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Q: When can you test for pregnancy after ovulation ?
asked by: Blink for Soup on May 17th, 2007
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alright so if someone can explain this to me.
ive done alot of research and still i cant seem to answer this question. Ok so i understand that if your trying to get pregnant then you should wait till your ovulating which is typically 14 days after the first day from the start of your cycle. ok so if a typical cycle is 28 days thats right in the middle of your cycle. and lets say i have sex the day before i ovulate and i do get pregnant..but it says that you have to have a missed period..so i guess my question is that after only 2 1/2 weeks you can find out your pregnant? or may it take longer to have your homones build up for the pregnancy test?
sorry if this seems like a silly question but most of my friends that find out their pregnant are atleast 4 weeks along which i thought it typically took 4-5 weeks before the hormones and symptoms show..lol.

if you can explain this to me that would be terrific!

thanks!
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mc4ever02
replied on May 17th, 2007
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Well, technically 2 weeks ovulation (around when your period would be due) you are technically 4 weeks pregnant (2 weeks gestation) Because how far along you are is based off the first day of your last period, not when you ovulated. I know, confusing.

That being said. Some woman can get a bfp 11-12 days after ovulation. But many woman won't have a positive until their period is due or late. So 14 days . Every woman is different so it could show at any time around when your period is due.

Are you late?

P.s. you ovulate 14 days before your next period, not after. Wink
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Blink for Soup
replied on May 17th, 2007
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mc4ever02 wrote:
Well, technically 2 weeks ovulation (around when your period would be due) you are technically 4 weeks pregnant (2 weeks gestation) Because how far along you are is based off the first day of your last period, not when you ovulated. I know, confusing.

That being said. Some woman can get a bfp 11-12 days after ovulation. But many woman won't have a positive until their period is due or late. So 14 days . Every woman is different so it could show at any time around when your period is due.

Are you late?

P.s. you ovulate 14 days before your next period, not after. Wink


lol Ive been reading some of the latest posts on here and you're such a sweetie!

ooh ok thanks so much for that info! it makes sense then! im not late..i had my period for 4 days 5/7 (usually its longer) and for the past week i had brown discharge (sorry TMI!) and i know that sometimes women can have a "period" but its not really a period since you arent releasing an egg. buuut i know im not pregnant. i have some symptoms but i think i may just be having some digestive problems. (again sorry if TMI!) thats good to know about the 14 days before your next period.

my periods are just completely out of wack and although my husband and i arent preventing getting pregnant we arent ready just yet lol.well HES not ready but ofcourse my hormonal instinct and my love of children i want a baby NOW! lol so i refuse to go out of my way to prevent having one. we got pregnant unexpectantly last august and it devestated us since we werent married yet and i was the only one with a full time job at the time so i think hes very scared that our financial problems will happen again if we tried..but now circumstances are different and money is better. he says we should wait 5 years..it makes me super sad when he says this cuz before we got married he knew within the next 2-3 years i want to start trying... anyways i ramble! sorry!

also that site that was referred by someone on here www.MyMonthlyCycles.com i just started it today and it gives me a calandar of my ovulating time and menstrating time..so i hope it gives me a good insight into my period FINALLY lol.
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mc4ever02
replied on May 17th, 2007
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Charting your basal body temperature is a great way to understand your body. It will help you pinpoint (or at least het a better idea of when) you should be o'ing to you know when to bd.

I assume you know that it takes a healthy couple around 12 months to conceive. But not always. Sometimes, it is much sooner. Will you husband be happy if you do become pregnant sooner than he planned?
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Blink for Soup
replied on May 17th, 2007
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mc4ever02 wrote:
Charting your basal body temperature is a great way to understand your body. It will help you pinpoint (or at least het a better idea of when) you should be o'ing to you know when to bd.

I assume you know that it takes a healthy couple around 12 months to conceive. But not always. Sometimes, it is much sooner. Will you husband be happy if you do become pregnant sooner than he planned?


He was excited last time but it was a tough time for us. I mean he was looking for a job and i had a great job as a nanny that paid very well and so it seemed when we found out that it was going to be great untill we reversed rolls and i lost my "great job" and he got hired with a great job but not making as much so we had to move into my father in laws house for a bit . so i think that he thinks that will happen again. So honestly i have no clue what he will be. i hope he would be happy but who really knows. it definatly has shocked me that hes changed his mind but no worries ill get my way..it doesnt help that i am a nanny have watch a 5 month old all day..makes me want to have one lol.

but ya i read about the 12 month thing. thanks so much mc!!
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mc4ever02
replied on May 17th, 2007
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THis is a personal question so feel free not to answer it....but....does he know that you aren't doing anything to prevent it?
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Blink for Soup
replied on May 17th, 2007
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mc4ever02 wrote:
THis is a personal question so feel free not to answer it....but....does he know that you aren't doing anything to prevent it?


lol yup he knows. no worries on personal quesitons im an open book.
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mc4ever02
replied on May 17th, 2007
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Blink for Soup wrote:
mc4ever02 wrote:
THis is a personal question so feel free not to answer it....but....does he know that you aren't doing anything to prevent it?


lol yup he knows. no worries on personal quesitons im an open book.


Then he can't be to upset when it does happen. Wink
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Blink for Soup
replied on May 17th, 2007
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mc4ever02 wrote:
Blink for Soup wrote:
mc4ever02 wrote:
THis is a personal question so feel free not to answer it....but....does he know that you aren't doing anything to prevent it?


lol yup he knows. no worries on personal quesitons im an open book.


Then he can't be to upset when it does happen. Wink


exactly! Laughing
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