Have any women on Yahoo ever taken a HPT and the result was negative and you believed that that was the wrong answer and after a few weeks later you realized your suspicions were true that you were pregnant?
2006-06-27 12:34:17 · 8 answers · asked by Buga 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Yes. If you take the test too early the hcg level may not be high enough to register a + result. Anyone who gets a negative but is pretty sure they are should wait 3 days and retest. When you are pregnant your hcg level doubles about every 3 days in the beginning.
2006-06-27 15:49:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Personally, no. But it happens all the time. HPTs measure the hormone HCG in your urine. Often, women do not make enough of that hormone to register on the test. Each test has a different sensitivity level. For example, 1st response dectects much smaller amounts of the hormone, making it able to give an accurate response sooner. The best test to take if you think you are pregnant is a blood test. These measure much much smaller levels of the pregnancy hormone, so you can tell sooner and far more accurately if you are pregnant. Often, women have to wait a week or two, even after they miss their period for a HPT to register a low hormone pregnancy. HPTs rarely have a false positive, but frequently have a false negative.
2006-06-27 12:40:57 · answer #2 · answered by manderstwin1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I took an at home pregnancy test which came out positive so I went to my doctor's office to confirm and the test I took there came out NEGATIVE!! I explained to the nurse that I had taken a test at home that was positive and she became very concerned so she had me take a blood test...24 hours later my pregnancy was confirmed.
2006-06-27 13:07:04 · answer #3 · answered by mjpolzella 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I took the test it was negative and i got my period a couple days later . Those things are very accurate.
2006-06-27 12:38:31 · answer #4 · answered by pms247 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep but i think i took it to early i took my first hpt 8days after con. and in was negative 3 days later it was positive
2006-06-27 13:55:29 · answer #5 · answered by Jennifer W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the reverse happen. Said I was pregnant, freaked out for two weeks then found out I wasn't. Are they trying to give us a nervous breakdown with those stupid test?? : )
2006-06-27 12:41:44 · answer #6 · answered by LuckyWife 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it was in the early days of EPT's, and I did not yet have enough of the hormone to register. They are much more reliable now.
2006-06-27 12:37:18 · answer #7 · answered by funigyrl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a blood test from the doctor--that will be accurate.
2006-06-27 12:39:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋