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Pregnant or Paranoid?

I normally have a pretty regular cycle and start the 4th week of each month. This month, my period was late. I was not worried at this time because I hadn't had sex for about 3 months. I woke up on the 5th of March and had some light brownish discharge, and assumed that my period was about to start. My boyfriend and I had unprotected sex that night, using the pull out method. It is now the 9th and I have yet to start my period, although the brownish spotting began again about 2 days after intercourse. I cannot tell if this is merely a very light irregular period, or if I should be worried, because even though getting pregnant by pre *** is rare I know it does occur. How soon can I take a pregnancy test, since technically I had already missed my period before? I am pretty confused and can't seem to find a source with any certain answers. Any ideas or advice would be helpful. Thank you.
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Thank you so much for your advice.
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A sensitive pregnancy test can give a positive result as soon as 10 days after conception and many tests will give a positive result about 2 weeks after conception - waiting until your period is due to test is not a good method for women that have irregular cycles (i.e. not every 28 days with ovulation on day 14).

Test on the 21st of March.  If negative, wait another week and retest.

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