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Re: False positive on pregnancy test To dr. please reply

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:13:47 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 26 Sep 1999, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>At Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. wrote:
>>
>>At Sat, 25 Sep 1999, shannan wrote:
>>>
>>>I took a pregnancy test the other day using first morning urine and it
>>>was a definate positive. However i started my period this morning. What
>>>would cause the false positive and Is this normal or does it happen
>>>often?
>>
>>1) False positive - rare.
>>
>>2) Pregnant but got a period and had an early miscarrigae - possible.
>>
>>3) Still pregnant but had implantation bleeding - possible.
>>
>I don't think that it is implantation bleeding. It is very heavy. It
>started as a heavy period. I usually start very light, however this
>time it was bright red when i started and more than usual for the first
>day. It is usually pink for a day and light for the first day or two. I
>didn't have any cramping until the second day of my period which is
>unusual also. I usually cramp for two or three days prior to my period.
>I had no warning that I was about to start.
>Does this sound like a miscarriage to you?

Bleeding in never, obviously, a good sign, but it doesn't have to be a bad sign either. A sonogram and quantitative HCG levels will help delineate this.

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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