QuestionThank you.
I had a friend not too long ago who had a 5 but they told her negative and she was indeed pregnant.
Why is it though women who get positive results then try the urine test again see no line. They wait a few weeks, then the positive line is there? And they are indeed pregnant?
I know this to be true since I have spoken to some and have been communicating with them through a pregnancy message board.
P.S. my positive would not show until I was 8 or 9 weeks pregnant. Many women have the same scenario. Many women don't even get one positive until 3 months. They have to keep insisting on their obvious symptoms to be taken seriously.
Followup To
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Hi I am 39. Last menstrual cycle was May 10.
My OBGYN declared me pregnant as per the urine test and all the symptoms I gave her.
The major symptom that makes her sure I am pregnant is the black/blue looking genitalia area. That gave it away to me also along with the cervical mucous, gagging, nausea, headaches, extreme fatigue, breast changes to name a few..lol..
My question is this: If a urine test picks up at least 20 ml of HCG how can a blood test show less?
I read somewhere that urine, blood tests will have difficulty in picking up HCG levels in women who spot during pregnancy around the time they would have their menstrual cycle.
Answer -
As long as there is at least 5U Beta HCG present, both a urine pregnancy test and a blood pregnancy test will be positive. The tests are not dependent on any bleeding and, if you are pregnant, the test will be positive whether you have spotting at the time you should have had your period or not. If your last period started on May 10, then you probably ovulated on May 23. A urine pregnancy test would have shown a positive result 14-21 days later, and a blood pregnancy test would have shown a positive result 10 days later. Each of them has a threshhold of HCG that must be reached before they show a positive result.
AnswerAs I mentioned before, in order for a pregnancy test to be positive, the HCG amount in your body must reach a threshhold. The manufacturer claims that we cannot consider a pregnancy test to be positive until the lines are dark and bold. This usually occurs 14-21 days after conception. The best time to take a pregnancy test is seven days after missing a period, which would be 5 weeks gestational age. Sometimes a pregnancy test can be negative but the patient is still pregnant because the test was taken too soon.
