WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 2001: Re: [Birth Control] ???????

Re: [Birth Control] ???????

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:34:03 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Rhonda wrote: >
>PLEASE help answer this question if you can...."anyone". OK, The other
>night I took a pregnancy test. I took it just for the heck of it, just
>to see what it would do. It was one that belonged to my sister. She
>had bought a test that had two in the box. She used one, but not the
>other. Anyway.....I was supposed to start my menstrual on the same day
>I took the test. I wasn't late at all. Well, of course as we all know
>usually 2 lines means positive, and 1 line means negative. Well, only
>one line came up, so I assumed that I was not pregnant. I threw the
>test in the trash and went into the den to watch T.V. Well, a couple of
>hours later, I went to the restroom before I went to bed. I happened to
>look over in the trash, and the test had 2 lines on it. I was like
>"WHAT!!!!"
>So, the next morning I rushed to the pharmacy to buy another. I bought
>a different brand test. I came home and took the test. Well, it did
>the same thing that the other test done. Came up negative, and in about
>5 minutes the 2nd line began to appear. OK.....I went and bought
>another test, another brand.....done the exact same thing!
>Someone.....PLEASE explain this to me. I am a married woman. I have a
>5 year old son, and I know how to perform pregnancy tests. I have never
>had this happen to me. Every test I have ever taken was positive, or
>negative. Right now I am only 2 days late. I just need to know what
>someone else thinks it could be. Any advice would be appreciated.
>Thanks!!!

What does the package say about when to read the test. It is important that it be read at the correct time. Before or after that makes the results of no value.

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG

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