HPT BFN when you're actually pregnant: How often do you think it happens?

[Ysabell]

Moondance, its is very possible that you can be pregnant and be negative on your HPT. My best friend was 12 weeks pregnant before she confirmed at the doctors that she was pregnant - she had PCOS, and all her HPT were negative - she did about 6 or 7 over a 8 week period. It wasn't until she got a blood test at the doctors that she found out that she was pregnant.

This is because you're kidneys actually break down some of the hcg (which is the hormone that is released when your are pregnant). Depending on the individual, depends on how much and how quickly your body breaks down the hcg. I would never be happy with a negative HPT if my period was late - you should really go get a blood test - there's no need for a quanitivative (how much hcg) unless your having a miscarriage. A qualitative (pos or neg) is sufficient.

[garfield13]

This happened to my friend - she got a bfn and she would have been just under 6 wks pg. She tested again at about 7.5wks and it was positive

[Tanya]

The reason people would be telling you to go to the doctors is because you opened with;

I'm currently ttc.... 12 days late and getting BFN's.

If that is not the reason you posted don't put it in your post. Don't get narky at our members for responding to your post with care.

If you want statistics, try a google search, go to your doctor and ask them.

[~Raven~]

Being only 12dpo and getting negatives tells me you're either not PG or it's just too soon to test.

I have +ve home tests but -ve Drs tests till over a week past AF was supposed to be due. Sometimes it just happens like that. My Dr told me to wait till AF was 2 weeks late so you get a definitive result because sometimes with the early tests it can pick up a bit of hormone from the fertilised egg but it doesn't implant for whatever reason. Only 1 in 3 embryos will implant so the odds of a false +ve with a home test are higher than a false -ve.

HTH

[Lulliloo]

moondance im sorry if i offended you with my post about ovulation. it wasn't the intention.
i'll step out of this issue i think.

[Moondance]

The reason people would be telling you to go to the doctors is because you opened with;

If that is not the reason you posted don't put it in your post. Don't get narky at our members for responding to your post with care.

If you want statistics, try a google search, go to your doctor and ask them.

I mentioned it briefly me personally getting negatives when I may be pregnant it is the reason I am curious about the issue of how widespread false negatives may actually be. But I didn't create this thread to talk about myself, I created the thread to hear others stories, speculations and theories on the issue of the possibility of false negatives, not to talk about me.