Home pregnancy test....?

Question

Can a pregnancy test come up negative and you still be pregnant? I haven't had my period in a month and a half. I do have a doctor's appt but not til next week.

I have been feeling nauseous(sp) and haven't been able to drink anything but water. I've been allittle tired but no noticable drastic change.

Answer 1

urine tests do not always work for everyone...it is best to go to the doctors and request to have a blood test done instead. they can detect pregnancy earlier and are more accurate.

Answer 2

If it's been a month and a half since you've had your period then the pregnant test should show an accurate result; however, there is always a chance it's wrong. Get a blood test done when you go to the doctor.

Answer 3

If the HCG levels are lower than than what the test detects, then it can be negative when you are indeed pregannt. However the least sensitive test on the market needs the HCG levels to be at 100, and they reach that, even if yours rises slowly, by the time your period is a week late, usually a lot sooner. There are other reasons for missing a period.

Answer 4

ok well i give the same info to all people who are wondering about being pregnant, and i guess some people are getting tired of seeing it so much however i do hope that this info i have put together through my nursing school and personal knowledge will help you! this is an honest answer and probably the best answer you will get without being redirected to another web site or simply being told to just take a test like most others will say! This is a personal experience, i was on birth control pills and i had my period for the first 5 months of my pregnancy and every urine test i took came out negative it wasnt until i took a blood test that i found out i was pregnant. and now i am pregnant again and this time i was on the depo shot to avoid pregnancy and has been breastfeeding before i got on it and was never unprotected other than not using a condom, if you have sex without a condom there is ALWAYS a possibility of being pregnant no matter what u do...so here is a list of the top 10 earliest signs of pregnancy!!

10. Tender, swollen breasts
One of the early signs of pregnancy is sensitive, sore breasts caused by increasing levels of hormones. The soreness may feel like an exaggerated version of how your breasts feel before your period. Your discomfort should diminish significantly after the first trimester, as your body adjusts to the hormonal changes.

9. Fatigue
Feeling tired all of a sudden? No, make that exhausted. No one knows for sure what causes early pregnancy fatigue, but it's possible that rapidly increasing levels of the hormone progesterone are contributing to your sleepiness.

You should start to feel more energetic once you hit your second trimester, although fatigue usually returns late in pregnancy when you're carrying around a lot more weight and some of the common discomforts of pregnancy make it more difficult to get a good night's sleep.

8. Implantation bleeding
Some women have a small amount of vaginal bleeding around 11 or 12 days after conception (close to the time you might notice a missed period). The bleeding may be caused by the fertilized egg burrowing into the blood-rich lining of your uterus — a process that starts just six days after fertilization — but no one knows for sure.

The bleeding is very light (appearing as red spotting or pink or reddish-brown staining) and lasts only a day or two. (Let your practitioner know if you notice any bleeding or spotting, particularly if it's accompanied by pain, since this can be a sign of an ectopic pregnancy.)

7. Nausea or vomiting
If you're like most women, morning sickness won't hit until about a month after conception. (A lucky few escape it altogether.) But some women do start to feel queasy a bit earlier. And not just in the morning, either — pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting can be a problem morning, noon, or night.

About half of women with nausea feel complete relief by the beginning of the second trimester. For most others it takes another month or so for the queasiness to ease up.

6. Increased sensitivity to odors
If you're newly pregnant, it's not uncommon to feel repelled by the smell of a bologna sandwich or cup of coffee and for certain aromas to trigger your gag reflex. Though no one knows for sure, this may be a side effect of rapidly increasing amounts of estrogen in your system. You may also find that certain foods you used to enjoy are suddenly completely repulsive to you.

5. Abdominal bloating
Hormonal changes in early pregnancy may leave you feeling bloated, similar to the feeling some women have just before their period arrives. That's why your clothes may feel snugger than usual at the waistline, even early on when your uterus is still quite small.

4. Frequent urination
Shortly after you become pregnant, you may find yourself hurrying to the bathroom all the time. Why? Mostly because during pregnancy the amount of blood and other fluids in your body increases, which leads to extra fluid being processed by your kidneys and ending up in your bladder.

This symptom may start as early as six weeks into your first trimester and continue or worsen as your pregnancy progresses and your growing baby exerts more pressure on your bladder.

3. A missed period
If you're usually pretty regular and your period doesn't arrive on time, you'll probably take a pregnancy test long before you notice any of the above symptoms. But if you're not regular or you're not keeping track of your cycle, nausea and breast tenderness and extra trips to the bathroom may signal pregnancy before you realize you didn't get your period.

2. Your basal body temperature stays high
If you've been charting your basal body temperature and you see that your temperature has stayed elevated for 18 days in a row, you're probably pregnant.

1. The proof: A positive home pregnancy test
In spite of what you might read on the box, many home pregnancy tests are not sensitive enough to detect most pregnancies until about a week after a missed period. So if you decide to take one earlier than that and get a negative result, try again in a few days. there is a site you can go 2 to look at the exact test you took and see what other people got as either a positive or negative, the site is www.peeonastick.com, this way if you need advice on if its positive or neg this will give you a visual.

Once you've gotten a positive result, make an appointment with your practitioner.

Answer 5

Yes it is possible for your test to come back negative when you really are pregnant. I would try a couple of different brands and test in the mornings. It can depend on how far along you are. But definately see your doctor and they can test and see if there may be something else wrong.

Answer 6

yes it can happen i took a test the day i was due on my period and it was neg .so i waited till 3 days and went to doctors he did a urine test and it came back 25 hcg which is low that why the home test did not pick it up i was about 5 weeks when the home test was pos so good luck

Answer 7

Just take a pregnancy test and see what it happens, if negative and still have doubt go to the doctor and get a blood test

Answer 8

Well the saying is:
I negative can always be a positive but a positive can never be a negative.

Does your breast feel heavier or tender?
That is what made me notice right of the bat this time around .. I start noticing the breast tenderness and things at 3 and half weeks.

Answer 9

test can come back negative & still be pregnant. That happends when u dont have enough hcg in ur urine to be detected. If u think ur still pregnant have a blood test done. ITs 100% accurate.

Answer 10

yep it can be a false nagative good luck i hope everything works out for you