You should take a pregnancy test shortly after your missed period. That is when a home pregnancy test is most effective. Although I have heard you can do a blood test at the doctor as soon as 2 weeks before your missed period.
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Usually 8 days after intercourse is the soonest that you can accurately tell if you are pregnant or not.
Depends on what kind you take. If you take a HTP (Home Pregnancy Test) it would take 2-3 minutes just to find out. If your taking a blood test, it takes from 1-3 days to get the results in depending on if your health provider sends off the blood tests or can do blood tests in their own office.
The best way to take a pregnancy test is to take it first thing in the morning, that is when pregnancy hormones are most detectably.
If you are taking a home test, you will need to wait until the hormone known as hCG has had a chance to accumulate in your body. This will then be picked up by the test that you are taking and give you a positive or negative result. Usually, it takes about two weeks for the hormone to be present in your body. After this point, you should be able to get a 100% correct result from a pregnancy test.
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