new physician. My obgyn I like, who do I call?

Labs usually take walk-in hcg blood tests. The one I have gone to costs $15 and you usually get your results back within a couple hours. You do not need a dr order to get one. If you would want it covered by your insurance, then you see your dr first so he can send you.


The earliest you can take a test would be 7-10 days after conception. I myself like the answer brand preg test. It told me yes 4 days before my period was due ( which would have been about 10 days after conception). Every woman is different though, & some women may not have enough hcg in their urine until they actually miss a period. Hope this helps:) hollie

Oops! I forgot the original question.
Blood tests are more sensitive than the urine tests & so the earliest that i've heard of a blood test coming back positive would be 7 days after conception.