Hi, Hopeful, and welcome to EmpowHer! Thanks so much for your question.
This is what I think is the most important sentence in your post: "Im scared because they have all gotten their hopes up that I am pregnant and don't want to let them down if im not."
Hopeful, the most important people in this are just you and your fiancee. You won't "let anyone down" if you turn out to be not pregnant. It's not like there's something you could have done differently, you know? You either are, or you aren't, and they are hopeful with you, but if you're not, they will be there with you as well.
It is possible to be pregnant and have negative pregnancy tests, yes. If it happened, it would mean that the HPT is not picking up on enough HCG, the pregnancy hormone, in your system. Sometimes that can happen for a few weeks, but since you're already a couple of weeks late, I would think that by now, it would be accurate.
My recommendation is that you call your doctor's office and get an appointment for a test there. First of all, you need to know if you are pregnant, so you can take care of the pregnancy properly and get on your doctor's schedule of appointments. And second, even if you were to ask for a sonogram, they would want to do a pregnancy test first, just routine.
Sounds like you fear being not pregnant and would really love to be a mom. My fingers are crossed that your HPTs have been wrong, but I really want you to call the doctor's office today, ok?
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Hi, Hopeful, and welcome to EmpowHer! Thanks so much for your question.
This is what I think is the most important sentence in your post: "Im scared because they have all gotten their hopes up that I am pregnant and don't want to let them down if im not."
Hopeful, the most important people in this are just you and your fiancee. You won't "let anyone down" if you turn out to be not pregnant. It's not like there's something you could have done differently, you know? You either are, or you aren't, and they are hopeful with you, but if you're not, they will be there with you as well.
It is possible to be pregnant and have negative pregnancy tests, yes. If it happened, it would mean that the HPT is not picking up on enough HCG, the pregnancy hormone, in your system. Sometimes that can happen for a few weeks, but since you're already a couple of weeks late, I would think that by now, it would be accurate.
My recommendation is that you call your doctor's office and get an appointment for a test there. First of all, you need to know if you are pregnant, so you can take care of the pregnancy properly and get on your doctor's schedule of appointments. And second, even if you were to ask for a sonogram, they would want to do a pregnancy test first, just routine.
Sounds like you fear being not pregnant and would really love to be a mom. My fingers are crossed that your HPTs have been wrong, but I really want you to call the doctor's office today, ok?
July 22, 2009 - 9:05amThis Comment
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