The home test is based on hormones found in your urine which takes at least 10 days after sex before a pregnancy can be detected.
The blood test taken at the doctors office also looks for elevated hormone markers. These markers take some time, again at least 10 days, to develop after a pregnancy begins before they can be detected. [ adviceman49's advice column | Ask adviceman49 A Question ]
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