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Home Pregnancy Tests
Posted: 03-18-07 11:24am
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what is the best kind of home pregnancy
test if there is one? i am getting one
today and i want to be sure i get the best
one if there is a kind that is better than
the other.
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 03-18-07 11:38am
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If you've already missed your period, any
test will be fine. The tests from the
dollar store are just as accurate as the
pricey tests at the pharmacy.
If you haven't missed your period yet, get
an early
detection test, like .e.p.t.
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~in_need~
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Thanks That Helps
Posted: 03-18-07 11:44am
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my period is acting crazy because i went
off depo 9 months ago and it comes and
goes when it wants but it hasnt come at
all so i dont know if that means its the
depo wearing off still or my period
because i asked my doctor and he said
there is more than enough chance that i am
pregnant.
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Sandbox Party
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Posted: 03-18-07 11:46am
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i always had the best luck with target
store brand over everthing else including
ept.
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 03-18-07 11:47am
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Your doctor wouldn't know if you were
pregnant over the phone. He would need to
test you - either with a urine test (which
you're asking about already) or with a
blood test.
Unprotected sex + no period = possible
pregnancy. But that's all anyone can tell
you without a test. Your doctor was right
to recommend you to take one, because
there isn't much else he could do.
I hope for your sake that you're not
pregnant. But if you are, feel free to
join us here. These girls are very
supportive and will offer great advice.
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~in_need~
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I Went to the Doctor
Posted: 03-18-07 11:51am
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he is testing my urine already. but i
wont know until tomarrow becouse he does
not work weekends and i might not know
then becuase he is always so busy and so
i wont know the test results for a while
so im going to try a home pregnancy test
but i did go to the doctor and he said i
could be i went in for a physical and came
out with a pregnancy test.
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 03-18-07 11:57am
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A urine test at the doctor's is the same
as a urine test at home - except they know
exactly how to use the tests, and normal
people sometimes don't take them right.
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Posted: 03-18-07 11:59am
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why wouldn't they have given you your
urine test results right away?
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 03-18-07 13:11pm
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When i took my test i got a clearblue one
because for some reason even though i know
all tests are as accurate as eachother it
gave me some kind of security that it
would give me the right result. Like the
others have said every test works the same
and has the same level of accuracy. Also
may i ask, why didn't your doc tell you
straight away? Because i would presume the
result is visible in pretty much the same
amount of time as a home test.
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Posted: 03-18-07 14:42pm
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i got my 2nd test done at a walkin and
they told me right away what the results
were
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 03-18-07 14:59pm
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| oh_mommy
wrote: | | i got my 2nd test done at a
walkin and they told me right away what
the results were |
That's what i would of thought. Funky
doctor.....
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 03-18-07 15:06pm
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Urine tests are void after a number of
minutes anyway, so there's no reason it
would have taken him a few days to get a
result, whether he works on weekends or
otherwise.
Doesn't sound right to me.
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 03-18-07 15:10pm
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| AyaMiyaki
wrote: | Urine tests are void after a
number of minutes anyway, so there's no
reason it would have taken him a few days
to get a result, whether he works on
weekends or otherwise.
Doesn't sound right to
me. |
When i looked at mine again a few days
later it said negative because the second
line had faded
*edited to add*
But hey i'm not going to doubt without
more of a reason too becaus ei know how
horrible it can be to be doubted. I got
doubted even after i had posted my scan
pic 
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 03-18-07 15:13pm
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Nobody said they were doubting her - only
that it doesn't make sense.
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Posted: 03-18-07 15:17pm
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| AyaMiyaki
wrote: | | Nobody said they were
doubting her - only that it doesn't make
sense. |
I didn't say anyone did i was just kinda
stating i wasn't so she doesn't come back
on and think 'oh my god what a bi*ch'
because i could come across that i was. I
wasn't accusing anyone sorry if it seemed
that way
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 03-18-07 15:18pm
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Nope. Just like you wanted it on the
record that you weren't accusing her, I
wanted it on the record that the rest of
us weren't, either. 
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Posted: 03-18-07 15:20pm
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| AyaMiyaki
wrote: | | Nope. Just like you wanted
it on the record that you weren't accusing
her, I wanted it on the record that the
rest of us weren't, either. |
Ah i'm with you now. I hate how careful
you have to be when you type because
things can be misinterprited so easily
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~in_need~
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I Am Curious
Posted: 03-18-07 18:01pm
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can possibly having a urinary track
infection mess with the results of a urine
pregnancy test? because he is checking my
urine for that to. so is there any way at
all if i am pregnant can a urinary track
infection mess with the results of the
tests? i mean can i mess it up?
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 03-18-07 18:06pm
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No. A pregnancy test is looking for a
hormone called hcg. This hormone is only
made when you are growing a baby. It will
only trigger a "positive" if you have
enough of the hormone in your system,
which is why some people get negative
pregnancy results even though they're
pregnant - they tested too early.
A tract infection won't mess the test up.
Neither will birth control.
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~in_need~
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Oh Ok
Posted: 03-18-07 18:09pm
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i was curious becuase my doc hasnt gotten
back to me and i was curious if that could
have had anything to do with it i mean ive
been waiting all weekend for a call just
to say positive or negitive its not a long
call i guess im just a little stressed
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