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Can Delayed Periods With Pregnancy Test Negative Still Suggest Pregnancy?

Hi! My period is late but the pregnancy test was negative, is there is a possibility to be pregnant? I stopped taking the contraceptive pils on the 21st of november and had my last period on the 25 th on november(3 days). A month ago i had blood test done , to check is everything is ok so we can start trying for a baby and everything was in the normal limits.
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Thu, 2 Jan 2014
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Hello, not mine experties but it could be that you tested too early. Most home pregnancy tests wont register a positive result until you ve been pregnant for about two weeks. Home pregnancy tests work by deteting the presence of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in your urine. Your body start to release hCG shortly after conception. If you got a negative result, its possible that you could still be pregnant but werent yet producing enough hCG to register a positive test result. I hope this gave you a little more information and good luck with the baby!
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Can Delayed Periods With Pregnancy Test Negative Still Suggest Pregnancy?

Hello, not mine experties but it could be that you tested too early. Most home pregnancy tests wont register a positive result until you ve been pregnant for about two weeks. Home pregnancy tests work by deteting the presence of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in your urine. Your body start to release hCG shortly after conception. If you got a negative result, its possible that you could still be pregnant but werent yet producing enough hCG to register a positive test result. I hope this gave you a little more information and good luck with the baby!