How many days after ovulation can you take a pregnancy test?

The early urine home positive pregnancy test (HPT) is usually detected 6-7 days after implantation or as early as 2-3 days before the missed period. Implantation usually happens about 9 days (range 6-12 days) after ovulation, fertiliziation or about 8 days before the next period. read more

Let’s say your fertilized egg implanted at 8 days past ovulation (dpo). If you have a normal 28 day cycle, that will be 6 days before your period is due. By the end of the day, your hCG level could be at 5 mIU. If you wait two days (4 days before your period), your hCG level should be around 10 mIU. read more

NOTE: Positive pregnancy test results are extremely uncommon for any day prior to 6 days past ovulation. Any positive test result this early is usually due to a miscalculation of when ovulation occured and thus does not accurately represent the true day past ovulation. read more

Most newly pregnant women will have sufficient amount of hCG by 7 to 10 days post ovulation to confirm pregnancy. read more