Pregnancy test after IVF: Help and advice
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How do home pregnancy tests work after IVF?
The hCG level in your urine is determined by the pregnancy test you take after IVF. Human chorionic gonadotropin, or HCG, is the hormone that the implanted embryo produces. The hCG concentration rises sharply in the first few days of pregnancy, doubling every 72 hours.
Answer from: Arianna D’Angelo, MD
That heavily depends on the rules of the unit or facility where you work. According to my observations, if you decide to have a blood test, for instance, you could already have one done 12 days after the egg collection. Additionally, the timing of the embryo transfer plays a major role. The amount of ECG produced depends on the embryo’s developmental stage—day 3, day 4, or day 5—and its age. But typically, at our facility, we would advise performing a routine urinary test two weeks after the embryo transfer.
Blastocyst transfers make up the majority of our embryo transfers, so that would be two weeks after But, to be honest, you might be able to test positive if you perform a blood test approximately 12 days after the blood was collected. Repeating the blood test in 48 hours to check on any level doubling may be a good idea. That is a good sign of a potential viable pregnancy.
Some clinics recommend blood tests, some clinics recommend urine tests. The urine tests are very sensitive, but you’ll need to wait a little bit longer if you use a urine test because the blood hormones must build up before they can be detected in the urine. Given that our trip will last two weeks, we should give ourselves a few extra days to identify any potential false negatives. However, a blood test allows for much earlier testing.