Having to wait a week to confirm if pregnant

[confusedgirl123]

Next appointment for blood test is in a week but I feel that is too long to keep someone waiting

I’ve never had a blood test to confirm pregnancy - usually just a home test is sufficient.

Why do you need a blood test? Just pee on a stick. GP surgeries are massively, massively busy, so YABU unless you’re about to drip feed.

3dc and only ever peed on a stick, never had a blood test to confirm.

But GPs don’t confirm a pregnancy, they just go on your home test results. Unless there’s a reason, which you haven’t said.

Home tests are as accurate as any other way now.

All home and doctors tests negative but doctor said all symptoms relate to pregnancy and she's referred me for blood test and ultrasound

Have you done a home test?

I'm assuming there's some reason why you need a blood test but I can see why that isn't high priority. Obviously for you it's massively difficult to wake for a week but it's not an immediate answer is not a necessity from a health perspective.

POAS

If your home test isn’t pregnant (assuming it’s a reputable brand) then you’re not pregnant. Never seen it in many years of being a doctor. Home tests are so reliable these days.

They are maybe testing for phantom pregnancy?

It's not impossible to get negative tests when pregnant! I was convinced I was pregnant with dd2. Loads and loads of negative tests. I hadn't had periods for 6 months and had blood tests and scans which confirmed I was starting premature menopause at 21.

I pushed the doctor for a blood test. Negative. I paid for a private scan. Nothing there.

Finally the doctor organised a scan and a blood test and low and behold, 13 weeks pregnant.

No one has any idea why it didn't show up on any tests, or blood tests or even the scan.

The only way I knew I was pregnant was because I could feel it.

A friend of mine had negative urine tests when pregnant.

Why the urgent need to know?

Thank you @fatfatwaterrat I've never been pregnant before so wouldn't know how I would feel but I know I'm not the same atm. Glad someone has had negative tests before and been pregnant as I feel stupid for even considering it as an option due to the negative tests

@TestingTestingWonTooFree
I've only just arranged to go on a night out next Friday and I've fully paid for it (drinks all paid for) i waited until as close to the time as possible to confirm going so that I thought there was no chance of me being pregnant but since then all these symptoms

@fatfatwaterrat but your periods had been gone longer than your pregnancy, isn't it more likely you were pregnant, miscarried early (before tests were accurate) then got pregnant again and had to wait again?

YABU to think that possible pregnancy should prioritise you over all the other people waiting on their appointments.

I spent 37 weeks with negative pregnancy tests. My GP was fascinated and used to do them right up until the day before I had him. We still don't know why.

Have you tried a test that will pick up a lower level of hormone?

My positive test only came from a First Response pregnancy test. All the others were showed negative for me

YABU to think that possible pregnancy should prioritise you over all the other people waiting on their appointments.

Depends if the person wants to continue with that pregnancy, or if there is risk of an ectopic doesn't it though?

Have you had a positive home pregnancy test and a pregnancy of unknown location?

Or is it literally to confirm you are pregnant?

If it is the later. Unless you have some urgant medical reason to know asap. Then waiting a week will give the best results. As hormones should have increased loads by then.

No real medical need.

Confused that the doctor hasn't tried any other tests than blood test and ultrasound so she must be positive that it's pregnancy?

I don't think the GP is necessarily positive it's pregnancy but if you're just having generic symptoms there's probably not much else she would test for at this stage (could be random hormone fluctuations, stomach bug, virus none of which would require a test).