Positive test followed by a negative

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Context is massively important here.

I haven’t had sex in 16 weeks, but I’ve had a lot of pregnancy symptoms that I ignored, including flutters and a little bump (unsure if it’s a bump or bloating) I finally built up the courage to take a test last night, and I saw those two positive lines as I was actively peeing on it (I’ll add a photo. I didn’t take a photo of the test, because I was panicking, but I sent a video to my friend, so here’s a trimmed screenshot) This morning, I took another test to be sure, and it was negative. Since it’s been 16 weeks since I had sex, I’ve been told it could be the hook effect.

Any advice?

this calls for a third test!

I always took the most recent though, so at this point I’d be thinking negative

My advice would be go to your doctor and get a blood test done or an ultrasound. Sometimes you’ve got to bite the bullet and face things head on. I hope things go the way you want them to 💕 either way we’re here for you!

Oddly enough… you don’t mention whether or not you’ve had a period in those 16 weeks

Which is somewhat relevant

someone mentioned I haven’t spoken about periods - I actually have pcos, so my periods are insanely irregular anyway. Not having a period for 4 months isn’t unusual to me:)

If you think you might be 16 weeks pregnant, go to the doctor!

How old are you? Have you been pregnant before?

I’m 23, no I’ve not been pregnant before

Get yourself a 3rd test

I believe these pregnancy tests are not reliable later in a pregnancy (something about the hormone they've testing for dropping once you are past a certain point, and they're developed for early pregnancy) so I'd recommend you speak to GP about a blood test and an ultrasound. Good luck!

It is possible that the test became flooded with you peeing directly onto it, causing a false positive. If the test becomes flooded with urine the dye leaks and settles where a positive line would normally show. I have experienced this the supermarket tests. I would test again but dip rather than pee directly onto the stick. I hope you get the result you want.

Did you get a third test op?