Gotten a negative result on a home preg. test only to go to the doctor to find out that you WERE pregnant?
2006-09-26 03:53:00 · 13 answers · asked by JustMyOpinion 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Yes. It happened with my second pregnacy. I took at least half a dozen home tests, all said negative. I couldn't keep anything down, was so sick but yet my pants were getting really tight. I called my doctor, went in, they did a blood test and it showed positive. They did an ultrasound and I was 14 weeks along. It wasn't showing on a HPT because I was so dehydrated. They gave me IV fluids and some anti-nausea meds and sent me on my way.
It happens more then people think. I've see it multiple times in my practice. If you get a possitive, then for sure you are pregnant. There is almost no way to get a false positive, but false negatives are somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-30%. High enough that if you think you are, your period is late, or you are having other symptoms, we would order a blood test to be sure.
Call your doctor, talk to them, see if they can order a serum HcG for you. Either that, or ask if you can be seen. Maybe there is something else going on that needs medical attention. Good luck!!
2006-09-26 03:58:24 · answer #1 · answered by odd duck 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are much more likely to have a false negative than a false positive. Try another test, or see if there's a place near you that does free pregnancy tests. A doctor's test looks for the same protein in your urine that a home kit looks for.
If you are barely pregnant, that protein doesn't show up as strong, so you can get a negative reading.
The further along you are, the higher the protein levels, so the easier it is to detect.
2006-09-26 10:56:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, my youngest daughter I had been taking hpt's and they all came out negative so I finally decided to go to the doctor because I was so tired all the time and as a mom of two toddlers that just wasn't like me. Come to find out I was as pregnant as could be, I was 10 weeks when I found out and still getting negative home tests.
2006-09-26 10:57:23 · answer #3 · answered by justwondering 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happened to me. Home test said neg. I kept going to my family practitioner to find out why i couldnt get over that "flu bug" that Id been fighting for over 3 weeks. Test taken in the office said neg also. I had an upper GI to see if I had an internal stomach problem and they saw 2 little heartbeats. Blood test said Pos.
Suuuuurprise!
2006-09-26 10:57:06 · answer #4 · answered by lindsay74 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That happened to me, I took one at home pregnancy test and it was negative and I waited a week and it turned out that it was positive but the lines were very faint so I didn't think that I was.
I went to the doctors, I was given a blood test and it was positive...
2006-09-26 11:00:14 · answer #5 · answered by Vicky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES AND HERE IS MY STORY:
I started vomiting one day and I vomited a little amount after every time I ate...well I went to the doctor and he ordered an endoscopy (the tube down your throat into stomach) and they did a biopsy of my stomach...well the pregnancy test came out negative but the next day I started to vomit blood (from the biopsy) and went to the hospital the very next day they drew blood and said "congratulations your 2 weeks pregnant" :P
2006-09-26 11:05:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This happens quite frequently. Some people only get negatives with home pregnancy tests and test positive with blood tests. This happened to my sister in law three months ago!
2006-09-26 10:55:44 · answer #7 · answered by Ms M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes my first and third we both that way. i didnt have enough hormone when i did the tests at home but by the time i saw the doctor a week later i had plenty
2006-09-26 10:56:57 · answer #8 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
home preg test cannot detect the highest levels of hcg many doc tests can espically if they do blood work
2006-09-26 11:01:33 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes if you take over the counter drugs, they can alter your urine pregnancy test results. Blood tests are always more accurate.
2006-09-26 10:58:04 · answer #10 · answered by Lori M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋