Home pregnancy tests are about 99% effective at detecting any of the "pregnancy hormones" once you have missed your period. Since you have taken three of them, at different times and all after your expected period did not start, you can trust in the results.
There are many reasons for irregular, or even missed, periods. For women in their 40s, a missed period (not due to pregnancy) could be excessive stress, weight gain/loss that is extreme or sudden, recent illness, new medication, underlying medical condition or even perimenopause.
Since you have another HPT, your plan to take it again on 6/14 sounds good, but it will most likely (99%!) be negative result again.
Please feel free to call your doctor's office, too, if you are worried about a missed period.
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I can understand why your mind is racing!
Home pregnancy tests are about 99% effective at detecting any of the "pregnancy hormones" once you have missed your period. Since you have taken three of them, at different times and all after your expected period did not start, you can trust in the results.
There are many reasons for irregular, or even missed, periods. For women in their 40s, a missed period (not due to pregnancy) could be excessive stress, weight gain/loss that is extreme or sudden, recent illness, new medication, underlying medical condition or even perimenopause.
Since you have another HPT, your plan to take it again on 6/14 sounds good, but it will most likely (99%!) be negative result again.
Please feel free to call your doctor's office, too, if you are worried about a missed period.
Does this help?
June 8, 2010 - 4:07pmThis Comment
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