Blood Test for Pregnancy, How Many Days IVF?

In vitro fertilization or IVF is the process where a mature egg is being harvested from a woman’s uterus and then paired to a sperm inside a test tube, then incubated to allow the fertilization process and when it successfully becomes an embryo it is then implanted back to the woman’s uterus, monitored closely for positive outcome of the process. A woman who underwent this procedure will more likely experience the signs of symptoms of pregnancy which a woman who attained pregnancy through sexual intercourse.

To be able to know if pregnancy has occurred after in vitro fertilization, a woman has to carefully take note the progress from the time of implantation and there afterwards. To help a woman identify the possible signs and symptoms of pregnancy, let us enumerate these:

Headaches – this is being attributed to the sudden rush of hormones in the body as a response to prepare itself to protect, guard, and nourish the embryo.
Polyuria and polydypsia – or in layman’s term called frequent urination and the latter excessive thirst. During pregnancy, a woman tends to lose more water since the body’s metabolic rate is greatly increased. And also, water is a very important part to be able to help your body increase the blood volume up to 50 percent by the end of your pregnancy.

Always feeling fatigued – since your body is experiencing a lot of physiological changes.
Breast tenderness, swelling and soreness – a woman verbalizes that her breasts feels “puffy.”
Increased basal body temperature – a woman’s temperature is usually higher than normal for a longer period of time during pregnancy. Although this is quite tiring to do, this can help you in identifying if you are possibly pregnant.
Other symptoms such as nausea, upset stomach and excessive salivation appear or happen after the third week of pregnancy.
“just know” feeling – some women just really know they are pregnant.
Bleeding or spotting – this happens since the embryo makes a hole the lining of the uterus so it can stick itself and continue to grow.
Uterine cramps – discomforts are being experienced since the embryo implants itself to the uterine lining

These signs and symptoms in an IVF pregnancy are usually related to the pregnancy hormone hCG, which is usually found to enter the blood eight to ten days after ovulation. An hCG test can be taken through the urine and blood. Although urine test is a lot more inexpensive, blood test measures the actual level of the hCG in your blood which is also very useful in identifying the possible problems that might occur during pregnancy thus, an increasing hCG level reassures healthy pregnancy. In most cases, doctors usually advise women to have their hCG blood tests taken twice, three days apart, to assure that pregnancy is possible or viable.

An ultrasound can be performed two to three weeks after the first beta hCG test to confirm that there is intrauterine growth or claim that you are already clinically pregnant.