Has anyone ever taken a home pregnancy test and the results ended up being incorrect? Like, the test says 'positive' but you end up not being
pregnant...or vice versa? Is this a common occurrence?
I have a home pregnancy test question....
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Posts: 4597 (05/13/2009 9:11 PM) |
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Kamadzea |
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Posts: 5582 (05/13/2009 9:12 PM) |
False positives are pretty comon, but it's rarer to get a negative when you're really pregnant.
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Mistress Darcy |
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Posts: 9072 (05/13/2009 9:13 PM) |
I thought it was the other way around-false negatives being way more common than a false positive.
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Posts: 5147 (05/13/2009 9:13 PM) |
Nope, all of the ones I've ever taken were accurate.
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Posts: 427 (05/13/2009 9:14 PM) |
Its the other way around Kamadezea........there are hardly ever false positives. But false negatives are pretty common, especially testing in the earliest
stages.
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malism |
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Posts: 4734 (05/13/2009 9:15 PM) |
Yeah, you have it backwards, there is rarely EVER a false positive.
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Posts: 2077 (05/13/2009 9:15 PM) |
I bought buy one, get one free equate HPT's and one said + and one said - on two packs.....I went and bought 4 digital's and all positive.....
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mossumpossum |
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Posts: 152 (05/13/2009 9:15 PM) |
I thought false negatives were more common and false positives were pretty rare.
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Copy323 |
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Posts: 13208 (05/13/2009 9:16 PM) |
It's pretty hard to get a false positive. A positive means your body is registering HCG, the pregnancy hormone. False negatives are quite common though.
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Stassia |
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Posts: 210 (05/13/2009 9:20 PM) |
I agree with the others - if it says positive, it is.
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une reine |
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Posts: 529 (05/13/2009 9:23 PM) |
This girl thought she was pregnant until a week after her due date.. At least her husband did.
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Lilla Bean |
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Posts: 1102 (05/13/2009 9:24 PM) |
You have to be sure to follow the directions. If you see a line but the test is past the duration it says in the directions, it doesn't mean it's
positive.
I once took an HPT and saw a line after the time frame and freaked out, but I was not pregnant. So once the test expires, don't rely on the results. |
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PudgieBelly |
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Posts: 1514 (05/13/2009 9:28 PM) |
une reine wrote:She didn't go to the doctor? A friend of mine had several false negatives and didn't realize she was pregnant until she was almost 5 months along |
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Posts: 532 (05/13/2009 9:30 PM) |
I don't know. Supposedly. They're 18 and 20 and have been married for a year. It's my bf's brother and the situation is fishy. I feel kinda bad
for the brother. I honestly think her and her mother lied to that boy for 6 months.
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velvet412 |
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Posts: 2024 (05/13/2009 9:41 PM) |
i took 2 that said negative and 3rd finally said positive. i was 6 weeks.
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FindingAnotherYou |
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Posts: 2048 (05/13/2009 10:34 PM) |
I think the only way you can get a false positive is if you have some kinda cancer.
This one time I accidentally bought an ovulation test instead of a pregnancy test because I didn't know what it even was and they look the same. I quickly bought it and then took it in walmart and threw the box away. I was ovulating apparently but I thought it was a positive pregnancy test. I was freaking out telling everyone. Boy, did i feel retarded. This was like a year or 2 ago, though. i make sure to pay attention to what I'm buying. Random story, but i thought it was funny. |
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starlightperfume |
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Posts: 2554 (05/13/2009 10:43 PM) |
With my first it was a false negative. I took it a couple days after my missed period and it was false. I took another one a week later and it was positive.
My mom had a Molar pregnancy and that registers a false positive. It can develop into cancer but my mom's didn't. |
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mommaj |
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Posts: 326 (05/13/2009 11:40 PM) |
With this pregnancy, I tested very early on, wasn't even late and my tests came back neg, but I left it on the counter and a few hours later they had
turned pos. I took another one a week later that was pos right away. My hormone levels just weren't high enough
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Posts: 8549 (05/13/2009 11:46 PM) |
starlightperfume wrote: WHAT is a Molar pregnancy? |
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