how soon can you tell?

[Rua]

I was just wondering how soon you can tell if you are pregnant? I have a deep feeling that i am pregnant but i dont know how long i have to wait to take a test. Can anyone give me some info?

Rua

[Shanti]

For most PG test kits, its one week after you missed your monthly, for the most accurate results. Some test kits can do give results the day your cycle is due to start.
Docs can do a blood test before your monthly is due.

[morrigen]

A home test confirmed me two days after I was late.

They're pretty accurate these days :)

[Rua]

Thanks!

[Autumn Clair]

That's an easy question for me. I've had or having three children and each time I could tell because I ate way to much two months before (I conceived) then started right in with the throw up. I get sick pretty much 24/7 and almost all 9 months.

This is my third child I'm at 7 months and still getting sick and nauseous. So if I start eating like a pig I can pretty much say I'm expecting. We plan it though there's a 4 year different between my first and second and now a 6 year difference between the second and third.
I could never be a mother have to so small because I get so sick and fatigued and dehydrated and well HELL pregnancy is 9 months of my own personal HELL but it's safe to say labor goes to HEAVENLY, very quick, exhausting but quick and I'd take that any day over 9 months of not being able to eat............

[morganailstadt]

i knew i was preg coz my boobs hurt like hell! everytime i even brused against them, i nearly screamed! then i did a home test, doctors did a test and they both came up positive.
it was wierd coz i just knew, i really dont know how because my body and i dont normally get along.
i've got loads of newborn stuff left if anyone would like it. (my sons 20 months, i dont think it will fit anymore!!!) lots of love M x

[RogueSpirit]

I knew pretty much right away... I could just tell and the little pink lines all over my breasts that had never been there before were a pretty clear indication. My period wasn't due for at least a week. I took several pregnancy tests, including one at my gp's office, all negative. I insisted, so he ran a blood test, but I also went to my obgyn. I still wasn't late, but that test was positive and my blood work came back that day, also positive. I think if you know your body and are aware of the changes you will know before the tests do.

[soilsigh aingeal]

I knew pretty much right away... I could just tell and the little pink lines all over my breasts that had never been there before were a pretty clear indication. My period wasn't due for at least a week. I took several pregnancy tests, including one at my gp's office, all negative. I insisted, so he ran a blood test, but I also went to my obgyn. I still wasn't late, but that test was positive and my blood work came back that day, also positive. I think if you know your body and are aware of the changes you will know before the tests do.I agree, I knew right away with my first baby that something wasn't 'right' with my body and that was my first thought, and it was probably a few days before I was due, I waited a few days to see if I got my period, I didn't, so I tested and it was positive. And with my last, my body was playing tricks on me, I was feeling yucky and I skipped a cycle, pregnancy tests were negative but I swore they were wrong, and got pregnant with the next cycle.

[Seren_]

There are tests you can get that will give you a fairly accurate result a day or two before your period is due...I think one of them is called First Response. But the longer you wait, the more accurate the test will be.