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Re: Unsure of pregnancy test

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 29 Mar 2001 22:19:06 -0600 (CST)


At Thu, 29 Mar 2001, yonna wrote: >
>I just took a pregnancy test. I watched as the streak of pink went
>across the screen. Clearly, I thought that it was another negative.
>However, I put the test down to pull up my clothes and when I went over
>to the sink, I saw another faint pink line. I thought that I may just
>be crazy, but no...it was there! I read the instruction booklet that
>came with the test again, and it said that a negative can be taken as
>"true" in 3 minutes. My test had not been sitting for 3 minutes. The
>booklet also says that after 10 mintues a faint line may show in the
>test box. Again, my test wasn't sitting for even 3 minutes. How should
>I take these results and has this happened to anyone else? If so, was
>the test incorrect or were you actually pregnant?

The best thing to do is to repeat the test in 2-3 days. It should be more obvious then because there will be a higher level of HCG.

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG

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