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Q: Is She Pregnant? Pregnancy tests show different answers

asked by: Little Miss Oops on November 26th, 2007

Active User, very eHealthy

hey everyone, i just have one question

my sis took 2 pregnancy tests and you can see a faint line on the second line, both of them where the same, and these test were like the 7 dollar tests, then i bought her a $10 digital one and it said "not pregnant".
i'm not really sure what to think about this because the first two you can clearly see the lines both of them but the digital one said that she is not??? what the crap!?

so what do ya'll think?

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Replies(18)

Maddie34

replied on November 26th, 2007

Moderator

Did these faint lines come up within the correct time frame for each preg tests or just later on when you looked at them again?

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Little Miss Oops

replied on November 26th, 2007

Active User, very eHealthy

within the time limit. i was with here when she took both the tests

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Emma21

replied on November 26th, 2007

Experienced User

wait a few days and test again.

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Little Miss Oops

replied on November 26th, 2007

Active User, very eHealthy

i'll tell her that when we are on speaking terms again but what about the tests? why did 2 kind of cheap ones say yes and an expensive one say no? that's all i want to know lol

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Mabel

replied on November 26th, 2007

Supporter

It depends on what time of day she took them. First morning urine is the best time to take them.

How late is her period?

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Little Miss Oops

replied on November 26th, 2007

Active User, very eHealthy

i'm not really sure i know she is late but i don't know by how much, and she took them at like 9 in the morning because we were both at work when she did

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Mabel

replied on November 26th, 2007

Supporter

She needs to take them the FIRST time she pees in the morning. FIRST morning urine has the strongest concentration of HCG (pregnancy hormone) in it. That is what will trigger a pregnancy test.

Have her wait a few more days and retest. Or she can go to planned parenthood for FREE. Wink

Wink

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Little Miss Oops

replied on November 26th, 2007

Active User, very eHealthy

lol thanks ingi like i said ill tell her when we are on talking terms again. lol

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jessamyn

replied on November 26th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

you should only take one test at a time with your morning urine

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Little Miss Oops

replied on November 27th, 2007

Active User, very eHealthy

she didn't take both at the same time she took one then waited for the next day and took the other. all i said was i was with her when she took both of them

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Tylanas

replied on November 27th, 2007

Especially eHealthy

If she's testing too early after sex then that could cause problems. She needs to be 14 days past the last act of unprotected sex, because it takes up to two weeks to become fully pregnant! As others have said, use first morning urine. Dollar store tests are just fine; they work just as well as expensive ones.

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Little Miss Oops

replied on November 27th, 2007

Active User, very eHealthy

lol i know she is late on her period and which one do i believe? like i said 2 7 dollar ones said she was and a 10 dollar digital one said that she's not.

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young Girl

replied on November 27th, 2007

Especially eHealthy

cassie K wrote:

lol i know she is late on her period and which one do i believe? like i said 2 7 dollar ones said she was and a 10 dollar digital one said that she's not.

it dopesnt matter how much iit cost Smile

Smile

the ones at the dollar store are 99 cents anxd they all work the same

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Tylanas

replied on November 27th, 2007

Especially eHealthy

It is likely the digital test was wrong; that or you and her are not reading the cheaper ones right!! This is why you should go to a clinic and get a blood test done.

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Little Miss Oops

replied on November 28th, 2007

Active User, very eHealthy

i'm reading it right there are 2 lines and one is lighter than the other but you can still see it clearly. that's on both of them.

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Lilly Ivy

replied on November 29th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

it's more likely to have a false negative then a false positive, especially twice. I would agree with waiting a few more days then trying again. I only took one test, and it wasn't completely clear on the second line, but I'm now 20wks along.

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Little Miss Oops

replied on November 30th, 2007

Active User, very eHealthy

lol thanks

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cln1812

replied on December 2nd, 2007

Active User, very eHealthy

Many digital tests tend to be less sensitive than the line tests. It requires a higher concentration of hCG to trip a digital test to read "pregnant" versus a line test, especially if she was using a more sensitive non-digital test (usually these are "early" result type tests and say results 5 days sooner on the box).

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