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A 25-year-old female asked:

Is it possible to have a positive pregnancy test 6 days after intercourse with a beta hcg level of 29.60, miu/ml or was i already pregnant from previous weeks of intercourse?

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh
Pathology 51 years experience
You were pregnant from a previous encounter. Six days is not sufficient for the HCG level you described. It takes about 3 weeks from sex for the embryo to make enough HCG to reach the level you described.
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