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false negative anyone???

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Tash351 · 15/08/2006 21:03

Hello i am really new to this (and feelin a bit silly to ask) but is there really anything such as a false negative? this sounds daft and paranoid, but i am three days late (i know i know, wow! but i am REGULAR AS CLOCKWORK!!) and did a test yesterday but it was negative. is there a glimmer?? All comments gratefully recieved! Thank you!

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babyonboard · 17/08/2006 12:55

I've had false negatives, and false positives many times.
I even took a test at 34 weeks preg. just because I was bored which was , amusingly, negative.

I now only rely on the doctors blood tests.

Godd luck to everyone ttc! we will be soon I'm just waiting for my body to recover after a mc.

meira · 19/08/2006 03:34

tash351, sorry about your news really i am.
now i am really confused. i took another preg test yesterday and it was neg. i could not believe it, not convinced this was right. so i took another tonight and i have a very very faint poss. well my husband is in shock and finds it hard to believe. so i went and got another test and that was neg!! what is going on? now i have to wait until next week to go to the docs and then i have to wait for the results. doin my head in now x

manuka · 19/08/2006 07:37

Hello! I went through all this too. should have bought shares in Clear Blue! This'll do your head in: one of my patients had normal periods and only sign she was FIVE MONTHS pregnant was breast growth. Another patient had period lasting over 6 weeks which turned out to be caused by pregnancy which went full term. My doctor had a patient who with each pregnancy had negative urine and bloods throughout so what can you say? Bodies dont always follow the rules. (I'm not a doc, I do lymph drainage and have worked with 'infertile' people who now parents)

manuka · 19/08/2006 07:44

Also I would like to add that the only reason why I'm up at this obscene time on a saturday morning is my magic baby is awake! Magic because I wasn't ovulating due to mad hormone profile but having all the signs of pregnancy. Had appointment to see specialist to find out what causing it but b4 I went I had reflexology and healing then went on holiday and came back pregnant! Hurrah she is asleep! Back to bed for both of us!

meira · 21/08/2006 01:04

well after a faint poss (clearblue) things were looking up, but you will never believe it, it was a false +, yes it is possible to have a false+ and it sucks!! i have a blood test and it was -

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Tash351 · 21/08/2006 17:12

meira, i am so sorry for you, it must have been so much worse seeing as you had got a false+ too. it does really really suck, hopefully fingers crossed for next time, i know they say dont stress about it but its pretty dam hard, espcially when every one else at work seems to be pregnant too, i can't help but bath in my own self pity sometimes! x

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tania29 · 22/08/2006 02:33

i'm 8 weeks and 5 days late, i took the pt test by the first tym i missed my period but it says negative and i took the test again and its negative again...i dont know what's wrong hoping that i'm pregnant...and i hate negative result too...i have an appointment to the doctor hoping that im pregnant really...

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Tash351 · 22/08/2006 08:31

good luck tania, fingers crossed!

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tania29 · 23/08/2006 16:33

thanks tasha351, today im going to hospital to get check pregancy screening test..finger crossed!!!goodluck to me...

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Tash351 · 24/08/2006 20:32

tania29 how did the hospital go? x

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Tash351 · 24/08/2006 20:42

meira, how is every thing with you? fancy a chat? x

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chakara · 19/10/2006 04:16

I've been wondering about false negatives too. I'm about 2 1/2 weeks late. I took a test (Poundland one) five days ago and it was negative.

The thing is, I feel nauseous every time I eat (and I'm starving). My breasts are tender and swollen. I seem to have more discharge and it feels like dripping so I keep running to the toilet SURE that my period has come. I seem to be peeing more often. My complexion's quite bad right now (I usually have clear skin). I feel warmer than usual. I'm also getting stomach cramps (I rarely get these with a period) which turns out to be increased flatulence

I don't know if I'm actually pregnant or if I'm only noticing all these little things becasue I think I am. The funny thing is, I didn't know half of those things could be symptoms until AFTER I'd experienced them and looked them up. Websites are useless though and don't tell me when some of these would be likely to happen. I feel like I'm going mad

I don't know how quickly I should do another test. Should I wait for the next due date for my period, i.e. around about the 30th?

staceym11 · 19/10/2006 05:02

false negatives happen all the time as there may not be enough hormone to detect, id do another text either tomo or in a few days time and see how that comes back, as the last was 5 days ago you should have already waited long enough to get a more accurate result!

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