i took a urine test 4 times and all showed positive and everyone would say i was bout 2 weeks pregnant which made sense cause i didnt have my period last month but when i went to the hopital and they drew blood they said i was just 3 weeks so techincally i havent even missed a period. im so confused!
2006-09-05 15:04:17 · 6 answers · asked by platinum_latina 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
okay yeah i have a very irregular period... i never know when its coming but i had it may june and july and missed august and septemeber... so i was thinkin im bout 2 months or so but according to the blood test preformed i am only 3 weeks... im just tryin to figure out how far along i am... I dont have health insurance yet so Im not able to go to a OB/GYN yet. Its just fustrating not knowing how far along I am. Thanks for all ya'lls anwers!
2006-09-05 15:45:06 · update #1
Yep, from everything I know about those things, you can get a false negative, but they cannot produce a false positive. If that thing says that your pregnant, then you usually are.
Depending on how fast the hormone levels change, then it could pick something up pretty quick.
2006-09-05 15:09:28 · answer #1 · answered by Martin W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cheap urine test can start to show you're pregnant anywhere from a week before your period (that is an early and rare extreme) to the date of your missed period (most common). If you have an "average" cycle length of 28 days, then the day you miss your period you have been pregnant for 2wks, but you are 4wks pregnant because they count two weeks prior to conception when dating pregnancies.
It is a confusing system, but if you got a positive, you're pregnant. False positives on HPT's (home pregnancy tests) are pretty much non-existent now.
If you find the length of your average cycle (if you're regular) and the date of your last period, that would be the best way to calculate how long you've been pregnant, but it doesn't always work for everyone due to the discrepancy in cycle lengths and consistencies and the fact that Dr.'s count those extra two weeks when not all women have two entire weeks from the 1st day of their period until ovulation or conception.
Good luck!
2006-09-05 15:12:16 · answer #2 · answered by thoughtfulwind 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Missing your period isnt really a sign of preganacy. Many women continue to have their period for the first few months of pregnancy. Even though you might have used a cheap pregnancy test if the accuracy of the test is at least 99% then it will be. I had a friend that bought a cheap test and she didnt believe the test and waited a few weeks. Well she hadn't missed any periods and started getting really sick. One day I took her to the hospital and they confirmed what the tests had prevoiusly said she was pregnant. The doctors also told her that she was almost into her second trimester and would need prenatal meds and fast.
2006-09-05 15:25:53 · answer #3 · answered by toyapooh03 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because 2 weeks after ovulating you would be missing your period. A lot of women get + results on the first day they miss their period.
2006-09-05 15:07:18 · answer #4 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my wife took a walmart test at like 1 week and it worked. came back positive
2006-09-05 15:10:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
most of the test kits are 99% accurate, so i think even cheap ones would be accurate too
2006-09-05 20:08:31 · answer #6 · answered by mummytobe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋