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    Aug 17, 2012, 03:10 PM
    Am I pregnant?
    In June I had unprotected sex, July I started to feel really sick and nauseous, I can't hold any food down, I been eating more than usual and I had gained a little weight. I started having morning sickness all day every day, I'm always tired, certain smells make me sick, and I can't eat certain foods. Also, I didn't have a period at all. August, I had spotting but no period, my stomach getting a little hard, I'm still having morning sickness almost everyday and
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    Aug 17, 2012, 05:34 PM
    Have you taken a pregnancy test?
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    Aug 17, 2012, 06:10 PM
    Sounds pregnant to me, so what has the pregnancy test showed
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    Aug 17, 2012, 06:45 PM
    Probably
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    Aug 17, 2012, 10:48 PM
    When I took a recent one to me it was invalid, the first window (where + suppose to go) it was a line but I couldn't tell if it was positive or negative because it wasn't clear and in the second window where the negative supposed to be nothing showed up. (if it did it was very faint). In July 1 or 2 were negative but the rest came up exactly like the recent one. I had a blood test done in July and it was negative but a nurse believes that it was wrong because she said a lot of women who been getting pregnant recently don't know that they are pregnant until 9-20 weeks even with negative blood and home tests.
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    Aug 18, 2012, 07:02 AM
    So, did the nurse order an ultrasound for you?
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    Aug 18, 2012, 07:04 AM
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    So, did the nurse order an ultrasound for you?
    Nurses can't order an ultrasound. Just sayin'
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    Aug 18, 2012, 07:14 AM
    You're correct, but a nurse practitioner can, and that was my assumption since there was no mention of a Dr. in the post.
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    Aug 18, 2012, 08:27 AM
    No ultrasound no advice from my primary doctor, she told me she don't know what else to do
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    Aug 18, 2012, 01:32 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Ltabor92 View Post
    No ultrasound no advice from my primary doctor, she told me she don't know what else to do
    Time to visit another Dr. if she doesn't know what to do.
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    Aug 18, 2012, 02:44 PM
    That's what I plan on doing because I feel pregnant
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    Aug 18, 2012, 04:41 PM
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    Thats what I plan on doing because I feel pregnant
    Good idea!
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    Aug 18, 2012, 04:46 PM
    From what I'm reading in your post you took a pregnancy test that shows negative in one window, and positive in another. Did I read that right? If I'm also reading the rest right, more than one of those tests had a line show up in the positive window, with nothing in the negative window. Is that also correct?

    If that's the case, a faint positive is a positive, especially more than one. False negatives are very common, false positives aren't.

    Sounds to me like you're pregnant, and it's already been confirmed. But I'm basing that on how I read your post.
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    Aug 18, 2012, 09:44 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Alty View Post
    From what I'm reading in your post you took a pregnancy test that shows negative in one window, and positive in another. Did I read that right? If I'm also reading the rest right, more than one of those tests had a line show up in the positive window, with nothing in the negative window. Is that also correct?

    If that's the case, a faint positive is a positive, especially more than one. False negatives are very common, false positives aren't.

    Sounds to me like you're pregnant, and it's already been confirmed. But I'm basing that on how I read your post.
    2 tests were actually negative but everything else you have right
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    Aug 18, 2012, 09:52 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Ltabor92 View Post
    2 tests were actually negative but everything else you have right
    How many test showed a very faint positive? Any line at all in the positive window is a faint positive.
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    Aug 18, 2012, 11:02 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Alty View Post
    How many test showed a very faint positive? Any line at all in the positive window is a faint positive.
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    Aug 18, 2012, 11:11 PM
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    Then congrats. Four faint positives are a positive. False positives are very rare. Four, not likely.

    I'd say that you are indeed pregnant. I would still confirm with a doctor, but at this point I would start taking prenatal vitamins, stop drinking, stop smoking (if either of these apply to you) and treat yourself as if you're pregnant.

    Keep in mind that I can only go by what you posted, but from what you posted, I'd say you are indeed pregnant. :)
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    Aug 19, 2012, 02:09 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Alty View Post
    Then congrats. Four faint positives are a positive. False positives are very rare. Four, not likely.

    I'd say that you are indeed pregnant. I would still confirm with a doctor, but at this point I would start taking prenatal vitamins, stop drinking, stop smoking (if either of these apply to you) and treat yourself as if you're pregnant.

    Keep in mind that I can only go by what you posted, but from what you posted, I'd say you are indeed pregnant. :)
    Thanks I never knew faint positives are positives. I'm hoping to see an ob/gyn soon.
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    Aug 19, 2012, 02:25 PM
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    Thanks I never knew faint positives are positives. I'm hoping to see an ob/gyn soon.
    That's the rule. False positives, no matter how faint, are rare. They usually show up faint because you don't yet have a large amount of HCG in your body. In other words, you're very early in your pregnancy. The later you are into your pregnancy, the higher the HCG level, and the more accurate a pregnancy test is.

    As for the blood test, that's usually very accurate, but you're dealing with human error, just like a pee test. Blood tests can be mixed up, or treated incorrectly, and just like a pee test, they can be taken too soon and show up negative because it's too early to test. Just because you got a negative blood test doesn't mean you're not pregnant.

    I am curious, when you went to the doctor did you tell him/her that you had 4 faint positives with a urine test?
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    Aug 20, 2012, 07:37 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Alty View Post
    That's the rule. False positives, no matter how faint, are rare. They usually show up faint because you don't yet have a large amount of HCG in your body. In other words, you're very early in your pregnancy. The later you are into your pregnancy, the higher the HCG level, and the more accurate a pregnancy test is.

    As for the blood test, that's usually very accurate, but you're dealing with human error, just like a pee test. Blood tests can be mixed up, or treated incorrectly, and just like a pee test, they can be taken too soon and show up negative because it's too early to test. Just because you got a negative blood test doesn't mean you're not pregnant.

    I am curious, when you went to the doctor did you tell him/her that you had 4 faint positives with a urine test?
    At the time that I went to my primary doctor I didn't take those test yet but by the time I went to the emergency room (for the blood test) I told the doctor there and I guess you can say he was more set to believe his own theory. If that's the case the last time I had sex was June which mean I should be about 9 weeks and I would think the hormones would kick in by now.

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