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When Does the Pregnancy Test Become Positive?
For a pregnancy test to become positive, the fertilized egg has to first implant into the uterus and then send enough amounts of hCG the pregnancy hormone into your blood stream for enough hCG to create a positive pregnancy test. Implantation, when the fertilized egg implants into the endometrium, happens about a week after ovulation (range: 6-12 days), and it takes another 3-4 days after implantation (9-10 dpo: days after ovulation) for the blood pregnancy test to first become positive. Continue reading