Blood test to confirm pregnancy?

[nagromeyk]

Hi Ruth,

First all, congratulations on getting faint bfp's with your home tests.

Usually blood tests to confirm you are actually pregnant should only take a couple of days to come back from the lab. I know mine did anyway. I had my blood drawn on the thursday and went to the doctor on monday and he had the results.Some doctors if you request it and if they allow it - can put it through quicker than that and you can have the results back the next day but yeah depends on your doctor and your circumstances.

In my opinion (because you say your lines are faint) if you know where you are at in your cycle I would wait until you are close to being due for your AF or even overdue before having a blood test done, that way your body has enough time to build your HCG levels and you will get a better result.

Good luck with it and I do hope that this is it for you!

[Bloom]

Thanks Sasha! A few days wait! Argh I'm going out of my mind here! We have 4 faint lines and I know a line is a line, but I am worried. And trying very hard not to get my hopes up!

Re timing in cycle, my period was due on Friday (now Sunday) but that's just based on CM observations. Things were weird this cycle due to the stress of the infertility diagnosis! I would have thought if I was two days overdue I would have got a stronger line.... and the line is no stronger today than it was on Friday when I first tested...

Only other symptoms are slightly tender breasts. I normally get frequent urination and slight naseua anyway but I I have some of those too...

[nagromeyk]

Yeah a line IS a line - what brand of test are you using? I swear by Discover One Step's - they are the best in my opinion!!

I got my first bfp with that brand when I was only 10 or 11 dpo - line was faint but definitely there!

If you are getting lines and have been for days then it is a really good sign.

I would call your doctor tomorrow and make an appointment to get a referral done for your blood test and put yourself out of your misery hehe

Bloodwork does not lie so at least you will know for sure!!

[Bloom]

I'm using lullabye conceptions dipsticks. I am planning on getting a different brand this morning at the shops so I will go with Discover One Step then, thanks for the reccomendation.

DH and I figured out another reason why we are sceptial about this positive test (all four of them!) is that we didn't BD muc except for 5 days before suspected ovulation and 7 days after!

[nagromeyk]

Personally I aint a big fan of the LC tests (had a few friends get false positives with them) but I would say definitely go out and get a Discover One Step test and try that, if you are pregnant that test will definitely tell you!

Good luck - let me know how you go!

[MrsB26]

Congrats on the lines so far. My Dr has always had my test results the next morning. I go to a very large practice and they also have a pathology unit - they send them to the labs at 5pm and get the results back at 9am.

I have also been for a bt at a different Dr's and gotten the results back the next day also. You could always call and ask them. Best of Luck

[Sammiejane]

Hi there, congrats on the BFP!

A blood test for this should take anywhere from 4 to 12 hours to get the result, but depending on where you have it done could be more.
The actual test doesnt take that long, its the reporting that does.

When we run a pg test at the hossy for patients that we treat (not related to pg or ob in anyway) we usually have the results in a couple of hours.

If this is of any help my GP told me when i went and told her that i have a BFP that they dont routinly do blood tests anymore and that if i have had more than one BFP and they were with diff brands i was definatly PG.

I would go our and buy a couple of brands, if they are all BFP then you are pg.

Goodluck