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kiddieT

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False Positive Hpt? Posted: 06-29-07 10:55am


Well, 3 months ago we started TTC. I went off my pill. Before I started taking the pill like 8 years ago I was never regular going from 21 to 35 days. For the last three months I have made sure to keep take so that I could kind of estimate when I was do to see AF. Well today is day 27 since start of last AF, the last 3 months AF came in 25, 26 days. So I got excited and went to the drug store and bought a HPT. Took the test, it came back POSITIVE.... now i am all worried its a false positive. So here are my questions. Please bare with me if they seem a little stupid, i'm new to this whole thing. 1) if I peed on the stick for a couple seconds too long would it give me a false positive 2) If some splash back got on the viewing window would that effect the results? ( the die did not run or anything) F.Y.I the brand of test I used was first response with the pink lines

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Posted: 06-29-07 11:56am


False positives are very rare. However, I am not familiar with the effect that over saturation would have on the results. (though I doubt it would). However, I suggest that you take another test, just to put your mind at ease. Make sure you let us know as soon as you take it! Good luck!

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Yippy Posted: 06-29-07 13:57pm


Well I couldnt wait any longer so I took a second test. This time i was sure not to pee too long and made sure there was no splash onto the stick. It also came back positive. On both lines the second line is very dark, so there is no doubt that they are for sure positive. And I got results in like 15 secs (not three minutes like the test says to wait). Not really sure I will fully believe I am pregnant until the Dr confirms.

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Posted: 06-29-07 14:02pm


Thats great!! Congratulations!!! Have you told the father yet? I bet he's excited too. Feel free to join us in the pregnancy forum and the pregnancy community chat forum. I hope to see you there!!

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