How early

How early will a blood test at the Dr;s office pick up pregnancy?

Dottie

I don't think that they will even run it until you have actually missed your period. At least my PCP won't.

Good luck!

My period was supposed to start one day and I went the next for my bloodwork.  It picked up I was pregnant, but they could not pin point how far I was.  They told me the bloodwork said 2-5 weeks.  They used the date of my last period to pinpoint better how far I was.

Do you think 9 days after intercourse and 3 days before missed period is to early for a blood test to pick it up? 

Blood work will show up before the pee test; so depending on your OBGYN or PCP will be the factor of whether they will test or not.  The problem is it may not show up there yet, so therefore might be a needle wasted.....

I think it would. The pee tests claim they can detect it up to 5 days before your missed period, so a blood test surely would be able to.

HCG levels are considered normal if they are 5 or under - over 5 and there may be a possible pregnancy. Home tests pick up levels around 20-25... you'll start to get a nice clear pink line around 35 and higher.
7 days post conception with my first I was in the hosp for a gastric ulcer and the blood test did not show - I was in the hosp for 4 days and when they did routine blood work on the 4th day -- that's 11 days post conception my HCG level was a 12... they ordered a vaginal ultrasound and saw a sac with just fluid inside - way too early to see anything else. I’ve had many miscarriages and wasn't even due for my period for a few days so I dismissed it not wanting the pain of hope again.

11 days later a home preg test was positive… as was the 8 I took after that :).

That being said - all HCG levels rise differently - there is some sort of standard but you cannot compare against others.

From all my miscarriages (6) and 2 pregnancies I would think that not too many Dr's would be willing to do a blood test for pregnancy because 1 in 3 pregnancies end in miscarriage and most w/o the mother even knowing... it's just like a regular period with more intense cramps.

I would think that by the time you got the results back from a blood test a pee test would pick it up...

Sandy

My OB said 3 days before your missed period. My PCP did say it pics it up before a pee test. I know I did a pee test on the day I should have started and got a neg, had blood drawn the next day and I was preggers.