By about three days, any initial spotting will have stopped. If you are still bleeding, experience cramping, or are in pain, contact your doctor. Because it is impossible to be pregnant this early in the process, you will not have any pregnancy symptoms. Consider keeping a list of any symptoms you experience during the first dew days. At the six day mark, you may be approaching implantation. Implantation typically occurs about a week after the IUI procedure, so now is the time to begin monitoring for signs of implantation.
If you notice some light spotting, this could be implantation bleeding. Some women also experience cramping at implantation. However, most women do not experience implantation bleeding, and do not have any symptoms this early. Moreover, some women experience implantation much later -- at 11 or 12 days after IUI.
So you may have to wait several more days for any noticeable implantation or pregnancy symptoms. The Internet is full of misleading advice. The simple truth is this: you are not pregnant until implantation occurs, and it can take quite a while after implantation for the body to display any obvious signs of pregnancy.
Implantation marks the medical beginning of pregnancy. It is impossible to get a positive pregnancy test before implantation occurs because implantation causes the body to begin producing HCG, the pregnancy hormone that pregnancy tests measure.
Because HCG production only begins at implantation, and because you are not pregnant until implantation occurs, it is impossible to experience pregnancy symptoms before implantation. Most people do not begin experiencing symptoms until several days after implantation , when HCG levels begin to rise rapidly. And some people do not experience any pregnancy symptoms until well after they get a positive pregnancy test.
The early signs of pregnancy are often subtle. A deviation from the norm is the biggest sign that you could be pregnant. As HCG levels rise, these symptoms tend to become more intense. However, by that point you will have already been able to get a positive pregnancy test.
For many women, the first symptom of pregnancy is a missed period. In an IUI, sperm are injected into the uterus directly. But as with sex, an IUI has to be timed accurately in order for pregnancy to occur. The release of an egg is called ovulation , and in a healthy natural cycle, it typically happens a couple weeks before your period is due.
If an IUI works, you end up with a fertilized egg that then needs to travel down one of the fallopian tubes to the uterus and implant. This is the same as what would need to happen if fertilization happened as a result of sex. This process — fertilization to implantation — can take about 6 to 12 days, with the average being around 9 to 10 days. Home pregnancy tests work by picking up hCG in the urine. These tests have a threshold — meaning they can only detect hCG if your level is above that threshold.
It will take a few days after successful implantation for you to have enough hCG in your urine to turn a home pregnancy test positive. All this adds up to the need to wait 14 days after your IUI before taking a home pregnancy test. Things get a little more complicated if your IUI includes certain medications, but the day guideline still applies — and may be even more important.
Your doctor will usually schedule the IUI for 24 to 36 hours after the shot. Anything that causes uterine contractions could affect the implantation process. After those few days, patients can go back to light aerobic activities like yoga, swimming or walking. If they have to travel, we ask patients to check with their medical team about what kinds of precautions they can take.
Fertility patients are asked to take the day off, put their feet up and rest as much as possible the day after this procedure like an embryo transfer. Fertility patients also continue to take medications throughout the two week wait to support the uterine lining and the development of the embryo.
This is where we could all use some real support and strategies for coping. Eric Levens. The home pregnancy test uses urine while the lab test uses blood. Home pregnancy tests work well when they are used on the right day, but the results of the blood test are always more accurate.
If you use a home pregnancy test, be sure to read all the instructions and try to use morning urine, which will be the most concentrated. HPTs usually tell consumers how accurate they are depending on the day you use them. Whereas a home pregnancy test only tells you positive or negative, a beta hCG test provides the level of hCG in the blood. Blood tests can detect a positive pregnancy result as soon as 11 days post-conception, meaning that you may be able to have a blood test done sooner than you can do a home pregnancy test.
Additionally, blood tests are significantly more accurate than a home test. A false negative on home tests aren't uncommon. If you choose not to do a blood test and you do receive a negative result 14 days post-treatment, take another test in a week -- hCG levels double about every three days.
If you are still testing negative three weeks after your treatment, schedule an appointment with your fertility specialist.
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