Pregnancy Test - Hinckley,MN

I have heard this has happened to others that they just don't show positive on the tests. Some have to be farther along to have it start showing on the tests. So wait a little longer and see what happens then. If your normally regular with your periods, it would make me feel that I am. You think it would have showed up in your blood by now, but every bodies body chemistry is different. Good luck! If you end up being pregnant congratulations on the long wait you had to endure.
C.

I, too, had positive HPT and then had a negative blood test. Well, she is now 8. You need to have a quantitative HCG level, not just the +/- one. I would ask for another test. Some HPTs are more sensitive than the blood test. I think it was explained to me that the blood test requires 100 units of the hcg hormone and the HPTs can pick it up some as little as 20. The handling of the blood sample can affect the result as well as different medications. This was the information I got from the Ask-A-Nurse people from my insurance company as well as the 800 number on the HPT box. Good Luck!

My doctor says all they use at the clinic is home pregnancy test because they are so accurate. She said you can get a false negative but if its says POSITIVE, YOU"RE PREGNANT....

I'd go back in again and either have a urine test, blood test, or request an ultrasound. I would be suprised if you are not pregnant......

Good luck.

did you check the expiration dates? A friend of mine had a false positive b/c of that.

Is not having a period a side effect of the implanon? I read that many have irregularity with it. If this is a major change I would talk to your doctor. The pregnancy test could come out positive because of the way your birth control works. If still in doubt I would request another blood test, they are the most accurate.

I think you probably are pregnant- I would go back and insist on a quantitative blood test or an ultrasound.

I just went in on Monday and had a blood test. It came back negative. My doctor said that it is possible for the hormone levels to be too low in certain women to detect. I am to come back in a week to have another one if I still don't get my period. The next step would be to do an ultrasound. I would ask your doctor what they recommend. I hope you get an answer soon! This waiting is agonizing :)
S.

Hi C. - this has to be really confusing for you! First and foremost, the blood test at your doctor's office is the most reliable test you can take, and at three months late you would have gotten a SOLID positive if pregnant. In fact those tests can pick up pregnancy hormones as soon as a few days after implantation.

My guess on why you got some bad home results:
1) The inexpensive tests were either just plain faulty or were out of date.
2) You read the test after the 5-10 min time limit (this is very important - reading a test after the first 5-10 minutes can very often give a faint hint of a line, called an "evap" or evaporation line. especially in cheaper tests. what happens is that air eventually leaks into the test and the evaporation of the urine reveals the antibody strip where the dye WOULD have shown up within the limit if pregnant).

I hope you get the answers you are looking for but I would say with almost definite certainty that if your blood test came back neg you are not pregnant. I would however talk to your doctor about your missed periods unless that is normal with implanon (I'm not familiar with that one)

To get a negative blood test is strange after getting a positive home test. I was told that you can get positive home tests sometimes and sometimes not depending on how far along you are and if you test first things in the morning. The pregnancy hormones are the most concentrated in the morning so you can get a positive in the morning and a negative later on in the day. So if you are very early in the pregnancy when your pregnancy hormones aren't concentrated enough to be picked up in the later hours but concentrated enough in the morning.

I would definitely take another one using the first pee of the day, if that is positive I would say you are definitely pregnant, go back to the doctor and have them run another test if you want but I would take it that you are pregnant. I have also heard you can get false negatives but never false positives.

I also have Implanon and the periods are so irregular. I didn't have one for the whole first year I had it in. Then it's hit and miss at best. If you had a blood test at your Dr. then I would trust that answer. Those are the most accurate tests.