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Pregnancy Test After Missing Period Shows Negative But Scan Report Shows Positive. Which Is Correct?

hello pliz i need ur help, i av nt had my periods yet am likely to have them on 18th bt i have bn feeling weak,i have a backache and my legs are paining,i did a blood taste and t was negative bt when i did a scan the Dr told me that am pregnant,am confused abt this pliz i need ur help,thank u so much
Thu, 20 Mar 2014
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Hi and welcome,

Yours is an unusual case as it is the other way round most of the time. The blood test comes positive first before the baby is seen. The only possible explanation is that your last period was an implantation bleeding and you were pregnant. Then the baby became bad inside the uterus, meaning a missed abortion and hence pregnancy tests became negative but the remains of baby are seen inside the uterus on scan.

Another possibility is a false positive scan or what is seen in the scan is not a baby but something else.

I suggest that you wait till the date of your expected periods. If they come, get a scan after periods as sometimes a thick endometrium may give false impression of pregnancy. Get a transvaginal scan from an expert radiologist and look for the results.

Further management will depend upon the results of the scan.

Hope this satisfies your query.
Thanks for using HCM.     
Feel free to ask any more questions that you may have.
Dr Madhuri Bagde
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist
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Pregnancy Test After Missing Period Shows Negative But Scan Report Shows Positive. Which Is Correct?

Hi and welcome, Yours is an unusual case as it is the other way round most of the time. The blood test comes positive first before the baby is seen. The only possible explanation is that your last period was an implantation bleeding and you were pregnant. Then the baby became bad inside the uterus, meaning a missed abortion and hence pregnancy tests became negative but the remains of baby are seen inside the uterus on scan. Another possibility is a false positive scan or what is seen in the scan is not a baby but something else. I suggest that you wait till the date of your expected periods. If they come, get a scan after periods as sometimes a thick endometrium may give false impression of pregnancy. Get a transvaginal scan from an expert radiologist and look for the results. Further management will depend upon the results of the scan. Hope this satisfies your query. Thanks for using HCM. Feel free to ask any more questions that you may have. Dr Madhuri Bagde Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist