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Most say at least a week to get the right answer. You could take one as early as your first missed day and it may be negative but you still could be pregnant. So I would wait at least 3 days. You can ask your doctor to do a blood test and the hcg levels will show sooner on that. Good luck

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if your talking about you not having a period all together and not just a missed period then wait at least two weeks and then take a test some test are more sensitive so you can take them sooner but i did research and it told me to wait at least two weeks

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You should wait about a week to take a test

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