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A member asked:
Does having intercourse prior to taking a pregnancy test affect the results?
5 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
No: No, urine pregnancy tests rely on a chemical - HCG - which is present only with a developing baby. Nothing in semen or sperm should affect the test.
Answered 3/1/2021
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No: A pregnancy test (on urine) measures the presence of HCG (human choriionic gonadotropin) in the urine that is present because of pregnancy. It is not a measure of semen or of anything in the vagina of anything to do with the immediate act of intercourse.
Answered 5/22/2018
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It should not: Effect HCG levels.
Answered 10/18/2020
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