How Long After a Positive Ovulation Test Can I Take a Pregnancy Test?
Once you have a positive ovulation test you will need to have intercourse several times over the following days to maximize conception. At this point you may be very tempted to take a pregnancy test to see if the sperm fertilized the egg or not. In fact, for couples who have been trying to become pregnant it can seem like shear agony waiting until their period should begin to test for pregnancy. This waiting is commonly referred to as the "Two Week Wait" on the trying to conceive communities online. However, this is still the most accurate way to determine if you are pregnant or not. There are some pregnancy tests on the market that guarantee accurate results as early as four days before your period should begin.
The best recommendation is to wait at least until the first day when your period normally begins or even waiting until you have missed the period. Otherwise you may test too soon and receive inaccurate results. The highly sensitive tests on the market do make it quite difficult to wait when you feel you have been waiting so long anyway. However, if you do decide to take one of these tests and it comes back negative keep in mind you may have tested too soon or that you did not have enough of the pregnancy hormone in your body to result in a positive test. On the other hand, you may not be pregnant after all and the test is letting you know that early on.
The best way to not get your hopes up is to simply test for ovulation and then as soon as you have a positive result have intercourse over the next several days. Then, try and forget all about becoming pregnant and just wait it out. Once the day your period should arrive comes and goes then think about taking a pregnancy test. If your period comes then you will not have spent days taking tests wondering if they were accurate or not or if you are pregnant or not. This may not seem to be the best advice to you, but it really is the best way to receive the most accurate results regarding pregnancy. Try the more sensitive tests if you want to, but keep in mind they may or may not be correct. Just knowing this might be enough to drive your crazy thinking about a possible baby when you could simply wait and see a few days later.
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