K.K. asks from Minneapolis, MN on March 04, 2011
Positive Pregnancy Test Then a Negitive Pregnancy Test
I am stumped. My niece live with us and just found out that she could be pregnant. She has taken 4 test two at school and 2 at home. The two at school came back positvie and the ones at home came back negitive. How can that be? I do have an apointment next week for her but just wondering if this has happened to anyone else and what the outcome was? I have always thought that the odds were that you could get a false negitive but not a false positive. Is that true? I am freaking out she is only 17 and after asking a ton of questions she could be up to 3 months pregnant. I never saw this coming, she is a really good kid that made a bad choice.
She is having no pain or bleeding. She has been getting sick off and on and that is what promped me to ask. All the test were taken in the same two week peroid.
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The two she took that came back positive the school nurse did them so its the nurse that told her the results. The first test I had her take she did it in target bathroom. She pee'ed on it looked and tossed it in the trash. So really who knows if that was a negitive after all. I them got her a digital and that one said not pregnant. It has been a few days since that test. It has been two weeks since the positive result.
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S.T. answers from Des Moines on March 05, 2011
the digital ones are less sensitive than ones like First Response. the doctor will do a blood test instead and then you should know for certain.
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S.M. answers from Kansas City on March 05, 2011
I remember hearing once that by the end of the first trimester, the grown hormone responsible for the tests is diminishing. That's why the nausea is going away. I believe it's possible that a test will be negative for most woman at this point. It would especially be so in the middle of the day as someone else pointed out.
It sounds like you need to get her in for an ultrasound and see the bundle of joy.
K.H. answers from Minneapolis on March 05, 2011
How confusing! I hope you have a solid answer soon. And hopefully she'll learn from this experience 17 is toooooo young to have a baby! Maybe the MD can give her some better birth control options. She's lucky to have your guide her. Good luck.
K.D. answers from Sacramento on March 04, 2011
A.R. answers from Omaha on March 06, 2011
Did you have her pee on it first thing in the morning? Your first morning urine has the highest levels and if she is pregnant it should show up. Also, she needs to make sure she is doing it right. If she's not she may not be getting a true result. Regardless I would have her see and ob/gyn to find out for sure.
B.H. answers from Los Angeles on March 05, 2011
You should use the first urine of the morning for the test, to get more reliable results, and by all means go to the doctor. The exam, blood and urine tests there will be more sensitive, and let you know what is going on.
M.R. answers from Rochester on March 04, 2011
I've heard of false negatives but not positives as well, unless it is right after a miscarriage or pregnancy loss or child birth. Since you have to wait a week, in the meantime you can at least encourage her to start taking prenatal vitamins and "act" pregnant. That is frustrating to get mixed results and then have to wait... :(
N.H. answers from Phoenix on March 04, 2011
I was really quite confused with my first pregnancy too. First you need to make sure you read it correctly. Even the faintest second line can mean positive. My suggestion would be to go out and buy one of the digital pregnancy tests and take 2 again. If they come back negative then maybe she read the first ones wrong. If they come back positive then she is pregnant. Having one test give you the wrong results can be explained but two means that something was read incorrectly. Of course, the only way to know for sure is to go to the doctor and get her pregnancy confirmed there.
M.C. answers from Washington DC on March 04, 2011
Its possible that she was pregnant 2weeks ago, but has miscarried. If she hasn't had any spotting, I would take her to the dr. sooner rather than later to get checked out. They can do a blood test that will confirm that she is or was. If she was and miscarried then she might need a D&C.
Good luck.
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