Pregnancy
Pregnancy Facts
Reliability of Home Pregnancy Tests
- Most pregnancy tests are accurate 7-10 days from conception.
- However, many of the currently marketed tests can be accurate if your period is only one or two days late.
- If you get a negative result and you are only one or two days late, Pat would suggest repeating the test a week later to be sure that you are not pregnant.
- 10% of the results obtained by home pregnancy tests do not agree with standard laboratory pregnancy test results.
- If the test result is positive, a pelvic exam will be necessary to determine the possible risk of ectopic or abnormal implantation. You can get a pelvic exam, pregnancy test, or consultation at Hartshorn Health Services. The pregnancy test costs $15 and the consultation and pelvic exams are free for fee-paying students. Please call (970) 491-1754 for more information or to make an appointment.
Could I be pregnant?
There is no way to provide a hard statistic on the probability of your pregnancy. However, the best way to get pregnant is to engage in penetrative intercourse, while you are fertile. Anytime semen and penetration coincide, there are good chances for pregnancy. Also, the best way to get pregnant is having sex a couple of days before and after ovulation (12-16 days before menstruation) because this is when a woman is most fertile.
Signs of Pregnancy
The on-set of the appearance of pregnancy also differs from woman to woman. Even in the first trimester (1-12 weeks), signs of pregnancy will become apparent. Breasts will swell and tingle in the first trimester. In the second trimester (13-26 weeks), the woman is made even more aware of the pregnancy by her rapidly expanding belly.
If you are pregnant you cannot get your period.
Related Quetions
- Can I be pregnant if I have my period, but it's unusual?
- I use the pull-out method. Could I be pregnant?
- I had sex with a guy unprotected shortly after I got my period. Can I be pregnant?
- I rubbed up against my guy after he busted. Am I pregnant?
- I still had my period but it only lasted 3 days. Can I be pregnant?
- Can I get pregnant if my fiancé ejaculates near the vagina opening?
- Can my girlfriend be pregnant after withdrawing it?
- My boyfriend was masturbating then he fingered me. Could I be pregnant?
Am I Pregnant?
- If you have sperm on your skin, can this cause you to be pregnant?
- If my period is a day or two late should I worry?
- My period was two weeks late last month could I be pregnant?
- Stress and periods..
Pregnancy Tests
Pregnancy Services
Women’s Clinic (491-1754)
The women's clinic provides health care to the women of CSU in a private and confidential setting. The focus of the clinic is regular preventative health care in addition to diagnosis and management of most women's health problems. Annual checkups, birth control counseling, and treatment of illness and infection are routinely provided. Most care is provided by appointment with a few exceptions, please call us with any questions. The Women's clinic hours are the same as that of the rest of Hartshorn Health Service. Students do NOT need to have CSU health insurance to access the clinic.
Women's Clinic Services include:
- Pap Smears/ Gyn Exams
- Contraception Counseling and Services, Emergency Contraception
- Pregnancy Testing and Counseling/Referrals
- Education, Testing, and Treatment of STD's
- Treatment of Gynelogical Problems -UTIs-VIs
- All Services provided by Family Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
