PCOS Messages for May, 2003: Re: PCOS: False Positve for Pregnancy?

Re: PCOS: False Positve for Pregnancy?

From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 27 May 2003 20:47:59 -0500 (CDT)

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They say a line is a line is a line!

ANY positive result on a hpt is almost certainly positive for pregnancy. The ONLY thing that would affect that result is if your friend had been undergoing fertility treatments that involved hcg injections. The hpt's test for hcg in the urine, which is only produced by a pregnancy: so if the strip is reacting at all, you / she is almost certainly pregnant.

If she hasn't yet missed a period (although with PCOS it can be hard to tell?) the line would be VERY light. Those tests are often not at all considered accurate until 14 days post ovulation / day of missed period, because the hcg hasn't had enough time to build up in your system enough to react with the test. The earlier you test, the lighter the line. Also, women with PCOS tend to produce hcg slower than women without; this means that the line is fainter for longer.

As long as her doctor is running a pregnancy test, whether it's blood or urine, that's a good thing! The blood test will actually be more accurate and will tell the exact amount of hcg in her body, which can help date the pregnancy a bit.

HTH and congrats to her!

At Tue, 27 May 2003, anonymous wrote: >
>I have a friend who has PCOS, and she thinks that she may be pregnant.
>She took a pregnancy test, but the results have been so faint that she
>has been asking friends for their advice. In my experience and opinion
>I would say no, because I have seen this same affect with pregnancy
>tests and in my case I wasn't pregnant and have never miscarried due to
>false positives. When she went to her doctor's office they didn't even
>do a pregnancy test on her, they just did her blood work, is that normal
>and/or standard procedure not to do a urine test? Also, she hasn't even
>missed her period yet. Can you still have a result without even waiting
>till after you have missed your period? Anyway, I don't know if this
>makes sense, but I have often thought that I was preggy do to tests
>barely changing and therefore I feel it is so hard to confirm it through
>such shady results. Any suggestions?

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