PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for March, 2001: Re: pregnant yes or no

Re: pregnant yes or no

From: Rachael (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 2 Mar 2001 23:13:47 -0600 (CST)

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Fact Plus requires a pretty high level of pregnancy hormone to get a positive reading. So if she has low hormone levels per the blood test, this would explain the + on the more sensitive tests, and the - on the Fact Plus.

The only real way to know if the pregnancy is progressing well is to repeat the blood test in 48 hours. If the levels go up and approximately double, then you know it's a pregnancy that is progressing. If the levels do not go up, then you know it's most likely an early miscarriage.

Best wishes for you friend!

At Fri, 2 Mar 2001, teresa wrote: >
>My friend is three days late for her period which usually comes like
>clockwork. She has bought four different home pregnancy test and took
>them all. Three of the four came with very, very faint lines in the
>right boxes to say yes, but the one that I trust, Fact Plus, came back
>completely negative. Yesterday she went to the doctors to take a blood
>test because they weren't sure just by looking at the tests, so they
>called her today and said the results came back positive but with a low
>count and told her to come back monday for another test because they
>just aren't sure yet.Isn't a positive test positive? is it just too soon
>that the test are being taken? She only thinks she's a couple of weeks
>along. I don't know what to tell her and it's driving her crazy not
>knowing is she or isn't she. Please answer as soon as possible.
>
> Thank-you
> A confused friend

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