Are You 2 Weeks Pregnant?
When a woman gets the confirmation of her possible pregnancy, that probably is one of the happiest moments of her life.
As soon as you know you are pregnant, you want to know the gestational age to plan everything for your pregnancy.
Most obstetricians count pregnancy from the first day of last menstrual period.
That simply means by the time you discover your pregnancy, you are already into four to five weeks of gestation.
Technically speaking, you are not pregnant for that long.
Since first day of last menstrual period can easily be noticed and recalled, it is by tradition considered to be the beginning of pregnancy but pregnancy actually started after about 14 to 18 days of first day of last menstrual period when your egg was fertilized.
What Happens inside Your Body Your menstrual cycle may last for 3 to 7 days.
Then in the next week, the ovaries prepare to release an egg.
This process of release of the egg is called as ovulation and takes place between 14 to 18 days of the menstrual cycle.
The sperms can survive for up to five days in the female genital tract.
If the sperm is present at the end of Fallopian tube at the time of release of the egg, it can fertilize it.
The fertilized egg then travels through the tube towards the uterus.
It takes about six to eight days for the fertilized egg to reach and get implanted in the uterus.
Rise in the Level of Hormones Some hormones- called as human chorionic gonadotropin, are released to help maintain pregnancy.
These hormones can be detected in the pregnant woman after 2 weeks of fertilization and form the basis of home pregnancy tests.
2 Weeks or 4 Weeks? Since most women don't really know when they have ovulated, the doctors count from the first day of menstrual period, assuming that a woman's cycle is about four weeks long.
But this is a broad generalization because there is a great variation in women from that average.
Adjustments have to be made to calculate the length of pregnancy accordingly.
The duration of pregnancy is approximately 40 weeks, counting 4 weeks since your last menstrual period but not taking into account women who have cycles longer than 4 weeks.
So if you miss your period and you get a positive pregnancy test, consider yourself pregnant for 4 weeks and add the time you waited to test your pregnancy after your period was due.
Congratulations! You are two weeks pregnant.
But tell your obstetrician that you are four weeks pregnant- or more!
As soon as you know you are pregnant, you want to know the gestational age to plan everything for your pregnancy.
Most obstetricians count pregnancy from the first day of last menstrual period.
That simply means by the time you discover your pregnancy, you are already into four to five weeks of gestation.
Technically speaking, you are not pregnant for that long.
Since first day of last menstrual period can easily be noticed and recalled, it is by tradition considered to be the beginning of pregnancy but pregnancy actually started after about 14 to 18 days of first day of last menstrual period when your egg was fertilized.
What Happens inside Your Body Your menstrual cycle may last for 3 to 7 days.
Then in the next week, the ovaries prepare to release an egg.
This process of release of the egg is called as ovulation and takes place between 14 to 18 days of the menstrual cycle.
The sperms can survive for up to five days in the female genital tract.
If the sperm is present at the end of Fallopian tube at the time of release of the egg, it can fertilize it.
The fertilized egg then travels through the tube towards the uterus.
It takes about six to eight days for the fertilized egg to reach and get implanted in the uterus.
Rise in the Level of Hormones Some hormones- called as human chorionic gonadotropin, are released to help maintain pregnancy.
These hormones can be detected in the pregnant woman after 2 weeks of fertilization and form the basis of home pregnancy tests.
2 Weeks or 4 Weeks? Since most women don't really know when they have ovulated, the doctors count from the first day of menstrual period, assuming that a woman's cycle is about four weeks long.
But this is a broad generalization because there is a great variation in women from that average.
Adjustments have to be made to calculate the length of pregnancy accordingly.
The duration of pregnancy is approximately 40 weeks, counting 4 weeks since your last menstrual period but not taking into account women who have cycles longer than 4 weeks.
So if you miss your period and you get a positive pregnancy test, consider yourself pregnant for 4 weeks and add the time you waited to test your pregnancy after your period was due.
Congratulations! You are two weeks pregnant.
But tell your obstetrician that you are four weeks pregnant- or more!
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