How possible is it to get a positive when you are not pregnant?

[TrinityTheProgressingRhino]

my sister has been trying to get pregnant since her 8 yr old ds was about 3

she has tried chlomid (sp?) and is having trouble
BUT she had 2 positive pg tests today
she wasn't even testing to see if she was pregnant!
she refuses to get excited until the doctor confirms on wednesday
Do you think she is?

[Scootergrrrl]

I think the pg tests check for the HGC hormone which is definitely not there unless you're pregnant. False negatives are commoner than flase positives as far as I know but someone with more experience will be along, I'm sure.
Sounds to me as if she is, though. Congrats!

[orangehead]

is clomid a hormone drug? Some hormone drugs can give you false positives. But if not highly unlikely to get false positives

[TrinityTheProgressingRhino]

I'm not sure she is taking the clomid anymore
I'm not entirely sure what it is either
I know that she has to take something to make her ovulate though

Hmm, she doesn't live near me at all and I forget what exactly she is trying at the moment
I thought she had taken a break from trying to conceive though, maybe thats why she got pregnan

[Scootergrrrl]

Fingers crossed for her - do let us know!

[orangehead]

yeah I think its the drug that makes you ovaluate that can give you false positives. Has she got any preg symptoms?