Are Blood Tests Always Acurate? Posted: 09-25-03 15:19pm
I have been having symptoms of pregnancy,
fatigue, breast tenderness, hunger but
when I think I food I feel like vomiting
and of course the big sign, a missed
period. I have taken about 4 at home
pregnancy tests, 1 urine test with my
normal Dr. And a blood test with my
ob-gyn. All say negative. Now all of the
urine tests I took up until I was due for
my period. The blood test was taken the
day after I was due. My question is:
could it be possible that the pregnancy
could not be detected that soon? I am now
5 days late for my period and I am still
having the symptoms, only they are getting
more pronounced. I have an appointment
with my ob-gyn next week. But I can't
take this anymore, I need some answers. I
just want to know if anyone has gone
through this. Negative test after
negative test, including a blood test, but
found out later, that they were infact
pregnant?
Please help!
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nikki_caro
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Posted: 09-25-03 15:26pm
You should be taking all the tests, after
your period is late. Not before. Take
another one, now that you are late and
take it in the morning. The blood test
will let you know for sure. Theres no
mistake on that. The home tests might
have been wrong or wrongly taken. Good
luck, let us know how it goes!
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insurancegirl
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Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Posts: 5286
Home Tests Can Definetly Be Wrong... Posted: 09-25-03 15:30pm
However i'm not sure about blood tests.
I've felt like I was preg every time I was
getting my period...When i'm nervous about
it. And the stress could make you late
now. You prob. Aren't preg, but if you
are congrats.
Good luck
jennifer
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marimickey
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Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 20 Location: contra costa
Responce Im Confused Posted: 09-25-03 16:03pm
Okay so you say you just missed your
period well to start I dont think you can
get symptoms that soon but I might be
wrong so somebody correct me. Also it can
just be in your head that your pregnant
you might be stressing you just need to
wait if you take another pregnancy test
and it comes out negative blood test are
the most accurate. Sorry for messy gramar
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Gattuch23
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Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Posts: 20 Location: Oregon
... Posted: 09-25-03 16:24pm
I know it seems early to be seeing
symptoms. I just recently, like in the
past 3 days have been getting the
tenderness in the breast and the nausea.
I have had a "possible pregnancy" once
before and that really stressed me out
before too. But nothing like this, it
didn't cause anything to be late and I
never had these other symptoms. Now it is
possible that my hormones are out of wack.
I was diagnosed during a laparoscopy in
early july with endometriosis. They said
that my first cycle, post-op, would be a
"zinger" this would be due to my hormones
getting back to normal. It has been 3
months now and I am not feeling anything
like I did when I went through the
"zinger" cycle. This just feels
different.
It is very possible that this is infact,
all in my head. A brain, whether you are
aware of it or not, can make your body do
things if you really want it to. I know
it can't make me pregnant...But it can
make me think I am.
Thank you for listening and responding, I
appreciate all the info I can get.
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marimickey
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Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 20 Location: contra costa
No Biggie Posted: 09-25-03 16:44pm
I experienced something not so long ago I
really want to have a baby the thing is
my brest started hurting and I feelt like
throwing up but then I was all like my
period isnt due for two more weeks so I
know im not pregnant I stopped thinking
about it and it went away two weeks later
I got my period
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Gattuch23
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Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Posts: 20 Location: Oregon
Still Waiting! Posted: 09-26-03 12:12pm
It is now day 40 since my last period. On
day 36 is when I had the blood test that
was negative. I still have all of the
symptoms but they are becoming more and
more pronounced. I have calmed down a lot
since I had that negative blood test. But
something is still not right. I have an
appointment to see my ob-gyn on wednesday
to see what might be happening. I have
also had two more symptoms, dizziness and
heartburn, I never get heartburn.
I have been reading a lot about all this
and I read something that is kind of
scary. I read that if you have a tubal or
ectopic pregnancy, that your hcg levels
won't rise to be detected by a pregnancy
test. The only way to know you have one
is to have an ultra-sound. You can still
get some of the symptoms but if can't be
detected. I have mentioned that I have
been feeling slight cramping, and it is
kind of high up in the uteral area. But
it is not more to one side or the other,
it goes back and fourth. I hope that I am
not going through and ectopic...I honestly
don't know how I could cope with it.
