How To Determine The Paternity Of A Child?

Posted on Sat, 17 Sep 2016

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Sat, 17 Sep 2016 Answered on

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Question : i had sex with my girlfriend on the 9th september. She says she was supposed to start her period the same day the 9th or the 10th of september. she hasn't had a period since then. She took a pregnancy test today the 17th and it was positive. Is it mine?

Answered by Dr. Manisha Jain (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Not your child

Detailed Answer:
Hello sir, thanks for trusting health care magic.
No sir in case you guys never had sex before this then this child can't be yours as firstly there is no egg in XXXXXXX body near the time of ovulation and pregnancy test in urine takes at least 14 days to show positive results.
So you can discuss this with her and reach a conclusion.
Regards
Dr Manisha

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar