Could intercourse affect HCG level?
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Could intercourse affect HCG level?
| Sun, 04-10-2005 - 11:22am |
I have a question. My friend told me yesterday that if i have sexual intercourse that it may affect the HCG level, is that true? and to wait 10days before i get tested so the HCG can build up in the bladder...

I'd like to know where your friend got her information. Intercourse has nothing to do with it. The hormone is NOT present in your body unless you're pregnant. If intercourse had anything to do with it, then the tests wouldn't work for anyone! The only thing that produces HCG is a fertilized ovum. Whether or not you have intercourse after the ovum is fertilized has nothing to do with anything.
Nothing builds up in the bladder. Unless you don't empty your bladder for 10 days! That doesn't even make sense. HCG will be present in your urine and in your blood within a week or two of becoming pregnant. If you are pregnant, it will be there, and will be detected by a test.
Read this: http://www.4woman.gov/faq/pregtest.htm#4