False Negative?

Question

If I take a pregnancy test 40 days after intercourse and the pregnancy test comes up negative, is it safe to assume that it's not a false negative? My last period ended August 18th.

Answer 1

Hi Lady,

I understand your concern first hand. It is unlikely that you are preggo, but go get yourself checked out. I just went throurgh the same thing and post my question here. My last period was June 30. I posted because I came up negative twice towards the end of August using dollar tree test. I was advise to go to the health Department to recieve a better test. I went to the health Department and they told me I was not preggo. I said okay and accepted it. Two days later I start brown spotting I thought here it comes. It never came! Shortly after that I felt fluttering or movement in my lower belly. I went to Plan Parenthood and paid 40 bucks for a blood test. I am preggo very pregg almost 17 weeks. I am one of those rare types, My HCG does not spill over into my urine. My Hcg Level in my urine was 5
I just wantd to share this experience with you anyone else who wishes to read. It is possible to be very preggo and don't have a positive reading. Go to your local health department and/or plan parenthood. Prenatal Care is EXETREMELY IMPORTANT!!! I think If I would have ignored I would have lost my baby due to not following up on my concerns. my iron was exetreme low with other probs that the doctor had to address with things such as iron shots, special diet, etc, because I start prenatal care so late.
Go Get Checked!!!

PS: I brought a walmart test on sale last weekend out of curosity and had a faint positive at 16 weeks. The doctor said there was a chance for me to get a positive read eventually.

Answer 2

There is a slight chance that it may be a false negative. But what you need to do is get yourself to the doctors and have a blood test taken to check your hormone levels. There are a few other things that it could be other than pregnancy, it could be Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, which is where our bodies don't produce enough estrogen to mature and release an egg, so the eggs stay in the ovary and cause a cyst. Absolute worst case scenario (however it is unlikely, but there is still a minut chance) that it may be ovarian cancer. So get to your doctor now, the sooner you know why your period is late, the better and easier it will be to treat.

Answer 3

you shouldn't assume anything. i was six months pregnant and came up negative on a home test.It all depends on the brand of the test.,time of day you took it and many another factors which are too many to list.If I were you I would just go get checked and if your scared because of your age they can do the test and then have someone help you tell your parents.good luck and hope all works out well .

sara mcgill 9/30/06

Answer 4

You're probably not pregnant. A test that far after a possible conception should show up positive, however, if you feel that you may be pregnant, it wouldn't hurt to visit your doctor for a blood test. If that were to also show up negative, you could discuss why your period hasn't arrived yet (assuming you have a 28 day cycle).

Answer 5

You probably are NOT pregnant. Very few people have negative results after such a long period of time if they really are pregnant. You could have a luteal cyst causing your period to be really late.

Answer 6

I'd safe it's safe to assume you arent pregnant. It would have been positive by now, but just in case you might want to have a blood test done.

Answer 7

2 fake positives do exactly not ensue. once you purchased homestead from the well-known practitioner's workplace it became into better than probable unfavorable considering the fact which you probably did not have sufficient being pregnant hormone geared up up on your urine to get a good.

Answer 8

I would agree and say you probably arent pregnant.