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Delayed Periods, Pregnancy Symptoms. Pregnancy Tests Show Mixed Results. Pregnant?
hi, i m 7 weeks late for my period. i m normally regular every month, i ve had some pregnancy symptoms and taken 5 tests over the past 5 weeks, 3 have come back negative and two have come back with a faint positive line. i m booked in with the doctor s for friday but worried if it s not a pregnancy what else could it be. thanks
Mon, 16 Jul 2012
hi,
sometimes urine pregnancy test kits cannot detect early pregnancy due to low HCG levels or sometimes they can also give false positive results,
so after consulting your doctor you better go for blood test for pregnancy which can possibly detect low levels of HCG also,
in case of negative test if your doctor suggests you can go for ultrasound and hormonal evaluation also which will clarify other reasons for delayed periods.
take care.
sometimes urine pregnancy test kits cannot detect early pregnancy due to low HCG levels or sometimes they can also give false positive results,
so after consulting your doctor you better go for blood test for pregnancy which can possibly detect low levels of HCG also,
in case of negative test if your doctor suggests you can go for ultrasound and hormonal evaluation also which will clarify other reasons for delayed periods.
take care.
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