Negative hpt, but found out later pregnant

[reshma_82]

Negative hpt, but later found out pregnant

[tinkerbell1124]

Is there a question to this?

[amuro1013]

What are you asking here? How long after the home test did u go to the doc? Did the dr do a blood test or urine?

If u tested too soon that could be why the hpt was neg

[nursegirl6572]

I'm not sure you posted this is the correct forum, but I'll try to help.  MedHelp has some great forums related to pregnancy if you need further help.  If you are having an issue with anxiety, please share with us and we'll be glad to offer some suggestions.

Depending on the type of test you took, when you took it and how your pregnancy was ultimately diagnosed, this may be a case of testing too soon for the HPT to pick up the HCG present in your system.  False positives are rare, and usually only happen in a few certain circumstances, but false negatives are more common due to people testing too soon.  If you ever are in doubt, the best thing to do in consult your OB/GYN.  While they use the same HPT tests that are marketed to the public in most cases, they also have the ability to order a quantitative HCG blood test which is more definitive.   A quantitative HCG is also helpful in determining an approximate gestational age/stage of pregnancy.

Hope I helped a bit, please let us know if there is anything we can help you further with.  Best of luck with your pregnancy, and congrats!