Wednesday, 15 September 2010
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Have You Ever Had a False Negative?
It had been haunting me for days-- the way I was feeling.
The constant nausea, the fatigue, the sore breasts, and the most--- awkward desire I was having for food. At that moment, I started wondering if I could possibly be pregnant, if I could be carrying a child. My boyfriend, noticing all of these things, asked me the same question I was thinking.
So I waited, for my period to come...and two days after I missed:
I took a pregnancy test- my boyfriend called me at 4:30 a.m. on his way to work so that I could it with my first morning urine, only to receive a "not pregnant" flash upon the screen.
I was heartbroken. I never expected to be, but I was and so was my boyfriend, who called me crying after he got off work...saying over and over again "I just wanted to be a Daddy".
There we were, sobbing like babies over a negative pregnancy test while most people our age would be jumping for joy.
He spoke with his mother and she said that those tests are not always correct, that sometimes they are wrong. She told him to have me wait and retest. I have been doing some research and found out that I may have taken the test too early even though I did miss a period.
I then reread the directions for the thousandth time, but caught something I hadn't before--it said to never sit the test with the urine stick pointing toward the sky (pre nor post testing) and sure enough that is how they had been in the box, but I still do not want to be hopeful. I do not want to have to break Cody's heart with a no, I don't want to have to break mine either.
I do not want to take the test alone again.
A week later, I am feeling the same symptoms and more -still no period. Cody is driving up tomorrow to be here when I take a second test. This way, if it is positive we can celebrate and if it is negative- we can be together and not have to console one another via phone.
What I want to know is feedback from some of you: have any of you ever had false negatives?
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I thought the stick position thing was only for after you peed on it.
I believe a pregnancy test is more likely to be a false negative than a false positive and it really depends on the hormone level in your body. I know women who never tested positive on a home test but did an the blood test. Testing again is a good thing; if it is still negative and having a period this late is not the norm for you, make an appointment with your doc to a get a blood test done. Good Luck!
ETA: I agree with SeeBees, I've stored tests all sorts of ways prior to testing and never had any issues.
Yes, it took 5 false negatives over a span of almost 2 weeks before I got my positive with my second child. I knew I was pregnant, but the stick kept telling me differently. And @SeeBeeWrite@xanga - is right. It doesn't matter how the stick is in the box; it only matters once you pee on it.
I haven't, but I've had friends that have.
One of my friends got two falsies, and two weeks later, got a positive!
I was about a month along when I took my first pregnancy test, and it was negative. A month later, I started getting weird symptoms and took another. The second one was positive...and it was also an early detection test that my friend had no use for (they came two to a box). The second test I was convinced I wasn't, so I almost passed out in my friend's apartment!
I'd wait a couple weeks at least. Or get one that is supposed to detect earlier than the one you took before. If you still get a negative but think you may be, I think blood tests are more accurate and most health departments will do pregnancy tests.
The other commenters are right, the direction of the stick is only application AFTER use, not during storage.
When I found out I was pregnant, I had taken pregnancy tests the two months prior for being days late only to get a negative and start my period soon after. That weekend, I took an early test the day BEFORE my period because my boyfriend at the time was leaving the following Monday for basic training; we were planning on drinking that weekend and we didn't want to deal with the mess of late period drama. So that Friday morning, I used a Clearblue digital test, set it on the back of the toilet, then proceeded to get ready for work. Imagine my shock when I casually glanced back to see if it was done to find the usual word "Not" missing!
If you've seen Knocked Up, surely you remember the pregnancy test scene - that was totally me. I bought an additional 7 tests at the store on my way to work (every different brand, every slight variation lol). The only tests that gave me positives were Clearblue digital and the FirstResponse (not digital, they didn't have those there). The others were all negative - including the digital generics that claimed to be the equivalent of Clearblue!
My experience is different from most because I DID take the tests early, but I'm still a huge advocate of brand name when it comes to pregnancy tests. It's only a few dollars more and it provides more accurate results.
That said, the best way to find out once and for all what's going down is to make an appointment with your doctor. There are cases (rare, but they happen) where women have given birth and had no idea they were even pregnant, never getting a positive read on a pregnancy test or missing a period or anything. Our bodies are strange things sometimes.
I got negative on two of my tests when I took them two days after my missed period, it took me a week to see a positive on the others I took. I'd just take aother one, first morning urine, and sit it down after you're done. :)
I didn't get a positive for my first pregnancy until I was 5 or 6 days late for my period. Even then, it was such a faint positive that I thought it was negative until someone told me that "a line is a line, no matter how faint." With my current pregnancy, I tested the day I was due for my period and despite being confident that I was pregnant, I got one of those early detection tests from First Response (up to 6 days before your period). I got a clear positive on that one. If you are pregnant, you should get a positive when you test again. Or get a more sensitive test. It just takes some women longer to get a positive for some reason. And if you aren't pregnant, maybe now is the time to start trying? It sounds like you and your boyfriend were really disappointed by that negative, so maybe it's time to start trying for a positive (if you don't get one this weekend)! Best wishes to you!
I've never gotten a false negative but I've had an early miscarriage when I didn't even know I was pregnant - that was when my fiance and I realized JUST how much we wanted to be parents. It's kind of weird - the moment you realize that you really do want to be a mommy or a daddy.
Thank you all for your comments! They each were so individually insightful, thought-provoking, and helpful.
I posted a follow up blog in regards to what we found out last night and how that will be effecting our future.
Once again, my heart thanks each of you greatly<3.
God Bless
I've never gotten a negative when I've actually been pregnant. Although I will admit to having misread a test 9 years ago. My husband and I were only dating at the time & it was a total surprise. I had that "feeling" deep in my gut that I was pregnant though I was still a week away from my period. Well, I tested before my period (with First Response because at the time it said you could test 5 days before your period was expected) and the second line was SO very absolutely faint (and I was in a public restroom so I didn't want to take too much time and read the instructions thoroughly, I just skimmed them), that I figured it was just "wet" and not really a positive. I was wrong and a week later I tested again to find it VERY dark & undeniably positive. Too bad exactly a week after that day I miscarried.
We hope to try to conceive baby #3 in the late spring next year.
However, the story has a happy ending - boyfriend and I got married on the 2 year anniversary of our first date, then two years later (almost 3) we had our son & late last year had our daughter.
Aw, good luck to you, keeping my fingers crossed for the result you want! :) I'm just here to confirm what everyone else has already, yes it's possible, all women are different and the levels of HCG could be lower in your body this week then they would in another womans. Don't get your hopes up too high, because I know it really hurts if it really does turn up negative. I got my positive result 4 days after my missed period and now have just completed the 31st week!! I know it's cliche but everything happens for a reason! Hugs!
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I had about 5 or 6 false negatives with my daughter. I didn't recieve a positive result until a week and a half past my missed period, and even then the "positive" line was very, very faint, so I went into the doctor's office to have a more accurate test done and it also came back positive. I was still in doubt up until the first appointment when I got to hear the heartbeat - I didn't want to believe it and then have it turn out that I'm somehow not pregnant.
So hang in there sweetie! You could still be pregnant, and if you're not you can always keep trying! Practice makes perfect :)
Your body makes a certain hormone, or more of a certain hormone once you become pregnant. But it doesn't occur instantly. You could be pregnant before your body reacts to it and a test wouldn't pick up on that yet.
My sister-in-law took 2 pee stick tests at home and both were negative. She was pretty sure she was pregnant though and so she went to the Dr's and took another urine test. Still negative. Finally the did the blood test and it came back positive. She had been pregnant the whole time. With twins.
I definitely did! I was four days late (late enough to take the test) and it was negative. I too cried, hoping it would be positive. Five days later I still hadn't gotten my period, but didn't want to have another false negative only to be broken hearted again. My husband encouraged me to take another one and sure enough, I was pregnant! My baby girl Kylie Arianna is now 7 months old!
If you get another negative, but still feel you are preggers I heavily recommend going to your doctor for a blood test, it's much more accurate. Best of luck to you!
you can get a "false" negative... it's basically that you just don't have enough pregnancy hormones to register on the test.
If you generally have an irregular cycle or your cycle is longer, you may take longer to build up enough hormones for it to register on the test.
i don't remember the EXACT amount, but i read that the hormones double every three days after conception...
you can wait and do another home pregnancy test.
or go to your doctor a walk in clinic and request a blood test.
blood tests are far more accurate than urine tests as they can detect smaller amounts of hormones earlier on and the hormone levels are "higher" in the blood than in the urine.
I had a pregnancy test read negative in February. I am now 36 weeks and 2 days pregnant, lol.
Good luck!
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I had a false negative at the doctors office, then went back in two weeks later and got a positive!