Common questions / 27/02/2019

How many days after light period can you take a pregnancy test?

How soon can you take a pregnancy test? You should wait to take a pregnancy test until the week after your missed period for the most accurate result. If you don’t want to wait until you’ve missed your period, you should wait at least one to two weeks after you had sex.

Is it possible to get a positive pregnancy test and then get your period?

Getting your period a week after a positive pregnancy test can be confusing and frightening, but it’s actually much more common than you might realize. You may have experienced what’s often referred to as a chemical pregnancy. Many women who have a chemical pregnancy actually don’t even realize they’ve conceived.

Can you get a positive pregnancy test on a negative period?

I had a negative pregnancy test on the day my period was due, started bleeding later that day and just assumed I wasn’t pregnant. But the bleeding never got as heavy as usual and seemed to slow up much earlier than usual too, so I took another test just to check and got the surprise of my life get a positive result!

Can a positive pregnancy test turn into light bleeding?

So i was pregnant but then the following week when i went to the loo i had fresh blood when i wiped. I still tested positive at a&e. The bleeding turned into a light period type bleeding, i still tested positive a few days later but then a week later it was negative.

Can you get a pregnancy test 2 weeks after your period?

If you had a positive pregnancy test two weeks after a period, it’s obviously not possible that that period was really a period, kwim? At the same time, some people do have quite severe early pregnancy spotting, without ever miscarrying.

When to test for period after short bleed?

I did a test about 5 days after my period should have started properly (so 3-4 days post bleeding) and got a very faint positive. Then I tested a couple of days later in the morning and it was a much darker positive.