Blood test to confirm pregnancy?

Hello girls,

I can't seem to find this info on the web (though I'm sure its "out there" somewhere!). I was wanting to know how long it took to get blood tests back from the Dr confirming you are pregnant?

DH and I were only just diagnosed with male factor infertility and yet I've had 4 faint lines on pregnancy tests over the past 4 days. We can't believe it's true as our chances are very very very slim without ISCI/IVF. I'm trying not to get my hopes up but I would feel better with a Drs blood test....

Now I'm trying to figure out when I can get to the Drs and when I will hear the results!

TIA for your help!

Ruth

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!

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...

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 :lol:

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

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!

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!

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

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 :)

Thanks for all your suggestions! I will be making a Dr's appointment first thing monday morning and hopefully we can get the results on Tuesday! We still don't really believe it. I got another brand and Coles didn't have any Discover one step tests so I got a confirm midstream test instead and a very faint line came up on it. I couldn't find out how many MIU's the confirm test measures. I now have a collection of 5 tests all with faint or somewhat faint lines! LOL!

Interesting about not needing a blood test Sammiejane! DH says he won't believe it until we get the BT done!

Oh good luck Ruth how exciting I really hope that this is it for you:goodluck:

Yeah, I've never had a BT to confirm it. The HPT's were enough.
Maybe twice I did another urine test at the gp's, but thats it.
I'm pretty sure its a BFP!
Good luck!!

Congrats on your BFP!

Maybe you could ask your doctor for a referral to have an early ultrasound done rather than waiting for the blood results (or do both).
I had a scan at 5 weeks 4 days with DS. You probably wont see a heartbeat that early (we didnt) but least youll be able to see if theres a viable pregnancy?

Best of luck!

TBH i didnt really believe that i was pg until i had my first scan, DH found a HPT in the toliet when i was about 10wks and asked if i was still doing them... yep - every week i did one JIC the tests were all wrong - probably becasue i never had any symptoms really...
I should have had a BT - would have saved me a whole heap of $$ :lol:

5BFP sound really promising to me :crossfingers:

I've used a lot of LC HPT's and I never got a false positive. Faint lines for me usually meant an early loss (confirmed by blood test) whereas a dark line meant successful pregnancy.

If you ask your doctor to mark the BT urgent you can get results back the following day. Due to my history my doctor was always happy to mark the tests urgent and I'm sure yours will be happy to do so too.

Best of luck for a positive BT.

Ruth I really hope that it's a :bfp: for you! My AF was due Friday and even with first pee the line on the test was still faint. BTW I also have a collection of five tests...pmsl with varying degrees of line faintness/darkness. I would definitely go and see your doc. :crossfingers: that it really is all systems go!! It could've been that you had "given up" in yourself for it to happen naturally which helped it to happen.

Ive had blood tests with all my pregnancies. Providing i got bloods taken b4 midday, i usually would get the results the next day.

Good luck....

OH wow... woohoo :) how exciting for you and your dh...

your in my boat.. or am i in your lmao.. :P

I tested on fri morning and had a faint faint faint positive, and have had the same every day... but i find it hard to believe but as everyone is saying, a line is a line!!! lol

I saw my GP, yest and she said, test again in a few days and then come back in and we will do the routine tests... with both my bubs i got my BFP by POAS and then went in, they would do a HPT and routine bloods.

SO, sounds like a few different ways our GP's are doing things...

Well you've had a number of faint lines on a couple of brands....If you can see the line at arms length then I would take that as being positive. If you have to squint or move the stick around to see a line then I'd be re-testing or going to the doc for bloods.

Miracles do happen and I hope you've got your miracle!!! All the best sweets

Thanks for all your advice! Congrats Missymoo on your BFP too! We might be buddies in the due in April 08 thread!

Well based on your advice I'm going to hopefully see the Dr this morning and get some blood test organised and hopefully will hear back tomorrow! We are still disbelieving but now have 6 tests all with lines on! DH worked out that the chance of getting a false positive on 6 tests was 2.4 in 1 trillion (assuming they are independant tests if you remember your statistics).

Good luck Ruth! Let us know how you go.:D

Yay Ruth! Good luck for the BT :crossfingers:

I can annouce that it took my Dr less than 1 day to get my BT results. I had the test at 9:30 this morning and she just rang me with the results.... (drum roll please). I am DEFINATELY pregnant! Wooo hooo! Progesterone levels indicate no immediate risk of miscarriage and the HCG is 94 (first week range is 40 to 2000). I am off to the pregnancy annoucement page! Thanks ladies for all your thoughts and best wishes!

Oh Ruth... How wonderful for you both!! I would say that thinking it just couldn't happen naturally took the pressure off needed for it to happen.

CONGRATULATIONS HUN!!

Wow Ruth!!!! A huge congrats!!

Fantastic!!!! Congrats to you both :clap::dance::clap::dance: