https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 17:48:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/false-negative-pregnancy-tests#post-359234 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:25:31 +0000 Grace 359234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are really really really rare cases where HCG doesn't get to levels that are detectable on a pregnancy test. It's certainly possible that you are one of them, but odds are you are just having a wacko cycle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/false-negative-pregnancy-tests#post-357641 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:10:02 +0000 ShootingStar 357641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@missifu: I've been exactly where you are. I went off BC and had a longish cycle at 43 days. The next cycle....nothing for weeks and weeks. I was having nausea, sore nipples, etc. I took a test at what I thought was 9DPO and BFN. I figured if I wasn't pregnant I must be sick, so my doctor had me go in and get a blood test. Another BFN. The nausea stayed, and then I got acid reflux. Still BFN. I was having so many symptoms and was on CD50ish and starting to wonder just like you if I was one of those woman who was going to have to get an ultrasound to find out I was pregnant. </p> <p>Eventually I got more blood work and it turns out I never ovulated and was definitely not pg. I would guess if you have PCOS, anovulation is probably the culprit, just like it was for me (I was later diagnosed with PCOS too). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/false-negative-pregnancy-tests#post-357619 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:59:54 +0000 DillonLion 357619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@missifu: The digitals usually require more of the HCG in your system to come up positive. If you want to try with something more sensitive, get a First Response Early Result test. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/false-negative-pregnancy-tests#post-357616 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:58:39 +0000 missifu 357616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the replies. </p> <p>I have not been charting (something I will definitely start next cycle), so I don't know when or if I have ovulated or when AF should come. My cycles are all over the charts. My current cycle is my third of this year (I had one in February, one start in late May and now this one). At the recommendation of my acupunturist, who told me to take it easy, I didn't chart and tried to relax. Emphasis on the word tried! ;)</p> <p>I have been using clear blue easy ditigal tests that my SIL gifted me. </p> <p>I will be sure to keep you all posted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/false-negative-pregnancy-tests#post-357584 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:43:40 +0000 DillonLion 357584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What tests are you using? Some are more sensitive than others. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/false-negative-pregnancy-tests#post-357581 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:42:58 +0000 blackbird 357581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You could be testing too early. </p> <p>It's very uncommon for false negatives to occur, though. The tests are made to test a certain amount of hcg in your blood (25 or 50 microunits, i believe), which is a small amount. If you have a bunk test, then yes, that could be a problem. But if you are regularly getting negative tests, I'd say it's rare you're not pregnant. And if that's the case, then your hormones are hovering at a dangerously low level. </p> <p>I would wait until my period was probably 2 weeks late before I'd take the provera. </p> <p>At this point, though, you are psyching yourself out and some of the symptoms are probably brought on by that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/false-negative-pregnancy-tests#post-357568 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:39:01 +0000 oliviaoblivia 357568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you chart at all? It's hard to say whether a test could be a false negative without knowing if your AF is late or not. If it's to early to test then your test would be a false negative but if you ovulated three weeks ago (you've been having these symptoms for three weeks?) then it sounds like you are having a long irregular cycle.<br /> Personally I wouldn't take Provera without knowing that I was truly not pregnant. Would your doc send you for blood work before the ultrasound?<br /> I only really got pregnancy symptoms at six weeks pregnant and like Adira said period/pregnancy symptoms are cruelly similar. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/false-negative-pregnancy-tests#post-357558 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:30:46 +0000 Adira 357558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Your symptoms could be due to an irregular period. Pregnancy symptoms and period symptoms are very similar, and pregnancy tests are pretty accurate. I think you'd only really see a false negative if it was too early to read the HCG levels.</p> <p>Do you know when you ovulated at all? If it's been 12-18 days since then and you're still getting negatives, I think it's probably safe to say that you're not pregnant, as disappointing as that might be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/false-negative-pregnancy-tests#post-357532 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:06:21 +0000 missifu 357532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hello all,</p> <p>I was just wondering if anyone has heard of false negatives on pregnancy tests. </p> <p>Here's some background for me: Last cycle started on August 18. I am an acupunture patient, on synthroid for thyroid issues and metformin to help ovulate since I have PCOS and am slightly insulin resistant. I started the metformin around mid september. On Sept. 8, I got a BFN and in late September too. </p> <p>Last Thursday, I went to my weekly appointment for acupunture (she is also an MD). She told me to take a test on Wednesday, and if it came back negative, would give me a prescription for provera tomorrow, wants me to do hormonal bloodwork on day 3 of my new cycle and refer me to a specialist that she works with to see what is going on. </p> <p>For the last 3 weeks, I have had breast tenderness (I just assumed it was a side effect of metformin). Last week, I had horrible headaches and nausea. Food that I normally like to eat would repulse me, and I am oh so very tired. I am also eating carbs like a madwoman (even though I have been very disciplined about this with PCOS). I also have had loads of discharge that has been milky white. DH says this is all typical pregnancy symptoms, but I have been trying to not get excited. Last Friday, I took a test and it was BFN. Today I tested like my acupunturist told me to and again it was a BFN.</p> <p>DH has been consulting Dr. Google and sent me a series of links to boards were woman share their stories of never getting a BFP during the first trimester and are diagnosed weeks later through ultrasound. In one link, a woman explained her doctor was holding a negative pregnancy test in his hand while seeing the baby on a ultrasound. Kind of makes me wonder....</p> <p>I am so confused. Part of me thinks this is really possible, but at the same time I don't know if I am psyching myself out and wishing it were true. I have had so many unexplainable things with my thyroid, so DH and I joke the normal rules don't apply to me. All kidding aside though, DH thinks my symptoms are too many to be psychosomatic.</p> <p>My preliminary plan is to go to acupunture tomorrow, tell my doctor everything and see if she will refer me for an ultrasound just to make sure. If that comes back negative, take the provera and proceed as planned. I just don't want to think that I may be pregnant and then take provera and force a period. Am I delusional? Any thoughts or advice? </p>