THIS MEANS THAT THE OVARIES HAVE RELEASED AN EGG...OVULATION IS THE ONLY TIME OF THE MONTH FOR A WOMAN TO GET PREGNANT AND IF YOU HAVE SEX AROUND THAT TIME YOU CAN GET PREGNANT...SO WAIT ABOUT 2 TO 3 WEEKS AND THEN TAKE ANOTHER TEST...THE TEST WAS PROBABLY NEGATIVE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOUR HCG LEVEL WASNT HIGH ENOUGH TO DETERMINE PREGNANCY If you had sex three and a half weeks ago but ovulation occurred either the week before that, or the week before the test (not quite sure which from the wording of your question)then you will not be pregnant. You need to have sex within a couple of days of ovulation to get pregnant.
No. A home pregnancy test will not give an accurate answer until 14-16 days after ovulation. Some brands of tests can provide an answer as early as 10 days after ovulation but they are prone to false negatives. If you get a negative result and still you feel that you could be pregnant always be sure to wait a few days and retest.
You can get a positive result on a home pregnancy test as soon as 8 days past ovulation. However if you test that early you are more likely to get a negative even if you are pregnant. It is best to wait until the day you miss your period to have the best chance of getting a correct reading.
Home pregnancy tests are considered accurate 14 to 16 days after ovulation. A blood test from a Dr is considered accurate 10-14 days after ovulation.
No. If you are not pregnant--or it hasn't been confirmed by a doctor--you probably weren't pregnant to begin with.
Many women's bodies react to stress by delaying ovulation. If you have been going through a lot of stress ovulation may have been delayed (this is your bodies natural way of preventing pregnancy during a difficult time) and delayed ovulation will then delay your period. I've had cycles that are even 25 days longer than usual because of this. So a late period doesn't necessarily mean that you were pregnant. Hope that helps!
It is more common for home pregnancy tests to give a false negative than a false positive. You could be testing too soon. Home pregnancy tests are considered accurate 14-16 days after ovulation.
In the last case of this I saw, the patient had mistaken a home ovulation predictor for a home pregnancy test at the dollar store.
Yes, it's far too early. Often, the egg has not even been fertilized yet.
It depends on the context. A negative pregnancy test or negative culture means pregnancy hormone or sought-for pathogen were not found. A negative x-ray means normal. A pertinent negative is a "no" answer in the history that helps narrow the diagnosis. (For instance, a woman with no period for six months reports no intercourse with a man in ten years. That's a pertinent negative.)
If the pregnancy test was negative, it means that you are not pregnant.
Most home pregnancy tests should be accurate from around 2 weeks after ovulation (coinciding with the time your period is due). If it shows negative at this point and you still miss your period, wait another week and retest. Pregnancy tests test for a hormone called HCG which basically doubles every day in early pregnancy, so after around 3 weeks of negative testing, you are probably not pregnant. If in doubt go to the doctor and get a blood test which will prove for definite eitherway.
You could be - it usually takes a few weeks for the pregnancy hormone to show up in a test.