Re: Could I be pregnant?
From: Jill (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 21 May 2002 14:38:00 -0500
ok, here goes.
In my personal experience, (im' a nurse, with a 4 year old) i have taken
several OTC pregnancy tests, and i personally trust a positive result then a
negative one. here's why. the tests are measuring a certian hormone that
your body is producing when you're pregnant. if it detects that hormone
then you are pregnant. if it does not detect that hormone,
it may be to early in the cycle
you body may have not started producing that hormone yet
your body may not be producing enough of that hormone to detect with an
OTC test
as for getting a faint positive
you DO have that hormone being produced.
you are not making alot of that hormone, but it is there
this means that you are pregnant.
Dont get your hopes up yet though. with PCOS it is very easy to miscarry,
and often you won't even realize it. with a faint positive sign, I
interprete that as you are pregnant, but beware, cause your body may not
like it so to speak, and may miscarry.
a blood test is a very good thing, cause it will tell you 99.9999% or some
insanly high number, that you are or are not pregnant.
As for not getting a period. that just means that you haven't shed your
inner lining. this means that you can still get pregnant if your ovulating.
not necessarily that you are pregnant (especially with PCOS, when your
periods can become very irregular)
Hope that i've helped you. if you have any more questions, just put my name
in the subject line so i tune into it, or send me an email
Jill_Erlendson@hotmail.com
>----- Original Message -----
From: "PATRICK" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: Could I be pregnant?
> Yes, same thing happened to me & I WAS PG!!!
>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Melissa" <masterpettrimmer@yahoo.com>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS" <pcos@mail.medispecialty.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 5:49 PM
> Subject: Could I be pregnant?
>
> > Okay everyone. My nerves are completely shot. ( I am also on the
> > mailing list so I hope that I am not annoying anyone by writing this in
> > both places).
> > I was put on Clomid over two months ago. I was told by my doctor to
> > wait a month after each dosage of Clomid to see if I had a cycle. First
> > month I dad menstruate after 37 days. It has now been 41 days and still
> > no sign of any menstrual cycle. I can usually tell a few days in
> > advance before I get a cycle with the back pain I get and nothing has
> > happened so far.
> > Called the doctor and was told to test myself on Friday. Took the test
> > and got a very faint positive. Was told to take another test which I
> > did. now I haev taken 4 tests total since Friday but with three
> > different name brands. The most expensive test was the first one and
> > the positive one. The next two were very cheap and the one I took today
> > was middle of the road. First test was positive, the next 2 were hard
> > to read, and the one today was difinetly negative. So I called the
> > dcotor again today and told her what was going on. She told me to wait
> > a week and then get a blood test done.
> > Anyone else have this problem with home pregnancy tests and were
> > actually pregnant?
> > Can anyone explain why one test would be better or worse than another?
> > How much time should a person on Clomid typically wait before testing
> > oneself? Especailly since without meds I menstruate if I am very LUCKY
> > once a year.
> > Could it be just too soon to test? I guess I want to know if I should
> > even have my hopes up? I am so nervous. My husband saw the faint
> > positive and is now very excited. I don't want him to be disappointed
> > yet again, not that I can help that if I am not pregnant. How easy is
> > it to get a false positive verses a false negative?
> > This is how I did it-first morning specimen in a paper cup counting very
> > slowly-Laid flat (except the one that was not suppoed to be) and came
> > back after the alloted time to check it. All test were done this way.
> > Please help, I am on pins and needles and don't know what to think.
> >
> > --
> > Melissa
> >
>
> >
>
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