PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for July, 2001: Re: A few more questions..

Re: A few more questions..

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 25 Jul 2001 19:30:05 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 25 Jul 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Thankyou for the below advice..
>I am very confused at the moment..How common are false + HPT's? I ask,
>as I am desperate to see this experience as a positive experience ie
>that we are fertile. I am going to see my dr in the morning and will
>ask for a prg test. I have had sooo little bleeding and still have high
>temps and discolored areola.
>
>Also, As i have never noticed these symptoms before, it is likely that
>my progesterone has not been so high...could this indicate that I was
>indeed preg at some stage? What I mean is my progesterone has never
>caused these symptoms before, so isn't it unusual to start now?
>
>Thanks, I appreciate you all.

I do not know the exact number of false positives with HPT's. But they tend to be more common than lab tests because of the operator variation. As to whether or not your progesterone has been this high would depend upon whether or not you have been ovulating in the past... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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