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I had unprotected sex five days ago and i have irregular periods. now i have spotting. when would it be possible to take a pregnancy test?

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In 2 days: A lot of new generation pregnancy tests are very accurate. However they all have varying detection times. Your best choice is to actually look at the test box and see when they say they can detect. The ones that detect sooner are more expensive. Spotting this soon is not a sign of pregnancy.

Answered 11/2/2015

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