Fake positive results are pretty rare. It's much more common to get fake negative results. A home pregnancy test is testing for the presence of a hormone called HCG, which is a hormone only present in your body when you are pregnant.
If we are very early in pregnancy and don't have enough HCG built up yet, it's possible for a test to not detect it and give us a false negative. But it's quite rare for the test to sense any HCG if a woman is not pregnant.
Do you have a gynecologist? It seems like it might be time for an exam with her or him, asking about your irregular period and about your recent experience with the pregnancy tests.
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Fake positive results are pretty rare. It's much more common to get fake negative results. A home pregnancy test is testing for the presence of a hormone called HCG, which is a hormone only present in your body when you are pregnant.
If we are very early in pregnancy and don't have enough HCG built up yet, it's possible for a test to not detect it and give us a false negative. But it's quite rare for the test to sense any HCG if a woman is not pregnant.
Do you have a gynecologist? It seems like it might be time for an exam with her or him, asking about your irregular period and about your recent experience with the pregnancy tests.
August 10, 2009 - 9:19amThis Comment
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