Well my girlfriend and I have been having
unprotected sex for over a month now and
she took a e.P.T. Pregnancy test last
night. Well there is supposed to be a -
or a + in the circle. - is for negative
and + is for positive which everyone
pretty much knows. She took the test and
it came out with a - which means not preg.
I woke up the next morning and looked at
it and there was an almost complete line
through the - which means it was making a
+ what could this mean, she's preg or did
the test mess up?
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SamanthaM
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Posted: 10-21-06 21:21pm
How long did you wait until you read the
results? You are supposed to wait 3
minutes..After 10 minutes (i think) you
are not suppsed to read it anymore.
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TillTheEnd
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Posted: 10-21-06 21:27pm
It was way after 10 minutes, I mean I
slept and woke up to see it in the
morning.
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SamanthaM
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Posted: 10-21-06 21:35pm
I mean how long did you wait to read it
the first time when it said negative?
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TillTheEnd
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Posted: 10-21-06 21:41pm
She let me see the test about 2 minutes
after she took it, then I looked at it b4
I went to sleep which was about 15 minutes
later and it was still the - line, but
when I woke up about 6 hours later it had
the second line through it almost making
the + I mean how could it have made that +
if she didnt have that hormone that the
test picks up??
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SamanthaM
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Posted: 10-21-06 21:42pm
Hmm...If I were you I would just have her
take another test. Tell her to do it with
her first morning urine when she wakes up.
It sounds like she's not, but i'd take
another just to be sure.
I think it's an evaporation line, which
happens when the test is left to sit.
You should count on whatever the test
shows in the time the instructions say it
takes to react. Though if you are
worried i'ld retest to put your mind at
rest.
"q: what if the test is negative after the
5 minute reaction time, but becomes
positive after an hour?
A: you may be pregnant and just didn't
have a high enough level of hcg to trigger
the test within the usual time frame. Or
that test may react over time, so you
really need to test again either way in
order to be sure of the result. Some
brands indicate that an "evaporation line"
will appear if the test is left to sit.
Generally speaking, you should not rely on
any positive result that does not show up
within the time limit stated in the test
instructions. All brands have the
possibility of an evaporation line or
chemical line."
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wr17
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Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Posts: 287
Posted: 10-22-06 01:21am
Im thinking either its an evaporation line
like tanya said or her hormone level was
too low and the test took longer...Test
again.
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 10-22-06 06:06am
You haven't said whether she has missed
her period or not.
If she hasn't missed it yet, wait a few
days. If she still doesn't start, take
another test. One of the dangers of
testing early is that, if the pregnancy
hormone is not built up enough, the test
will not detect it. So basically, you
will get a negative result even if you're
pregnant.
Have her wait a few days, and then take
another test first thing in the morning
before she pees. First-morning will have
a greater concentration of the hormone and
will give a more accurate result if she is
pregnant.
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