Im going to take another test today, but I was wondering if drinking too much water can cause a negative test? I took a nap after drinking a liter of water and I woke up and took the test. does anyone know if that could have affected it? I only napped for 3 hours.
2007-03-01 18:42:56 · 10 answers · asked by ? 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Also I was a week late when I took the test.
2007-03-01 19:10:29 · update #1
Water or any type of drinking fluids will affect the amount of HCG present on a HPT. The best time to test is the first wee in the morning, when you havent had a drink in a while. Even then, at this stage, if you are, your body may not be producing enough of the hormone for it to be show pregnant on the test. The peek HCG levels in pregnancy is at 8 weeks (or six from predicted ovulation, give or take a few days.) So please be patient.....
If you have any doubt or you period still hasn't shown by the end of what would be a second monthly cycle, consult your doctor.
I wish you well.
2007-03-01 21:05:11 · answer #1 · answered by Need_to_know 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It does say on the instructions not to drink large amounts of fluids before a test. You can get negative results when you are pregnant anyway so it might not be that you drank lots of water, sometimes the pregnancy hormone just isnt high enough to detect. Thats why its best to take the test first thing when the levels of HCG are concentrated more from sitting in your bladder all night. Good luck x
2007-03-01 19:09:16 · answer #2 · answered by British*Bird 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes drinking lots of fluid that early in a pregnancy can water down the hormones do the test first thing in a morning when hormone levels ore higher or after going to the toilet dont have a drink for an hour and then go to the toilet again you only need a small amout of wee for the test to work (if trying the latter usually best if you wee into an old cup and dip the pregnancy test into it)
2007-03-01 19:55:09 · answer #3 · answered by katie r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a possibility that you diluted your urine so much that that test didn't pick up the hormone, but if you were a week late, it seems unlikely. The levels of the hormone should have been at such a level by then that it wouldn't matter.
But test again. Definitely worth a go.
2007-03-01 19:18:08 · answer #4 · answered by Ricecakes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go get a HCG blood test its the only certain way, you should be at least 2 weeks pergnant to take any test as the hormone levels can be too low before that to turn positive
2007-03-01 18:58:22 · answer #5 · answered by jazyj 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it could of affected it, it does say that in the instructions somewhere cause I read it when i have done a test in the past x x x
2007-03-01 19:05:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take atest from the sample of morning urine,when u first wake up in the morning
2007-03-01 18:48:50 · answer #7 · answered by monalisa three 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, you could have diluted the HCG (pregnancy hormone) in the urine sample....do the first morning specimen to get thebest results...
2007-03-01 18:52:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
no, there is no such thing a too much water especially while pregnant. Water consumption will not alter test results.
2007-03-01 18:51:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
i dont think soo.. i never been pregnant yet.
2007-03-01 19:58:06 · answer #10 · answered by bubblegirl07 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋