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Re: ladies, have you ever had conflicting hpt results?From: Patti Tessler, Family Nurse Practitioner (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon, 31 Dec 2001 00:20:05 -0600 (CST)
At Sun, 30 Dec 2001, confused wrote: <snip>last night I took a Confirm test thinking that since if I am >pregnant, I think I'd be at least four weeks, that it would show a sure >result. I was gone most of the day so it had been quite awhile since >I'd used the restroom. I instantly got a visable line in the heart box, >but it was lighter and thinner than the control line. It was purple >though, just not real dark. I showed my neighbors to make sure I wasn't >seeing things. We thought it was a postive. This morning just to make >sure I did a First Response and it was negative. The standard First Response test doesn't detect the hormone until it reaches 40 mIUs, wheere the Confirm test supposedly detects 25. In other words, in very early pregnancy, different tests will normally give different results. See your gynecologic health care provider to confirm your pregnancy.
-- Patti Tessler, BSN, MSN, RN, CS Family Nurse Practitioner
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