Re: 18 weeks and negative hcg qualitative serum?

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At Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Christina wrote: >
>Is it possible to be 18 weeks pregnant and have a negative qualitative
>serum test? i have had my period for the last 4 months but it has been
>very abnormal. I have taken many hpt's and all have came back negative.
>I went to my doctor and she did a qualitative serum test...which came
>back negative. Is it possible to be almost 5 months pregnant and still
>not able to detect hcg in urine and or blood? My stomach feels like
>there is pressure in my lower abdomin and i have been experiencing some
>spasm's. I'm just curious if pregnancy could still be possible?

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