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Why I Am Getting Negative Pregnancy Tests Even When My Blood Work Shows Positive?
I took a pregnancy last Monday on 3/3 this Monday I started bleeding not really heavy but not light. I took two pregnancy test that came back negative. Went to the Dr s and they did blood work and it came back as positive and me being only a week pregnant. According to the first day of my last cycle I should of been 6 weeks on Monday. I go back tomorrow for more testing .I was wondering what can cause this. Am I having a miscarriage therefore getting negative tests? I am going out of my wondering what it can be because I never got no ultrasound or examine.
Tue, 1 Apr 2014
Hello and welcome to HCM,
I am Dr Nilajkumar a consultant gynecologist and I will be helping you in your queries.
There are two possibilities in this:
1. It was a delayed conception meaning that you got pregnant later than what is predicted by your last menstrual period. The urine tests come positive later as they need more levels of the HCG hormone to give result and hence come positive late than blood test.
2. You had an abortion: hence the urine test could not detect the HCG as it was low.
So discuss all this with your doctor when you return for the tests.
Hope this was helpful.
Feel free to ask any further queries and I will be happy to help.
Thanks for using HCM.
Have a good day.
Dr Nilajkumar Bagde
Consultant Obstetrics and Gynecology
I am Dr Nilajkumar a consultant gynecologist and I will be helping you in your queries.
There are two possibilities in this:
1. It was a delayed conception meaning that you got pregnant later than what is predicted by your last menstrual period. The urine tests come positive later as they need more levels of the HCG hormone to give result and hence come positive late than blood test.
2. You had an abortion: hence the urine test could not detect the HCG as it was low.
So discuss all this with your doctor when you return for the tests.
Hope this was helpful.
Feel free to ask any further queries and I will be happy to help.
Thanks for using HCM.
Have a good day.
Dr Nilajkumar Bagde
Consultant Obstetrics and Gynecology
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