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Hospital Misdiagnosed Me!!
Asked by T.L. from Houston
on May 5, 2009
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Well a little over a month ago i was woken with sharp pain just below my rib cage (in the center). So while it hurt i shrugged it off for all day until i just couldn't...
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- T., This is almost identical to what happened to me several years ago. I did have an ectopic pregnancy. Don't hesitate to contact me off board and I will share mo...
- I know it's tough to think something is wrong and not knowing is the worst part. Just try to take a deep breath and realize that your doctor is just being thorough. ...
- An Hcg level of 4 is not indicative of pregnancy, unless you were only a few hours pregnant. By the time you are a month pregnant, your levels are in the thousands. ...
6 Negatives and 2 Positive HPT...but I Have the Implanon Rod for Birth Control
Asked by T.C. from Houston
on September 29, 2009
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Ok...so maybe I am going nuts. BUT, I have had a couple small signs of being pregnant and just had the feeling that I should test. Having the Implanon means my periods...
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- T., The thing about preg tests.. you will NEVER get a false positive. That is what my dr says, unless you are prego your body will not carry that hormone. But you can...
- The Equate brand is more sensitive then the others you took which means will be positive sooner then the others. I like the Dollar Tree brand as it's super sensitive....
- I had a lab tech in the hospital tell me that while false negatives are common with HPTs, false positives are NOT common. So it is good you are going for a blood test ...
Pregnant on Mirena
Asked by T.K. from Honolulu
on September 12, 2011
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Has anyone gotten pregnant while on mirena? what was the outcome?
I feel pregnant- I'll call the doctor's to get a blood test done (i heard if your take a HPT it wi...
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- Mirena and pregnancy does happen mine ended in a miscarriage at around 8 weeks. Pregnancies can make it full term...even if the mirena is not able to be taken out. I f...
- I was pregnant while using Mirena. It ended in a miscarriage.
- Fingers crossed that everything is alright (either way). Just my two cents. I've had Mirena for four years now and there have been several times that I have had th...
Confused and Need Some Help!!!!!
Asked by S.M. from Washington DC
on February 26, 2008
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Ok, my hubby and I have been trying for a month to get preggers. Well I am a week late and so I bought a 3 pack of tests at walmart. I took one last night.....positi...
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- Hey the best thing I can tell you is that you should wait a week or two and take another home test to see if the faint line gets darker. I have gone thru 5 pregnancies...
- Hi S.. When the results are really positive the line is not faint. It should look the same as the control like. This isn't like being "a little pregnant" it is on o...
- you may be pregnant and the faint line showing positive probably is positive.when my hubby and i were trying to have a baby,i did the same thing and the positive line ...
What Are Symptoms of Twins?
Asked by M.M. from Kansas City
on February 21, 2008
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i am a fraternal twin and newly pregnant. i am wondering if anyone knows of any early signs of twins. the only testing i have had is HCG 215 and Progesterone 29 at 4.5...
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- I am a fraternal twin. My twin brother has 3 kids and I have 2...no twins. My parents have no twin brothers or sisters, however, my grandparents on both sides had twin...
- Hi Kelly, Congrats on your pregnancy! I work in Labor and Delivery in a large popular hospital in St. Louis, so I do have some knowledge in the department of pregn...
- I'm very happy for you.You really got your chances to be prg with twins, but you have to wait for your first ultrasound.If you are 4.5 weeks now waiting an other month...
I Feel Pregnant but the Tests Keep Coming Back Negative
Asked by A.S. from Dallas
on April 20, 2010
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I was due for my period on April 10th, so I am now 10 days late. I have ALL of the pregnancy symptoms--extreme exhaustion, headaches, food aversions, sensitivity to s...
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- Some women require hormone shots to maintain a pregnancy to full term. You should go to visit your gyn doctor so you learn about your own body and what will need to b...
- Glad you went for a blood test. That being said - if you aren't ready for a baby right now - perhaps you should reconsider your birth control method. Hoping you ge...
- If i were you I would just go to the Doc. just so you will know for sure whether or not you are pregnant. With that being said woman are so different and have differe...
I Am Prego
Asked by C.B. from Eugene
on February 9, 2010
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My husband(who was told that he can't have any children) and I just found out that we are pregnant today. We had unprotected sex on the 31st of January and I did a tes...
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- Wait a couple of weeks. Obviously whoever told your husband that did not know enough about regeneration in the human reproductive system. At 19 a doctor told me I cou...
- I would tend to lean towards that you are further along than 8 days........ From what I've read, you would only technically be a day or so pregnant at the most and it...
- within 8 days, it would be unlikely that the fertilized egg has even implanted yet, which is when hcg starts being secreted and can be detected on a test. I agree wit...
Worring About #2
Asked by S.K. from Lansing
on November 19, 2008
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Hi everyone,
Okay, so recently I found out that I'm pregnant with #2, a little over 7 weeks to be exact. So, around 4 weeks I called my ob office and was told to go g...
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- Hi S., My first 2 kids were jsut a regular blood test and one ultrasound at 20 weeks. The 3 kid was 1 set of blood and an ultrasound at 8 weeks and again at 20 w...
- It sounds normal to me. I'm pregnant with my second one and it's so much more complicated than my first. WE have run so many tests and blood work because I have a th...
- I'll just add my 2 bits to all the great comments already given. It's a new doctor, and every one has a different way of doing things. All those tests seem scary, bu...
Real Life "False Positive"?
Asked by S.M. from Boston
on May 27, 2011
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I have to start out by saying that I love having babies. Nothing makes me happier. DS#1 is 4, DS#2 is 2, and DS#3 is 8 mos. old. A couple months ago I started notici...
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- I got pregnant shortly after starting to wean my son, but had a miscarriage around week five. I discovered that this is fairly common for breastfeeding mammas. If you...
- Yes. I got a false positive from a cyst on my ovary. Ovarian cysts are very common... If you read the literature in the OTC pregnancy test, it does say that ovarian...
- Yes. I'm in the 1% who had a false reading on a HPT and it was a positive. In fact, it was on a digital pregnancy test that read "Positive," so there was no chance I m...
Last LMP Was 6/21 and Now Negative Pregnancy Test??
Asked by C.C. from Chicago
on July 28, 2009
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I am 40 years old trying to have baby number 2. First baby had at 37 - got pregnant first try. When we decided to try for baby 2 in Feb of this year got preg again fir...
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- Unfortunately after a miscarriage your cycles may not return to normal for many months. You may have long cycles, short cycles, random spotting, etc.
- Since you ovulated ten days later than you were expecting you should expect your period ten days later than you usually do. Which means you tested too soon. If your ...
- You may not be preg this time. I had my first baby at 36, and am expecting my second in Dec (right before 38th bday). In any case, my cycle was so screwed up from nurs...
