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Nurse convinced I’m pregnant despite negative tests

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Heyer · 05/11/2018 12:52

Hi, this is my first post, so I’m a bit nervous. Been ttc for around a year, with not much success. Then I missed a period in September, tested but came back negative. I haven’t had a period since and so I was getting very worried, along with that I’m feeling very tired and gaining weight. I’ve been taking tests every two weeks since September. So I decided to see the nurse today, she was very nice and told me she was certain I’m expecting. I have to do some blood test as well but she was so convinced.
Has this happened to anyone else? Being pregnant despite no positive tests?

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NotAnotherUserName5 · 05/11/2018 12:56

Well she shouldn’t of said she was certain you were pregnant Shock

I haven’t been pregnant despite a negative test, but there is a theory that after a certain amount of weeks a pregnancy test will show negative, despite being pregnant. It’s called the hook effect.
My period is currently quite late, but I think it’s more hormone relatated. Have you had yours checked?

Good luck

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Heyer · 05/11/2018 13:10

Yes I was quite shocked when she said that, she didn’t do anything else, just booked me in for a blood test!

Hmm that’s interesting, thank you, I’d never heard of the hook effect before but have looked it up, and it seems possible. I calculated that I’d be about 8 weeks by now, so that’s given me something to think about!

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artemis2 · 05/11/2018 14:03

It's a bit irresponsible of her to tell you you're pregnant without doing any tests, especially as a missed period could be caused by many other things.

If you were getting negative tests just after you missed your period and a week later, the chances of being pregnant are less than 1-2%.

Hope the nurse is right though and fingers crossed you get good news!!

Mrstobe90 · 05/11/2018 14:23

I really hope that the nurse is right but I agree that it was irresponsible of her to say that.

I once had a doctor tell me that she thought I was pregnant and I wasn't. I was only 19 at the time so I was quite relieved but it was a lot of unnecessary upset.

Take what she's said with a pinch of salt and don't get your hopes up just yet xx

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