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At what point does a urine pregnancy test measure hcg of 25mlu?

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Very early.: In normal pregnancy, HCG can be detected in blood in 7 days after fertilization of egg. It doubles every alternate day and reaches 100 mlu/ml at the first missed menstrual period.

Answered 6/10/2014

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If it's said that hCG (pregnancy) can be 500 @ 3-4 dpo, than wouldn't a urine test be positive this soon since the threshold is much lower than 500?

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CD21 i took a HCG blood best that came back negative, waited a few days and took 4 urine pregnancy test which came back positive. Is this normal?

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I have heard about a study that was done where not all woman can use urine test to decet pregnancy because of hCG core fragment , is this true ? Have pregnancy test been altered to fix this ? how rare?

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I have heard about a study that was done where not all woman can use urine test to decet pregnancy because of hCG core fragment , is this true ? Have pregnancy test been altered to fix this ? how rare? scared?

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Does implantation have to occur to detect enough hCG in a urine pregnancy test?

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