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Pregnancy Tests
Ask questions here about how to take pregnancy tests properly, when to take them, how to determine unclear results and more.
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no chance of pregnancy. see your doctor for ultrasound scan.
Should you take a pregnancy test if your period is only four days late?
you are probably new at this but I remember when I once was so paranoid, dont worry too much if they are different brands there is very very very slim chance they are wrong, but if you are still worried go to a walk in clinic
How many days late should you be before completeing a home pregnancy test?
Most home pregnancy tests recommend waiting until you're a week (7 days) late to get the most accurate results.
Betas do not get pregnant. When they mate the female releases the eggs and the male then fertilizes them. The male then will take the eggs and place them into bubbles in his bubble nest he has created. 2-3 days later you'll have baby betas in the bubbles. Couple of side notes, remove female right away after mating with male or she will be killed. Remove male beta right after babies leave the bubbles (but not before as he keeps them in there until gills develop) or the male will eat them. A well fed female betta kept in good conditions will usually fill up with eggs. The eggs will remain there until she is given an opportunity to mate. (If you are thinking of doing this, the usual amount of eggs contained in a well fed female is insufficient, you will need to condition her - please read up on breeding bettas, there is good information at www.bettatalk.com) Occasionally a female will have too many eggs and will release them with no male present. She will often eat them. They are not fertile and should be removed from the tank or they will go rotten and damage the water quality.
Why after having a pelvic ultrasound did I need to have a transvaginal ultrasound immediately?
If you are in the early stages of a pregnancy, a transvaginal ultrasound is preferred over a transabdominal ultrasound (scanning through the top of the lower abdomen) because a transvaginal ultrasound provides much more detail and accuracy in assessing a fetus. Early on in pregnancy, the baby is extremely small, only a few millimeters long in the first few weeks. A transvaginal ultrasound will allow the doctor to see the baby's heart beat, even at 5 weeks old in the womb, whereas a transabdominal ultrasound would have an extremely hard time seeing something so tiny.
If you are NOT pregnant, and you had t have this type of exam, this is nothing out of he ordinary. Sometimes, during a transabdominal ultrasound, gas from your stomach and bowel can get in the way, making it very hard to see organs such as the uterus and ovaries. If you do not have a full bladder, it will be nearly impossible to obtain medically relevant images through your stomach. A transvaginal ultrasound does not need a full bladder nor does it rely so much on the absence of bowel gas. In this case, it also provides much greater detail than a transabdominal ultrasound.
One of the two standard blood tests in determining pregnancy is the qualitative human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) test, this is the same hormone a urine test (EPT or HPT) looks for and gives the same results: yes or no.
The second test is quantitative - beta human chorionic gonadotropin beta-(hCG) test. This test measures the exact amount of hCG in the blood, it will detect the most minute amount of hormone and can be used the measure the viability of a very early pregnancy, as the hormone starts out very low, but will continue to climb very rapidly for the first 12 weeks following conception, in a healthy pregnancy. If the level stops rising, then begins to drop in these first days and weeks, it can be the the first indication of problems to come.
A beta - hCG test is reliable as early as 7 to 10 daysafter conception. An hCG level of less than 5mIU/ml is considered negative for pregnancy, and anything above 25mIU/ml is considered positive for pregnancy, (some labs call under 50mIU/ml inconclusive) but even at that level she should have passed that point 11 weeks ago.
Obviously there needs to be more testing done, I would be calling the doctor, asking what he found on exam and requesting a clear explanation of her lab results, also "demanding"(nicely as possible) a sonogram, ASAP.
I have listed the quantitative values in a beta hCG by the week or weeks. There are other tests she may have had but these are the standard. Blood tests have a 98% to 99% accuracy rate, in early (2 to 4 weeks) pregnancy, so for hers to be inconclusive at 13 weeks makes no sense. Even if she tested low for thirteen weeks, the test still should have read clearly pregnant or not.
Diuretics aka water pills can cause a test to read abnormally low, as can Promethazine (used as an antihistamine in combination cough and cold products to treat allergy symptoms and to treat nausea or vomiting from illness or motion sickness)
If the level is checked before conception it would be expected to be about 5mIU/ml. In the first days following conception changes are minimal, until about 10 to 12 days, when the fertilized egg begins implanting in the uterine wall, the beta-hCG level will jump to an average of 21mIU/ml at 14 days. Between 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 weeks, the urine hCG level jumps to 50mIU - 80mIU/ml. 50mIU/ml is the level most home pregnancy tests need to detect for a positive test result.
4 weeks - 425mIU/ml.
6 wks - 56,500mIU/ml.
7 - 8 wks - 7,650 - 229,000mIU/ml.
9 - 12 wks - 25,700 - 288,000mIU/ml
13 - 16 wks - *13,300 - 254,000mIU/ml
17 - 24 wks 4,060-165,400mIU/ml
25 - 40 wks - 3,640-117,000mIU/ml
After delivery the levels will return to the pre - pregnancy 0 - 5mIU/ml over a few weeks time.
hCG is produced by the same cells that form the placenta and nourishes the embryo as it becomes attached to the uterine wall. *At the start of the second trimester (right where your daughter is or should be) you notice the first normal decline as the placenta takes over the job of caring for the baby. It is quite normal for the values to decline 10% to l5% from the 12 week peak concentration during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters. The very high variation during each time span are due to each pregnancy and each woman being unique. Very rarely there will be extreme variations in the levels, with a perfectly healthy pregnancy.
Because your daughter may have passed the point of plateau, a 10% to 15% drop is not a concern. A concern is a test value that doesn't clearly show a test value in the 10 to 13 week zone and a fetus, with a beating heart on ultra sound and in all actuality, from 12 weeks on the top of the fundus or uterus, should be felt above the pelvic bone on an external exam.
Is backache a symptom of pregnancy before period missed?
Most likely no. Before ur period is usually a sign of menstration wich means you're going to get your period very soon. Stop worrying :)
It is possible to get a false negative but not a false positive. If it is a cheap test or if it is too early in the pregnancy, the at home test may not recognize the hormone that the test is checking for. However, if you get a positive it means the hormone is present and that she is pregnant.
First pregnancy test was positive and 1 week later it was negative and your period came?
You are most probably not pregnant. even though you may have been.
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AnswerYou need to take a pregnancy test. AnswerYou very well could be pregnant. I would take a home test and see what it says. Symptoms can go away for a while then come back with early pregnancy. If you get a negative and still no period I would call a Midwife or clinic and get a blood test done. Answeryes!Try one more time. If it is again positive, then you probably are pregnant.
Can cysts determine a negative pregnancy test?
Cysts, ectopic preg, and menopause and some very rare medical conditions can give misleading results.
If you really belive that you are pregnant then I would go to your doctor or local clinic and get a blood test done. This should pick up any pregnancy.
You generally will not feel movement in the womb until about the 5th month of pregnancy. If you have had periods and pregnancy tests which come back negative, I would say the chances of pregnancy are slim.
You should ask the doctor to perform a blood test for bHCG levels. If you are experiencing symptoms of pregnancy including lactation, it is important to rule out an ectopic pregnancy (i.e. a pregnancy occurring outside of your Fallopian tubes). I presume this is why the pelvic scan has been performed, but without knowing any more detail about your case anything else would be pure speculation.
They can, but errors on a paternity test are extremely rare. A test might prove inconclusive due to contamination, but it would not incorrectly point to someone who's not the father. * Such a matter would be decided by the judge presiding over the case. Actually it is not unusual for a judge to reorder a paternity test if there have been previous problems with the testing facility.
Symptoms of early pregnancy after blastocyst transfer?
Two days after my blastocyst transfer I experienced some mild cramping and pelvic twinges. My breasts were sore, and I had increased urination frequency 3-4 days after the transfer. I got my first positive home pregnancy test 4 days after the transfer, we found out 3 weeks later I was pregnant with triplets.
Four pregnancy tests are unlikely to be wrong, you are probably pregnant. Not everyone has symptoms the same not even the same woman in different pregnancies.
Can night time cold and flu cause a pregnancy test to be positive?
No. The test reads the hormone levels in the urine. The hormones have nothing to do with a cold/flu that is a different issue. If the hormones are there it will show positive.
if u missed a couple its ok ur chances oare slim to none still but the brown dischage your worried about is normal i get it all the time and im young go to this site and read about it http://www.pamf.org/teen/health/femalehealth/discharge.html
If your boyfriend came on the pregnancy test then you peed on it are you still pregnant?
This seems like an unlikely occurrence. Still, because pregnancy tests work based on HcG, a hormone made by women during pregnancy, and do not test for sperm, they would be no reason that your boyfriend's ejaculate would influence the outcome of the test.
