Best Amazon Prime Day deals: Mumsnet favourites

Best Amazon Prime Day deals:
Mumsnet favourites

Shop now

Please or to access all these features

Pregnancy

Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

UTI giving a false positive?

2 replies

ThisSnappyNavyRobin · 01/10/2025 14:37

Currently got a UTI that i am on antibiotics for, tested 6 times. 3 positive 3 negative. The test line is getting no stronger and according to my dates I would be around 8 weeks pregnant if I am! I can’t understand why I would be getting such a faint positive/also negatives if I’m this far along. Could the UTI/antibiotics be throwing a false positive?

UTI giving a false positive?
UTI giving a false positive?
UTI giving a false positive?
OP posts:
OhTheProblemIsDefinitelyMe · 01/10/2025 15:36

Antihistamines
Flooding the test
and UTIs can cause false positives.

“a glycoprotein upregulated during UTIs shares structural homology with hCG”

Henbags · 01/10/2025 15:42

Well, have you missed a period? Antibiotics wouldn't affect a pregnancy test, but a severe UTI could potentially. Is it severe?

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread