Pregnancy Testing...

Vavavoom · #1 10-04-2005, 09:11 AM

Right, I'm at work and due to the logistics of office planning am unable to view certain websites as people can see what is being written etc....

I have a question to ask with regards to pregnancy testing...

1. How reliable are the tests in determining dates ? To what degree can they determine what date conception took place ?

2. How far gone do u have to be before they can determine such things...Ie Would u have to be at least 4/6/8+ weeks gone before u would be able to have any reliable testing.

3. What is an acceptable amount of time for a hospital/doctors to take in determining this sort of thing....?

If I think of any more questions I will post them as the thread goes on...

ChipWrecked · #2 10-04-2005, 09:12 AM

Oh no, are you late?

KaneKungFu123 · #3 10-04-2005, 09:14 AM

hey.

its your kid.

Vavavoom · #4 10-04-2005, 09:17 AM

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ChipWrecked · #5 10-04-2005, 09:19 AM

I don't believe they can do this at all. Doc gave us conception date.

mslif · #6 10-04-2005, 09:21 AM

Physicians can tell how far along you are in the pegnancy by measuring the concentration of a certain homorne (HcG). During the first trimester, that concentration is very high and slowly drops as the pregnancy progresses.
The date of conception is always hard to determine, they can give you a ball park range of dates (maybe 2 or 3 days) but pin pointing an exact date is almost impossible.
The test is more accurate during the first trimester.

Vavavoom · #7 10-04-2005, 09:22 AM

Thats what I need to be able to find out information about....Can the doctor tell what days (And to what accuracy ?)

I can't look on the web due to it being obvious what I'd been looking at ?

jakethebake · #8 10-04-2005, 09:23 AM

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Thats what I need to be able to find out information about....Can the doctor tell what day (And to what accuracy ?)

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They can make a guess at best. They can't tell with any real accuracy. So she cheated on you and you want to know whose it is?

Vavavoom · #9 10-04-2005, 09:25 AM

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They can make a guess at best. They can't tell with any real accuracy. So she cheated on you and you want to know whose it is?

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mslif · #10 10-04-2005, 09:25 AM

No, they cannot give you an exact day of conception. An appproximate date is the best they can do (see my previous post)