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False positive tests suck!

Posted by on Feb. 17, 2012 at 3:18 AM
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I got two false positive test with home pregnancy tests and then went to the doctor and they said its negative. Three months later I got another positive test for sure hoping they were wrong but the next day I got spotting... but that can be normal early in pregnancy but I dont have any other pregnancy symptoms really but went to the doctor anyways and the same result they said its just false positive and i even used the expensive name brand tests like first response and clear blue :/ this is just depressing me more...

Posted by on Feb. 17, 2012 at 3:18 AM
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MrsParsons11
by Nicole on Feb. 17, 2012 at 3:32 AM
Could have been chemical.i'm sorry tho
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waitingmommy12
by Member on Feb. 17, 2012 at 3:57 AM

Chemical? what do you mean?

MrsParsons11
by Nicole on Feb. 17, 2012 at 3:59 AM
chemical is just where u get a pos test then later lose the baby. Its very common. Its classified as an early loss. Usually before you go to your dr.
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fulloflife175
by on Feb. 17, 2012 at 3:59 AM
Never heard of false positives. Didn't think it could happen.
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waitingmommy12
by Member on Feb. 17, 2012 at 4:03 AM

THey happen its usually a defalt in the test its self not anything to do with the person.

shelly69
by Bronze Member on Feb. 17, 2012 at 7:16 AM

if this happened more than once with good tests than they probably were chemical pregnancies... sorry :(

Hisservent
by Bronze Member on Feb. 17, 2012 at 7:41 AM

I don't believe in false positives, only chemical pregnancies. With a Chemical, the egg is fertlized but only implants just enough to show up on a pregnancy test. Some women get very faint positives (like me) and they never get darker. Some women get dark positives and then they get lighter. And then they get their period on time or give or take a few days. My period showed up a day early. I had 6 positive tests over the course of 4 days (including a digital) and by the afternoon of the 4th day they were coming up negative. Got my period on the 6th day.

Chemical pregnancies are VERY common and happen 50-75% of the time and the women don't even know about them. The only way to know is to test before your period is due.

Quoting waitingmommy12:

THey happen its usually a defalt in the test its self not anything to do with the person.


Pregnant with #4 after miscarriage pregnancy due date


waitingmommy12
by Member on Feb. 17, 2012 at 6:37 PM

Yeah and it just makes it that much more frustrating... Does anyone know why chemical pregnancies happen?

crafthag
by Bronze Member on Feb. 17, 2012 at 7:11 PM

Were the tests you were using the ones with the blue dye? They are notorious for faint lines that look like positives but are actually evaporation lines. 

waitingmommy12
by Member on Feb. 17, 2012 at 7:26 PM

No two were purple and two were pink...

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